Comments Thread For: The Beltline: This week we learned that Canelo Alvarez-Terence Crawford was on, and then off, and then on again

[Ini]

Thank you, the article is dripping with smarm and cynicism, I love it. Like the poster above, the term 'engagement farming' is an excellent description.

[BennyBlanco808]

Engagement farming… brilliant article, right on.

[exkluesive]

I thought Turki was a real boxing fan. Guess not. Ain't no way Canelo is even seeing 160 for a weigh in for this fight so Crawford is going to have to balloon up more weight classes just like Canelo's been selectively doing his whole career (king of the catch weights). I'm not saying Crawford isn't somehow culpable in this because it takes two to sign a contract but this some mess. What's next? Inoue fighting Tank? Benavidez fighting Usyk?

If boxing was really in order, these would be the opponents for these fighters:

Canelo:
1) Finally fight Benavidez at some weight. WBC will let him skip mandatories, keep belts, rob police on the street and never do anything to him, but tell a Charlo the minute a bell rings, his belts are gone. Some trash.
2) Rematch Bivol. And I don't want to hear anymore about 175 not being Canelo's weight class when dude was flirting with potential cruiserweight options.
3) The young bull Sheeran.

Bud:
1) Just go get Boots and be done with it.
2) Unify and be undisputed in three weight classes. He would be favored against all of them (Fundora, Murtazaliev, Vera, ) Bud would beat the brakes off of all them dudes.

Naw...we're over here with weight divisions don't matter. Belts clearly don't matter, and sanctioning bodies are absolutely worthless. We're getting some dope matchups this year, but the usual cronyism and self-sabotaging of the sport ain't changing.

[Sammy7861992]

Canelos been doing this a long time now , he has had a great career and gave us some great shows but he is on the way out he has slowed down big time , he is there for the taking , he got hit way too much in his last couple of fights , I will certainly tune in to watch him if he fights but I think he should call it a day

[JonDP]

Whatever he does from now on, if he chooses to fight charlo would tarnish his legacy more than anything that could possibly happen in the ring.

[Roadblock]

Who runs Barter Town? Canelo runs Barter Town.

Canelo using Jake Paul as leverage as well as threatening to kick his ball over the fence to get overpaid once again.

I see Bud and Nelo throwing no more than 20-30 punches a round and both their connect percentages going down. Will there be a rehydration clause? I doubt it. I don’t see Bud with the Power or nerve that Bivol has to take it to Canelo. Does Bud even risk jabs to Nelo’s body? How slow does this fight start? I predict both Bud and Canelo win financially and fans lose.

Its not nerve its size Bivol is bigger than Canelo., TC will fight to use angles, counters, be nimble use his speed and IQ to touch him and move he cannot stand in front of Canelo and exchange you beat Canelo with foot speed and great conditioning, a Mayweather type of boxing masterclass is Buds only hope of winnng.

[boxingitis]

Apparently Canelos mismatch vs Bud is in September. Canelo fighting in May. No mention of Bud fighting before he said he is waiting on Canelo so looks like he is sticking to his part time schedule of 1 fight per year and making the fight an even bigger mismatch. Looks like most people have fallen into the hype of Canelo Bud where now they put it ahead of even Canelo Benavidez.

This would he Ideal only it Turki can make it happen. Money always talks at the end.

[PRvazquez]

Everyone will tune in . And Ginger hate will spread like usual. Complaining continues……….

[Boxing 112]

Crawford in May to shut up all the delusional people who Think Crawford can win. Easy Pay Day.
Benavidez in September
Beterbiev/Bivol Winner next February

Apparently Canelos mismatch vs Bud is in September. Canelo fighting in May. No mention of Bud fighting before he said he is waiting on Canelo so looks like he is sticking to his part time schedule of 1 fight per year and making the fight an even bigger mismatch. Looks like most people have fallen into the hype of Canelo Bud where now they put it ahead of even Canelo Benavidez.

[Pappy O’Daniel]

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You dumb asses can’t even post the word màgazine on your articles anymore because of your own censorship lmao