Canelos last mandatory defence

**AvoidDisaster** · 12-10-2011, 08:15 PM

Originally posted by Boxing Bob

When was Canelos last mandatory defence of the WBC 154lb title?

June 18th 2011...

**mexicanwarrior1** · 12-10-2011, 08:16 PM

against rhodes a really underrated fight for him

**piojo del norte** · 12-10-2011, 08:17 PM

I like Canelo but I still am not sure about his Chin resistance. I can count on Chavez's chin to take some mayor punishment since he inherited it from his father.

**Boxing Bob** · 12-10-2011, 08:25 PM

Rhodes was a mandatory?????? You gotta be kidding me!

**LatinKing416** · 12-10-2011, 08:33 PM

this trashy kid is still a protected mexican fighter

a sulaiman personally protected fighter

**ИATAS** · 12-10-2011, 08:48 PM

Originally posted by Boxing Bob

Rhodes was a mandatory?????? You gotta be kidding me!

Rhodes was actually ranked top 10 by The Ring at the time, so that was actually a good fight for him on paper. Rhodes did earn that position in the ratings and we have to keep in mind at 154 pounds, while there are a lot of good fighters no one has really done much in the division, so certainly guys like rhodes, k9, etc. can be ranked in the top 10.

**mexicanwarrior1** · 12-10-2011, 08:50 PM

Originally posted by ИATAS206

Rhodes was actually ranked top 10 by The Ring at the time, so that was actually a good fight for him on paper. Rhodes did earn that position in the ratings and we have to keep in mind at 154 pounds, while there are a lot of good fighters no one has really done much in the division, so certainly guys like rhodes, k9, etc. can be ranked in the top 10.

he was also side tracke bc no one wanted to give him a tittle shot until canelo. He even wanted to fight margs when no one wanted to fight him.

**ИATAS** · 12-10-2011, 08:55 PM

Originally posted by mexicanwarrior1

he was also side tracke bc no one wanted to give him a tittle shot until canelo. He even wanted to fight margs when no one wanted to fight him.

right. So I think it's unfair for anyone to criticize Canelo for fighting Rhodes, who I believe was #6 or #7 by the Ring at the time and it was supposed to be Canelo's toughest fight of his career, and I remember there were a number of people who thought Rhodes was going to win.

I've been a critic of canelo lately, well more so the WBC's rankings and my belief that Golden Boy is protecting him a bit, but Rhodes certainly isn't something he should be criticized for.

**RichardP** · 12-10-2011, 10:21 PM

thought Angulo-Kirkland was the eliminator, well at least that's what it was being advertised as.

I want Canelo-Kirkland

Canelos last mandatory defence