Comments Thread For: Canelo: No Mayweather Obsession, Sept. 14 in My Date!

[theboxingguru]

The first part of the quote was from Dan Rafeal, he has also tweeted and talked about the same thing in interviews. Dude's as much of an insider as anyone. He wouldn't write that unless he had facts to back it up. You think one of Mayweathers people is going to go on record saying he ducked? Get real dude.
Look, I agree if Floyd takes the fight he gets props. Would be his biggest challenge since he came up from 135. But his history says he will opt to take the safest fights.
I am a Canelo fan and I am not one of those that says Canelo will knock Floyd out, Mayweather could very well box circles around him.
But if its such an easy fight why isn't Floyd signing up for it? He makes money off the PPV and the backend sales, why wouldn't he want to make the most money? He only has a few fights left.

I keep hearing the same thing..Floyd is ducking Canelo. So anybody who challenges Floyd and he doesn't accept the challenge, he is ducking? Why do people fail to acknowledge the 20 lb. size advantage, that is very reasonable and credible concern. Why is Canelo not challenging Martinez or Chavez? Why isn't he catching any heat for not doing that? People always want to criticize Floyd and nobody else. There are several good fights for him at 147,but people won't be happy unless he fights a Klitchko.

[DeadLikeMe]

I keep hearing the same thing..Floyd is ducking Canelo. So anybody who challenges Floyd and he doesn't accept the challenge, he is ducking? Why do people fail to acknowledge the 20 lb. size advantage, that is very reasonable and credible concern. Why is Canelo not challenging Martinez or Chavez? Why isn't he catching any heat for not doing that? People always want to criticize Floyd and nobody else. There are several good fights for him at 147,but people won't be happy unless he fights a Klitchko.

Because this is NSB...all Floyd hate, all the time.

[opotemo]

I keep hearing the same thing..Floyd is ducking Canelo. So anybody who challenges Floyd and he doesn't accept the challenge, he is ducking? Why do people fail to acknowledge the 20 lb. size advantage, that is very reasonable and credible concern. Why is Canelo not challenging Martinez or Chavez? Why isn't he catching any heat for not doing that? People always want to criticize Floyd and nobody else. There are several good fights for him at 147,but people won't be happy unless he fights a Klitchko.

this is fair enough and I think it's ridiculous how much over the weight limit some of these fighters weigh on fight night but the fact is Floyd holds a belt at 154 and if he is not going to fight at 154 he should vacate

[QballLobo]

I keep hearing the same thing..Floyd is ducking Canelo. So anybody who challenges Floyd and he doesn't accept the challenge, he is ducking? Why do people fail to acknowledge the 20 lb. size advantage, that is very reasonable and credible concern. Why is Canelo not challenging Martinez or Chavez? Why isn't he catching any heat for not doing that? People always want to criticize Floyd and nobody else. There are several good fights for him at 147,but people won't be happy unless he fights a Klitchko.

If Floyd was a champion at 160 and ranked #1 then by all means he should fight Martinez. But he is not.
He is however the #1 ranked guy at 154 and Canelo is #2. You all act like he has never fought at that weight class.
Also using Floyd's logic he should fight canelo. He justified the JMM fight by saying Marquez called him out. What's different than Canelo calling him out? He justified the the Ghost fight by saying he was just fighting his mandatory at 147. Well, as of last weekend Canelo is now his mandatory.
And yes, when multiple people have confirmed that Floyd's people gave Canelo's a verbal agreement that they would fight and even went as far as to talk contract parameters but then back out once it comes to sign, then it is a duck in my book.
Like I said if Floyd takes the fight like he said he would he deserves major credit. But until then he is seen doing the same old thing, cherrypicking the easy fights (Ortiz, Ghost, Baldomir) in lieu of bigger challanges (Pacquiao, Canelo, prime Cotto, Margacheato.)

[jayblack]

Canelo does not need *****weather ! he is his own brand name , floyd is losing fans left and right by not fighting the fights thw fans want to see . I think berto would be a good fight , better than watching pbf run 12 rounds !

So let me get this right, you're saying Berto, a man who lost to Ortiz and Guerrero, who doesn't own a belt, who hasn't fought at 154 would be a good fight for Canelo? Yet Ortiz (the WBC champ at the time) nor Guerrero (the interim champ and Floyd's mandatory)are good fights for Floyd?

You sir clearly do not have a negatively bias opinion towards Floyd.

I think we all know Floyd is no jr MW. He has fought at that weight twice and was clearly outweighed by his opponents and he didn't look all that great. He is a legit WW. And the best WW in the game. The fights that we all want to see him fight unfortunatly will never happen because of the fued that Arum has with anyone who is not affiliated with top rank. If Canelo continues in the direction that he's going in, it will just be a matter of time before people start saying he's ducking top rank fighters, when the fact is that he'll never fight a top rank guy because he's with GBP.

[ox805er]

I keep hearing the same thing..Floyd is ducking Canelo. So anybody who challenges Floyd and he doesn't accept the challenge, he is ducking? Why do people fail to acknowledge the 20 lb. size advantage, that is very reasonable and credible concern. Why is Canelo not challenging Martinez or Chavez? Why isn't he catching any heat for not doing that? People always want to criticize Floyd and nobody else. There are several good fights for him at 147,but people won't be happy unless he fights a Klitchko.

i wonder what tune you were singing when he accepted Marquez's challenge..

[DadeCounty305]

The size difference is the biggest reason. Canelo will have a 15-20lb weight advantage over Floyd which is a fair enough reason not to fight him but in saying that Floyd holds a title at 154 and should vacate it if he is not prepared to fight Canelo.

But it was ok for Fraud to come in on fight night 16lbs over the weight limit vs JMM. Fraud had to pay JMM 500 or 800K because he was 2lbs over during the weigh in. So PLEASE stop making excuses for Fraud.

[ThatDude44]

Canelos tune is changing changing cause after that Trout fight he realized he not ready for Mayweather.

[Queen_Leia]

this is fair enough and I think it's ridiculous how much over the weight limit some of these fighters weigh on fight night but the fact is Floyd holds a belt at 154 and if he is not going to fight at 154 he should vacate

He will...remember he vacated his 154 lb belt after beating the Golden Boy. He is a now a career 147 lber making his mandatory defense.

[switchsouthpaw]

People are tossing out various arguments with no context whatsoever behind them. They'll argue about weight, catch-weights, etc. and act is if Floyd is somehow immune from any of those things. Did he not come in over the limit against Marquez, which was Marquez first fight at that weight? That was fair? They want to argue over who brings what to the table etc. Canelo is 22 and someday, if keeps on winning, will be a huge PPV draw, but at 22 is far ahead of where Mayweather was at a comparable age. I think Floyd beats the socks off the kid, but I'd still like to see the guy get a shot. Oscar gave Floyd the chance, why can't he return the favor and do the same for Canelo?