Comments Thread For: Canelo: 'We'll See If It's True That I've Lost A Step' Against Charlo

[crimsonfalcon07]

Andrade is jumping up to fight the boogieman, the one guy that Canelo won't fight at 168lbs. More importantly, Andrade believes he's the better fighter and Benavidez has to win to get the big money fights. I give both guys mad respect for making the fight.

Indeed, good on both for making the fight. I personally thought it would have been smarter for Benavidez to fight Morrell, but Andrade is one of the biggest fights for him, and potentially one of the more dangerous. I think whichever one is able to impose their style will likely win, but I don't expect it to be particularly close. If Andrade is going to win, it's going to be by fighting his way and making Benavidez look bad. If he can't keep Benavidez off him, he's going to get swarmed and battered just like Plant. I can't help but think that it is a big step up in competition for Andrade though.

I'm not sure that Benavidez merits the Boogeyman designation though. There's plenty of people who think that 168 isn't a very good division. When Edgar Berlanga and Munguía are considered top guys and future champions in the division, it feels pretty weak, as much as I don't like the notion of crapping all over it to put Canelo down. I grant it's stronger than the wasteland that is 160 right now, but I don't know that it's the greatest. Benavidez' primary name on his resume is a Canelo leftover in Plant, along with washed middleweight Lemieux and Dirrell. Not sure that's really Boogeyman territory. The Boogeymen near 168 are the 175 champions, IMO.

[Oracle01]

He is a boogeyman because he has beat the crap out of every opponent and has been an avoided fighter for years. Canelo has been fighting at 168 since 2018, and 8 fights and has still not fought him. That is quite odd considering Benavidez has always been considered the toughest guy in a weak division as you say but Canelo keeps fighting other opponents at 168. Plant, Dirrell and Lemieux is actually a pretty good resume for a 26 year old with only 27 fights. Canelo was still fighting cab drivers after 27 fights.