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Unfortunately, as a Canelo fan, I couldn’t agree more with Bradley.
I actually liked the Ryder and Munguia fights. Both of those fights were essential to Canelo’s run at 168 before they joined the list of fighters his critics say he’s ducking. While some deny it now, I already saw comments on the Munguia vs Ryder rbr thread stating Canelo wouldn’t fight such a young, big and dangerous fighter in Munguia. It’s good to have gotten those two out of the way. The ducking accusations would’ve gotten worse. So he had to fight those two. He had to fight Callum Smith, Billy Joe Saunders, and Caleb Plant alongside Munguia and Ryder. He had to, or else, he wouldn’t hear the end of it from his critics.
No one’s asking for Berlanga or Eubank Jr. If Canelo avoids both of these fights, no one would care, not even his biggest haters. He doesn’t have to fight them. There’s no demand for these fights.
The most important opponent now is David Benavidez.
There’s only two other opponents that Canelo can fight in which fans might say it’s okay to fight them if he’s not fighting Benavidez. And that’s a rematch vs Bivol, or a fight against Morrell.
The very worst opponent he could face is Christian Mbili. He would face a lot of backlash for it, but not as much as he would for fighting Berlanga or Eubank Jr.
I actually liked the Ryder and Munguia fights. Both of those fights were essential to Canelo’s run at 168 before they joined the list of fighters his critics say he’s ducking. While some deny it now, I already saw comments on the Munguia vs Ryder rbr thread stating Canelo wouldn’t fight such a young, big and dangerous fighter in Munguia. It’s good to have gotten those two out of the way. The ducking accusations would’ve gotten worse. So he had to fight those two. He had to fight Callum Smith, Billy Joe Saunders, and Caleb Plant alongside Munguia and Ryder. He had to, or else, he wouldn’t hear the end of it from his critics.
No one’s asking for Berlanga or Eubank Jr. If Canelo avoids both of these fights, no one would care, not even his biggest haters. He doesn’t have to fight them. There’s no demand for these fights.
The most important opponent now is David Benavidez.
There’s only two other opponents that Canelo can fight in which fans might say it’s okay to fight them if he’s not fighting Benavidez. And that’s a rematch vs Bivol, or a fight against Morrell.
The very worst opponent he could face is Christian Mbili. He would face a lot of backlash for it, but not as much as he would for fighting Berlanga or Eubank Jr.
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