Is Canelo cherry picking fighting 54 pound Charlo?

[El_Maldito_Rey]

If he fought Andrade or Jermall Charlo it would be ok

The complaint about Jermall was he hadn't fought in two years and has mental issues.

Andrade is garbage and less accomplished that Mell.

[Smash]

You mean as a build up fight for Canelo ? Can you elaborate

What I think i meant was that eddie was focused on canelo coming up to 168 and becoming undisputed, which he did do, & that was great, but it didnt really move the american market or boxing fans in the states because it was viewed as a weak euro division really & then he dipped his toe into 175 as well and plans for beyond, so eddie was looking up the divisions & he was somewhat viewed as failing with canelo.

Now, canelo is doing the exact opposite, hes looking down the divisions & even fighting with no extra belts on the line for him at all & hes chosen an african american guy as his opponent, its literally the polar opposite for him now. Instead of fighting bigger guys hes fighting smaller guys & not unknown or not liked euro guys who will not move the needle in america in the sport, hes fighting a guy who some had even said hes ducking too if i recall correctly.

[MikeyMike100]

What I think i meant was that eddie was focused on canelo coming up to 168 and becoming undisputed, which he did do, & that was great, but it didnt really move the american market or boxing fans in the states because it was viewed as a weak euro division really & then he dipped his toe into 175 as well and plans for beyond, so eddie was looking up the divisions & he was somewhat viewed as failing with canelo.

Now, canelo is doing the exact opposite, hes looking down the divisions & even fighting with no extra belts on the line for him at all & hes chosen an african american guy as his opponent, its literally the polar opposite for him now. Instead of fighting bigger guys hes fighting smaller guys & not unknown or not liked euro guys who will not move the needle in america in the sport, hes fighting a guy who some had even said hes ducking too if i recall correctly.

People said he was ducking the other Charlo... Not this one.

[LeOoze]

I think Haymon realizes he needs to make Canelo look like a killer to maximize profits on the other 2 fights.

Canelo likely dominates JMW Charlo.Then MW Charlo tries to avenge the defeat. Then its either a rematch or Benavidez.

That's what I was thinking too. Hopefully MW Charlo gets a decent scalp at 168 in the next few months, and then the story of revenge would be set up very nicely. But for some reason I don't think it will pan out like Canelo/Haymon will expect...

[GhostofDempsey]

It's a duck of Benavidez, so in essence yes, it's a cherry-pick.

[Tatabanya]

All that noise, then Jermell outboxes Canelo with relative ease.

[crimsonfalcon07]

Interesting narrative considering he was supposed to fight Jermall Charlo and Mall was the one who pulled out last second for "personal reasons." They must be pretty serious for him to say no to a Canelo payday.

It's pretty obvious Canelo was expecting the "160" Charlo, not Mell. Nobody saw that coming, because it was Mall pulling out, not Canelo cherry picking. I blame PBC. They should have tried to make the Morrell or Benavidez fights instead.

[MikeyMike100]

All that noise, then Jermell outboxes Canelo with relative ease.

He got outboxed by Tony Harrison.

Would be surprised if he could outbox Canelo 2 weight classes higher with relative ease

[MikeyMike100]

Interesting narrative considering he was supposed to fight Jermall Charlo and Mall was the one who pulled out last second for "personal reasons." They must be pretty serious for him to say no to a Canelo payday.

It's pretty obvious Canelo was expecting the "160" Charlo, not Mell. Nobody saw that coming, because it was Mall pulling out, not Canelo cherry picking. I blame PBC. They should have tried to make the Morrell or Benavidez fights instead.

If that's the case then I can't blame him

[Tatabanya]

He got outboxed by Tony Harrison.

Would be surprised if he could outbox Canelo 2 weight classes higher with relative ease

That was an ironic comment. However, Canelo is looking bad of late, so anything can happen.