Comments Thread For: Canelo Alvarez stripped of IBF title after agreeing to fight Edgar Berlanga

[boxing IQ]

He cannot claim to be in the P4P conversation now with only 3 belts can he?

No more than Usyk or Crawford..

[Nightfall]

Canelo don't care. He's already accomplished undisputed. He's done with 168 after that bud fight. The canelo vs David fight will happen at 175.

He scared of Benavidez at any weight. The fight is never happening

[Greenfield02]

I agree that fighters should fight they're mandatories and should be stripped if they don't do it with in a reasonable amount of time. That being said, the mandatories the IBF puts up are a disgrace, IDK how in the hell the IBF ranks they're fighters because they always put guys who should not be anywhere near the top as Mando's.

[Elastic Recoilz]

No more than Usyk or Crawford..

well they're both undefeated for a start and beat the best fighter available to them to achieve their status - that will always be looked on as better than Canelo in that regard,

[SUBZER0ED]

Well, It’s about time that one of these alphabet sanctioning bodies had the unmitigated gall and balls to step to Canelo Alvarez by stripping him of one of his titles.

Fair play to the IBF. This is exactly what boxing needs. Ginger has made a mockery of the sport with both his cowardice and unprofessionalism. He is also one of the main reasons why boxing is no longer a mainstream sport.

He has brought great shame, dishonor and disrepute not only to himself but to the entire sport of boxing itself. With his cherry picking ways in avoiding and ducking the stiffest challenges out there in and around his weight division.

The sad thing is, other younger talents are seeing Alvarez pulling this crap and may figure they can do it too. We need more sanctioning bodies to stand up and break the cycle.

[Curtis2]

IBF belt holders just remember, sooner or later, I’ma Be- F**K*d

[boxing IQ]

well they're both undefeated for a start and beat the best fighter available to them to achieve their status - that will always be looked on as better than Canelo in that regard,

Canelo earned each of those belts fighting the best available the same as them.

And, honestly, the belts secondary at this point. What they've done in the ring beats any kind of politics outside of it.

[crixus85]

How disrespectful of the IBF. Don’t they realise the importance of the manufactured tradition of the “great” rivalry between Mexico and P/Rico for failing to recognise Alvarez’s defense against New York’s Berlanga as part of boxing’s glorious, storied legacy!

[champion4ever]

The sad thing is, other younger talents are seeing Alvarez pulling this crap and may figure they can do it too. We need more sanctioning bodies to stand up and break the cycle.

You are absolutely correct. It was Floyd Mayweather who discovered this bum.

Mayweather was the one who helped built his brand and profile among casual fans by fighting him on pay per view.

Had it not been for Floyd Mayweather, Chances are we would have never heard of this loser.

Unfortunately, for us boxing fans; Canelo Alvarez has now become the end of all boxing.

[PBR Streetgang]

The IBF always seems to follow their rules which is more than can be said of the other sanctioning bodies. The problem is they have some very prohibitive rules which results in a lot of the better, more established fighters not being ranked.

This is how you get guys like Scull being a mandatory.