Will Canelo be a Champ at Middleweight?

[elfag]

With his body type, how young he is, and how good he looked tonight I would go out on a limb and say yes, possibly even SMW as well down the line. He isn't very tall but the kid is wide, he will thicken up as he ages and move up and I think he can grab a belt or two.

yeah he could go 168 down the road. Hes only 23. Already big for 154. has plenty of time to do a 3rd weight class.

[sugarsmosley]

I think he would beat martinez. His handspeed is comparable and his defense is miles ahead. Martinez is well past it now and gets hit a lot. The only thing martinez has thats big here is his stamina and that could affect canelo late.

I think Canelo beats:
martinez or cotto
sturm

Think he loses to GGG

i dont think his defense is miles ahead then maravilla lol.... what are the only two movers canelo faced in his career. floyd and trout and they give him big time problems. maravilla esp. healthy moves around the ring, and this guy punches HARD. i think a healthy and still good maravilla probably beats canelo. but he does have the great equalizer, a big punch and we've seen maravilla get hurt. but i'd take maravilla > canelo still

[STEELHEAD]

Alvarez has proven that he is very good against stationary targets. However, he has a lot of work to do against mobile targets. That's one of several reasons I favor Martinez over him.

yeah...a definet UD for martinez at this time.
saul is still young. no telling how good he's going to get.

[STEELHEAD]

i dont think his defense is miles ahead then maravilla lol.... what are the only two movers canelo faced in his career. floyd and trout and they give him big time problems. maravilla esp. healthy moves around the ring, and this guy punches HARD. i think a healthy and still good maravilla probably beats canelo. but he does have the great equalizer, a big punch and we've seen maravilla get hurt. but i'd take maravilla > canelo still

and martinez has a good chin.

[ColdBlooded]

I think a Lara fight would tell us a lot about how Alvarez handles a powerful mover. Trout doesn't punch as hard as Lara and doesn't move as much. He does seem to handle pressure better than Lara, though.

[sugarsmosley]

and martinez has a good chin.

i just find it ridiculous saying canelo has better defense then martinez.... yes we've seen more head movement lately but really canelo doesnt move his upper body too much. i dont think canelos defense is awful but not better then serg. serg on his game is moving around the ring and is hard to cut the ring off against. hes low to the ground and hides his upper body, hes hard to hit cleanly. and unlike floyd and trout, yeah he may not be as slick as them but he can make up for it with something none of them have, a big punch.

i dont want to compare canelo to chavez jr because i think canelo is much better then him, but chavez jr imo is bigger,stronger hits harder then canelo... trying to come forward and rough sergio up is a bad idea.

[ColdBlooded]

We saw Alvarez's combination punching neutralized completely by movement from Mayweather and Trout. I just imagine Martinez hitting Alvarez with a straight left to his stomach while Alvarez is overdoing the head movement. Given Alvarez's stamina problems, I think a healthy Martinez knocks him out in the later rounds.