Comments Thread For: Saul Alvarez keeping cards close to his chest in the 'Canelo' stakes

[Clegg]

Is he a free agent after this? If so I expect he signs with Hearn and fights yet another Smith brother.

[QballLobo]

Everyone waits by the phone hoping and dreaming the cash cow blesses them and their families with the Canelo payyydayyy.

Don’t call him, he will call you.

[Smash]

dont look past berlanga, he says hes going to KO u even tho

in his last 6 fights he only has 1 KO win, it will only be his 3rd 12 round fight & hes a douch bag who likes to tell everyone how tough he is

[willieb24]

One of those cards should be a rematch with Erislandy Lara.

[Smash]

some of the biggest boxers in history had soft touches here and there

this is a very good point & well made but when u duck the most deserving guy who everyone wants u to fight for the least deserving guy who noone wants to see u fight, expect some Stick Flak whatever term u want

[champion4ever]

I am so glad to hear Canelo say that. I hopes he means it. It would be real treat and gift for us boxing fans if he does decide to fight Crawford.

[Smash]

I am so glad to hear Canelo say that. I hopes he means it. It would be real treat and gift for us boxing fans if he does decide to fight Crawford.

im not so sure, cant see anyway bud beats canelo, suspect its an easy nights work for canelo, would watch it tho as bud is a very good guy in the ring

[crimsonfalcon07]

CrimsonFalcon I didn’t miss the point rather you missed mine .I’m pointing out that even the most highly regarded boxers of all time have weak spots in their resumes.And they’re judged on the totality of their careers as will be Canelo.Now apparently you mean Benavidez as the #1 contender but who is #2 ? Morrell ? If you are claiming Canelo avoided Morrell then I can’t take you seriously.

I definitely didn't. Read more carefully. I discussed your point about soft touches already. The POINT is that with those highly regarded boxers, there are a lot of top fighters. Take Inoue, for example. The softest touches on his resume are mandatories, and even Doheny, the backup fighter after that idiot Goodman pulled out, is still Ring ranked #7. But with Canelo, after his loss to his cherry pick gone wrong, who exactly is the good fighter? His record currently is just full of hype jobs, domestic level guys, guys coming up from lower divisions, and most importantly, no mandatories defended except WBO. Zero defenses against the WBA mandatory, who was mandatory since Jan 2021. Zero defenses of the IBF belt, although I can forgive that, because their contenders tend to be jokes. His only defense of the WBC belt is Avni Yildirim.

Don't get me wrong, I actually thought Canelo would beat Benavidez if they'd fought over the last couple years, and I criticized Benavidez for losing his belt twice being ****** and unprofessional. I've defended Canelo in the past, but at some point, you just have to call a duck a duck.

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I definitely didn't. Read more carefully. I discussed your point about soft touches already. The POINT is that with those highly regarded boxers, there are a lot of top fighters. Take Inoue, for example. The softest touches on his resume are mandatories, and even Doheny, the backup fighter after that idiot Goodman pulled out, is still Ring ranked #7. But with Canelo, after his loss to his cherry pick gone wrong, who exactly is the good fighter? His record currently is just full of hype jobs, domestic level guys, guys coming up from lower divisions, and most importantly, no mandatories defended except WBO. Zero defenses against the WBA mandatory, who was mandatory since Jan 2021. Zero defenses of the IBF belt, although I can forgive that, because their contenders tend to be jokes. His only defense of the WBC belt is Avni Yildirim.

Don't get me wrong, I actually thought Canelo would beat Benavidez if they'd fought over the last couple years, and I criticized Benavidez for losing his belt twice being ****** and unprofessional. I've defended Canelo in the past, but at some point, you just have to call a duck a duck.

FINALLY! Someone besides me sees that Alvarez's record is a carefully planned one, where the threat of losing was hardly ever present. On the surface, he looks like this ATG Mexican warrior but after closer observation, a discerning eye sees that he's just a very good cherry picker.

[champion4ever]

im not so sure, cant see anyway bud beats canelo, suspect its an easy nights work for canelo, would watch it tho as bud is a very good guy in the ring

Yeah perhaps you are right. Especially, if Canelo is still doping; Which I strongly believe he is.

However, we will never know or prove it. Since he doesn’t do random drug testing.

Well at least he is mentioning someone who is both good, undefeated and could fight for a change.