Why won't canelo fight bivol at 168?

[Elheath]

The endless chirping on a boxing forum won't do anything to make the rematch happen, because none other than Canelo himself knows better than anyone else in the world that he will definitely lose on a rematch with Bivol regardless of being done at 175 or 168. However at 175 he had a valid excuse of being too small and too weak for that division (which is true, he IS indeed too small and weak to fight the best of 175) not to mention owns no belts to lose, but when he inevitably loses to Bivol in 168 then not only does he lose his excuse of being too small and weak, he will also lose all his belts as well which will be too much of a damage even for a guy of his popularity. Therefore he absolutely must make whatever reason possible in order to duck the fight, which makes sense from a business standpoint because even Canelo doesn't want to beltless as it will hurt his market value.

The excuse can be anything even if it is bluntly false, as long as it sounds sweet enough that his fans who drops the money accept it..."oh the money ain't worth it (even if Bivol somehow marries the princess of Saudi Arabia and hypothetically offers him 100 million Canelo still won't accept it)" "oh Canelo won't get credit if he wins at 168 (he won't win regardless of 168 or 175 but who cares he can't lose again to a guy if he never fights him)" "there are more sweet sounding names like Bud that will be more popular (because he's a bigger celebrity than Bivol but a much weaker opponent in comparison)"...forget what envious haters say, they aren't the ones that makes Canelo rich, it is his fans who believe he is the best of 168 lbs.

[satiev1]

the endless chirping on a boxing forum won't do anything to make the rematch happen, because none other than canelo himself knows better than anyone else in the world that he will definitely lose on a rematch with bivol regardless of being done at 175 or 168. However at 175 he had a valid excuse of being too small and too weak for that division (which is true, he is indeed too small and weak to fight the best of 175) not to mention owns no belts to lose, but when he inevitably loses to bivol in 168 then not only does he lose his excuse of being too small and weak, he will also lose all his belts as well which will be too much of a damage even for a guy of his popularity. therefore he absolutely must make whatever reason possible in order to duck the fight, which makes sense from a business standpoint because even canelo doesn't want to beltless as it will hurt his market value.

The excuse can be anything even if it is bluntly false, as long as it sounds sweet enough that his fans who drops the money accept it..."oh the money ain't worth it (even if bivol somehow marries the princess of saudi arabia and hypothetically offers him 100 million canelo still won't accept it)" "oh canelo won't get credit if he wins at 168 (he won't win regardless of 168 or 175 but who cares he can't lose again to a guy if he never fights him)" "there are more sweet sounding names like bud that will be more popular (because he's a bigger celebrity than bivol but a much weaker opponent in comparison)"...forget what envious haters say, they aren't the ones that makes canelo rich, it is his fans who believe he is the best of 168 lbs.

i made a thread about this earlier months back where i said bivol brutally owned canelo by willing to drain himself to fight canelo at 168 lbs just to get the belts and make history and canelo refused. I've never seen a fighter do that in the history of boxing.

[crimsonfalcon07]

Remember when the haters were all saying that Canelo was the one behind having the rematch at 168?

I said then, and I'll say now, no way does Canelo risk rematching Bivol at 168, because then he loses all his belts, and has no excuses left for losing to Bivol, and no leverage to get other fights. Fights should be his mandatory Davids, then Beterbiev, if he's really fighting for legacy.

[Shrap]

And what his purse for that mega fight no one watched? How come he’s having issues finding an opponent now. He should have cashed in after beating the P4P top dog. How’s that worked out for him?

He lives in little Canelo's steroid balloon head rent free so I'm sure he enjoys that.

Canelo will never ever fight Bivol again. He'll posture until retirement but never commit to anything. Bivol has his number any day of the week and Canelo knows it.

Canelo isn't P4P top dog either.

[PerfectJab]

Canelo stated in an interview that the fight hasn't happened because 'they made it difficult' 'wanted too much'
There is a video of Bivol's promoter saying that they haven't heard from Canelo's people since the fight, no negotiations, no offer, nothing.
"How can they say Bivol asked for too much when they haven't even asked what he wants?"