Canelo is criminally overrated

[TheJudge]

Canelo is criminally overrated. First of, no, I'm not a hater. Canelo never kicked my cat or did anything to make me hate him as a person, he's a young star doing his best. But to see him in the P4P top 10 lists feels so wrong and it annoys me a lot. Look at his last 4 fights:

Loses to Trout, but gets a gift decision.
Gets absolutely dominated by Mayweather.
Beats a journeyman.
Loses to Lara, but gets a gift decision.

Personally, I don't find him impressive at all and I don't understand why so many people does. He got an entertaining style, is young and got room for improvement, sure, but many are making him out to be something he is not. I wish him and every other fighter well in the future, but be fair, even if you're a Mexican or a redhead or a fangirl or got some other reason to root for this guy, he is NOT P4P top 10 material right now...

[Beercules]

He really isn't anything special. Concrete feet, average power, can't cut off a ring, decent hand speed.

If it wasn't for his good looks he wouldn't be so popular. Golden Boy sold him to us that he's the next big thing, he's average at best.

[Psylence83]

He really isn't anything special. Concrete feet, average power, can't cut off a ring, decent hand speed.

If it wasn't for his good looks he wouldn't be so popular. Golden Boy sold him to us that he's the next big thing, he's average at best.

I think he's an ugly mother****er!!!

[Beercules]

I think he's an ugly mother****er!!!

the girls like him doe

[PRchamp]

Canelo is groomed to be the next face of Boxing after Mayweather and Pacquiao are gone. But the truth is he has done nothing to earn that spot.

Lately he's been fighting these catch weights fights because he can't make 154 and he's scared to move up to 160. Of course he will love to fight Cotto a small middleweight that has no business in with a true Middleweight. Cotto makes the red princess wait and Canelo decides to fight Kirkland a fighter that he was supposed to fight years ago. Instead we got to see Canelo beat up on a 140lb Josesito Lopez.

GGG-Canelo will be the next Mayweather-Pacquiao. The fans will want but I have a feel De La Hoya doesn't want his golden goose cooked so I expect Canelo to fight the following....

May 2015 - inactive Kirkland
September 2015 - small Maidana
May 2016 - a retired Cotto
September 2016 - Rubio why not

[Psylence83]

the girls like him doe

Wonder if ginger ninja is jealous now oscar has a thing for lemieux. .....

[ea22]

Not going to bother with your whole post, but I always laugh when I hear he robbed Trout. I understand Lara, fight could have gone either way depending on scoring (especially with rounds with low activity, do you give it to the guy looking pretty or the one chasing), but Trout? Trout didn't do **** that whole fight, threw almost nothing beyond weak jabs, and the knockdown should have secured the fight almost completely. Canelo was also making him miss quite a lot, and countering with much harder shots. Even if you think the fight was close, it is far away from a robbery.

[Foreign Soil]

And yet Lara ran out the ring from this dude. Canelo isn't great, he's somewhat overrated but most people judge him accurately from what I see. Lara, on the other hand, has a reputation that doesn't live up to his performances and is the typical boxing nerd's dream, until he loses another time or two.

[Weebler I]

Now you're trying to underrate him, that makes a lot of sense.

Alvarez might not be anything special but he's got a good little resume for 24 years old.

Rhodes
Cintron
Trout
Angulo
Lara

May 2015 - inactive Kirkland
September 2015 - small Maidana
May 2016 - a retired Cotto
September 2016 - Rubio why not

Or...

May 2015 - Andrade (WBO JMW title)
Sept 2015 - Cotto (WBC MW title)


At 24, Canelo's in a good place and at least he wants to fight, unlike certain divas holding off on signing contracts.

[TheJudge]

Not going to bother with your whole post, but I always laugh when I hear he robbed Trout. I understand Lara, fight could have gone either way depending on scoring (especially with rounds with low activity, do you give it to the guy looking pretty or the one chasing), but Trout? Trout didn't do **** that whole fight, threw almost nothing beyond weak jabs, and the knockdown should have secured the fight almost completely. Canelo was also making him miss quite a lot, and countering with much harder shots. Even if you think the fight was close, it is far away from a robbery.

Jabs still counts. Canelo was missing all night against Trout, a knockdown can't make up for all those lost rounds. I'm not saying Trout fought an entertaining fight, but you don't have to be entertaining to win, Trout won clearly.