Comments Thread For: 'Fighting Words' - Canelo-Trout? Don’t Hold Your Breath

[Hougigo]

How about Alvarez vs Bundrage on March 2nd and (if Alvarez wins) Alvarez vs Kirkland, Angulo, Rosario, or Trout on May 4th! No PPV, ofcourse.

Bundrage has a belt and he's a JMW, so no go

[The Guillotine]

no wonder arum doesn't want to do business with those GBP c*nts.....why does boxing always have to take a ****ing step backwards, why can't it make a step forwards for once...

[Light_Speed]

Erik Morales was six months removed from topping Manny Pacquiao when the two boxers again shared a card — this time in separate fights in September 2005 that were meant to set up their coming rematch. While Pacquiao did his part by dispatching Hector Velasquez, an out-of-shape Morales was embarrassed, out-boxed and defeated by Zahir Raheem. Nevertheless, Morales-Pacquiao 2 aired on pay-per-view just four months later.

Difference is Morales beat Pacquiao the first time and Pacquio's style was the polar opposite from Raheem, so it made the rematch somewhat intriguing.

In the case of Cotto vs. Canelo I don't see how they could justify it.

[fitefan]

Difference is Morales beat Pacquiao the first time and Pacquio's style was the polar opposite from Raheem, so it made the rematch somewhat intriguing.

In the case of Cotto vs. Canelo I don't see how they could justify it.

that crap is just shameful, and it would be the end of miguel as we know it

i think canelo beats him worse than margy did

[BennyST]

That doesn't make any sense.

Sure it does. Trout is black, Klitschko is white. Trout is a southpaw, Klitschko a righty. Trout doesn't have power, Klitschko does. Trout takes risks anyway, Klitschko doesn't. Trout fought hard inside, Klitschko clinches inside. Trout threw lots of combinations, Klitschko doesn't.

See? Might as well be the third brother.

[4Corners]

Hey I wouldn't have a problem if Canelo fought Angulo or Kirkland, but seriously...Canelo-Trout needs to happen. The only reason it won't is because Trout is a big threat to the bigger money fights.

[4Corners]

Difference is Morales beat Pacquiao the first time and Pacquio's style was the polar opposite from Raheem, so it made the rematch somewhat intriguing.

In the case of Cotto vs. Canelo I don't see how they could justify it.

But why didn't Pac fight Raheem???

[BennyST]

Difference is Morales beat Pacquiao the first time and Pacquio's style was the polar opposite from Raheem, so it made the rematch somewhat intriguing.

In the case of Cotto vs. Canelo I don't see how they could justify it.

Well...unlike Morales though, Cotto still looked good against Trout, therefore the Canelo fight isn't so bad. Against Raheem however, Morales literally looked shot to ****. Which he was in hindsight. That was the first fight that took everything
out of him. Pac fight was his last great effort, and the Raheem fight simply took whatever he had left and stomped it into the ground.

People forget the beating he took in that fight. Well, they either forget or they never saw it and think he just got outboxed without taking any punishment. He got hurt and stunned badly, took a million right hands and jabs. It was a bad fight for him and really took it out of him, then in the second Pac fight it showed up because he had absolutely no legs at all and no fight left in him.

Cotto was competitive for stretches until the end. Morales was completely shut out, dominated, and beaten up.

It was the same as here. Big name they knew they could beat, particularly because of their last fights so they took that one instead of the high risk, less reward fight.

[MJ223]

Canelo-Cotto

Paulie-Hatton II coming right up...... Unfortunately whether we like it or not

[Light_Speed]

that crap is just shameful, and it would be the end of miguel as we know it

i think canelo beats him worse than margy did

Yeah I feel Canelo would lay him out.

But why didn't Pac fight Raheem???

He should have but at least he tried to avenge a loss so there was some semblance of justification.

Well...unlike Morales though, Cotto still looked good against Trout, therefore the Canelo fight isn't so bad. Against Raheem however, Morales literally looked shot to ****. Which he was in hindsight. That was the first fight that took everything
out of him. Pac fight was his last great effort, and the Raheem fight simply took whatever he had left and stomped it into the ground.

People forget the beating he took in that fight. Well, they either forget or they never saw it and think he just got outboxed without taking any punishment. He got hurt and stunned badly, took a million right hands and jabs. It was a bad fight for him and really took it out of him, then in the second Pac fight it showed up because he had absolutely no legs at all and no fight left in him.

Cotto was competitive for stretches until the end. Morales was completely shut out, dominated, and beaten up.

It was the same as here. Big name they knew they could beat, particularly because of their last fights so they took that one instead of the high risk, less reward fight.

Morales was dominated but what I'm saying is stylewise, you could argue that he could still beat Pac. In the case of Canelo vs Cotto you can't even do that because we know that Cotto is seriously undersized in this division and he was getting hurt by a guy who's not a very big puncher. Cotto was competitive but he never showed any sign that he could beat Canelo.