Comments Thread For: Canelo Alvarez making moves on his terms - 'and I'm in no hurry'

[Carlos Valenzuela]

Canelo on May 10 2024 acomplished 11 years being a a Top 10 pound for pound on the The Ring magazine list. The last 7 years a Top 5, and 2 years and six months as the number one king pound for pound. Something to take into account by haters and followers.

[Tibburon245]

Canelo probably beats Benavidez if they ever fight. I would root for David but he is hittable and is not a massive puncher.

[factsarenice]

Why are you mentioning Floyd and Paul?

Floyd is retired and Paul is a gimmick. Canelo is the face of the sport.

First...."The Face of boxing" refers to marketability based on popularity. The so called "Face of boxing" is a slogan that has absolutely no relevance to the competitive sport of boxing and never did.

I mentioned Floyd because he just fought, and Paul and Canelo are fighting their exhibitions very soon. What they have in common is that they all hand pick their opponents for entertainment value and just like Ryan Garcia, they fight whomever they want under whatever terms they choose, rules don't apply.

[factsarenice]

Great post.

I remember watching Saul come up and thinking he had a shot at being a really great fighter. I pulled hard for him against Floyd. He got trounced and I realized that they hype didn't match the reality. But still gave him props for fighting Floyd and trying.

Then he started whining about weight classes, cherry picking, he aged Golovkin out and still lost two fights to him, yet got the obvious "Oscar is making sure I am the face of boxing" decisions. Can't let him lose, because that will damage his brand. He has a few losses more than his record shows for sure. And if those losses are on his record, he isn't "the face of boxing"....but he would have alot more respect.

And from there it has just gone downhill. The total lack of humility, the incredible arrogance...beating smaller guys on fight night, beating a way past it and recently brutalized Kov who was there for a check and saying he is "chasing greatness". Sitting on belts for years and blatantly running from Benavidez. Getting beat down by Bivol and acting like he won, then acting like he wants the rematch, when he obviously didn't.

PED's. A total lack of respect for the sport and his fans. Making it "the Canelo clown hour" fighting bad fighters and pulling guys up multiple weight classes. and contributing massively to the death of the sport. And not. giving. one. ****.

He is honestly IMO a cancer on the sport and has been for a long time. And he has hundreds of millions and could care less. He cares about two things. Fighting guys he knows he will beat and money. Which would be ok if he just dropped the belts and the "Im fighting for legacy" rhetoric, and just go fight whoever you want for money.

The majority of his career is just a overhyped well planned farce.

Phenomenal post that connects the dots.

[The Big Dunn]

First...."The Face of boxing" refers to marketability based on popularity. The so called "Face of boxing" is a slogan that has absolutely no relevance to the competitive sport of boxing and never did.

I mentioned Floyd because he just fought, and Paul and Canelo are fighting their exhibitions very soon. What they have in common is that they all hand pick their opponents for entertainment value and just like Ryan Garcia they fight whomever they want under whatever terms choose, rules don't apply.

But Paul and Floyd aren’t active pros where Canelo is.

[IronDanHamza]

I mentioned Floyd because he just fought

No, he didn't

Paul and Canelo are fighting their exhibitions.

No, they're not.

[Smash]

Canelo 'and I'm in no hurry'

to fight benny yeah we know lol

u are the self styled king and face of boxing but he made u look like a queen & the wbc your itchy vaggie cream

[Poopdick]

If you mean REAL on the level of Floyd vs Hernandez real? No gimmicks, wait until the guy is burned out, old, drunk, weight bullied or weight drained, basically tailored fights? I would say closest is Danny Jacob with an asterisk and maybe Billy Joe Saunders.

yeah that ain't a good resume if you look at it like that

[Smash]

canelo just giving the fans what they want, they want him to fight mexicans? ok sure no problem (even tho the fans never said dont fight mexicans) so he fights mungi, mexicans like fighting ricans, sure they do, canelo obliges and fights berlanga even tho he was born in NY doesnt matter its a family thing as well, canelo just always thinking of the fans

[mjh1969]

Great post.

I remember watching Saul come up and thinking he had a shot at being a really great fighter. I pulled hard for him against Floyd. He got trounced and I realized that they hype didn't match the reality. But still gave him props for fighting Floyd and trying.

Then he started whining about weight classes, cherry picking, he aged Golovkin out and still lost two fights to him, yet got the obvious "Oscar is making sure I am the face of boxing" decisions. Can't let him lose, because that will damage his brand. He has a few losses more than his record shows for sure. And if those losses are on his record, he isn't "the face of boxing"....but he would have alot more respect.

And from there it has just gone downhill. The total lack of humility, the incredible arrogance...beating smaller guys on fight night, beating a way past it and recently brutalized Kov who was there for a check and saying he is "chasing greatness". Sitting on belts for years and blatantly running from Benavidez. Getting beat down by Bivol and acting like he won, then acting like he wants the rematch, when he obviously didn't.

PED's. A total lack of respect for the sport and his fans. Making it "the Canelo clown hour" fighting bad fighters and pulling guys up multiple weight classes. and contributing massively to the death of the sport. And not. giving. one. ****.

He is honestly IMO a cancer on the sport and has been for a long time. And he has hundreds of millions and could care less. He cares about two things. Fighting guys he knows he will beat and money. Which would be ok if he just dropped the belts and the "Im fighting for legacy" rhetoric, and just go fight whoever you want for money.

The majority of his career is just a overhyped well planned farce.

Very nicely stated and extremely accurate. This describes Canelo to a tee.