Comments Thread For: Canelo Alvarez will fight William Scull on May 3rd in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

[STREET CLEANER]

I have zero idea if Canelo beats Scull and then Crawford how they would excuse a Surace or Charlie fight. They would be only show case fights for fanboys.

[ShoulderRoll]

Damn, Canelo really does live in MulaKO’s head rent-free.

[ImDominicanLipz]

I think you're underestimating how good Madrimov is.

Madrimov is not that good. Please no double standards.

[Goatintheboat]

Morrell was his mandatory at 168 since January 2021. Benavidez was his mandatory at 168 for nearly 3 years, and the #1 contender by all independent bodies for the entirety of his time at 168. He already tried cherry picking Bivol. Stop making excuses for his ducking. His last fight was vs the mandatory for his mandatory; he literally fought the guy who was mandatory for Morrell rather than Morrell. And you're trying to defend that? GTFO.

Boo hoo. They both got scared and ran away to the LHW division. Now that they've fought each other, who cares, it proved how dull they are. They've both been mismanaged, either one of them could of been holding the IBF belt looking to unify for undisputed but f@#ked their chance of doing so.

Canelo went up and did Kovalev and fought Bivol but he's no LHW but he's still got a better resume than both of them at that weight hasn't he.

Demanding Canelo fight at LHW undermines everyone's argument when it comes to Canelo.

[davef]

17 pages for such a sh** fight announcement. Boxing is really in a hole you got Tank saying he wants to retire and won't face anyone fans want to see him in against, canelo is past his prime and on a world tour collectin money, Ennis is hanging around in the worst 147 division in my lifetime, the whole top 5 HW roster is on the verge of retiring with barely anyone of note to replace them etc etc etc

what a terrible era this fight is just another on the list and crawford vs canelo is a ****** fight yea I'll watch because it's a freak show but it ain't boxing how I know it

[Oregonian]

At least Turki axed the Paul fight which was in the process of being made

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He might as well have fought Jake Paul. I mean what’s the difference? He already for a 154 Ibs guy and Munguia and others.
Turki could have just combined the 4 fight pay days into one so Canelo could face Benavidez. After all, Canelo was pretty adamant he’s not fighting Benny for less than $200 million.
Now we’re going to see Canelo fighting Mayorga after Scull and then Connor Benn and then maybe Crawford or Sergio Martinez who is looking for a comeback fight at 46. All for 168 Ibs supremacy.

[FlatLine]

Scull isn't bad to be fair. Pretty good boxer. If he has decent punch resistance, he could give Canelo a closer fight than expected. He's not a power puncher though with only 39% KO ratio and most of those KOs came from accumulation of punches, not one punch KOs. But I think this is gonna be an exciting fight for as long as it lasts. Even if Scull gets knocked out I think it'll be because he's trying to win the fight and not just survive for 12 rounds. He does hold that left hand low though so look out for Canelo's overhand right.

[LarryMerchant'sBottle]

Edgar Berlanga and now Scull... That is tragic! It's is not even main event worthy. It's only been 5 minutes since he signed and Canelo is already ruining Turki's reputation for staging huge fights

Ruining Turki's reputation??? Freaking Turki is the one begging Ritchie Cunningham to be a part of Riyadh, not the other way around. Why in the world did Turki sign Ritchie to a 4 fight deal??? And if Ritchie was gonna be making between $90 to 120 million to fight Jake, it's safe to assume that Turki guaranteed Ritchie $250 million for the 4 fight deal.

If anybody is ruining Turki's reputation, it's Turki himself... Turki just helped Ritchie make millions and millions at the expense of Boxing....

[Oracle01]

Scull isn't bad to be fair. Pretty good boxer. If he has decent punch resistance, he could give Canelo a closer fight than expected. He's not a power puncher though with only 39% KO ratio and most of those KOs came from accumulation of punches, not one punch KOs. But I think this is gonna be an exciting fight for as long as it lasts. Even if Scull gets knocked out I think it'll be because he's trying to win the fight and not just survive for 12 rounds. He does hold that left hand low though so look out for Canelo's overhand right.

Scull threw 330 punches in his last fight and landed 80. What do you think he will do against Canelo, and what on earth makes you think it will be an exciting fight? This will be a stinker.

[crimsonfalcon07]

Boo hoo. They both got scared and ran away to the LHW division. Now that they've fought each other, who cares, it proved how dull they are. They've both been mismanaged, either one of them could of been holding the IBF belt looking to unify for undisputed but f@#ked their chance of doing so.

Canelo went up and did Kovalev and fought Bivol but he's no LHW but he's still got a better resume than both of them at that weight hasn't he.

Demanding Canelo fight at LHW undermines everyone's argument when it comes to Canelo.

He could have fought either of his long standing mandatories at 168. He didn't. They didn't get scared; they moved on with their careers because he's too chicken to fight them. Nearly 4 years, and he decided to face his mandatory's mandatory. You're a straight clown for defending his ducking. The rest of 168 is weak, and you know it, but he's been fighting mostly guys from 160 and lower, rather than the contenders at 168. Who's he fought that was actually from 168 after getting smoked by Bivol? Ryder and Berlanga. That's it. Who's supposed to be a threat at 168? Pacheco? Mbilli? Not that he'll fight those guys either. He's basically turned into Mexican Tank Davis since losing his soul to Bivol.