Comments Thread For: De La Hoya: Canelo Fight Could Break Chavez Record

[mathed]

Article claims Julio Cesar Chavez Jr was the one to set the record in 1993.. what? Damn, Jr has been a G since 93'

LMAO, I noticed that too.

[mathed]

Canelo walked away from the fight dummy..

But why do you think that is the case? They gave in to ALL of Cotto's demands and he still didn't sign the contract. Should Nelo just sit by idly waiting until Cotto decides what he wants to do? Meanwhile, Ginger has his fight lined up and ODLH is ramping up promotional activities while Cotto approaches a year of inactivity.

[LADIV]

Canelo walked away from the fight dummy..

After almost 3 months of negotiating and nelo giving in to cottos diva demands
And still wouldn't sign the contract....it took a few days to finalize the kirkland fight
You either wanna fight or pus sy out like cotto did....like I said his vagina is bigger than his heart

[Bardock]

I'm scratching my head reading these comments, like wtf are these dudes on about??

I can see it now," My fighters tickets cost me $400 and you only got to pay $10 !!!

these groupies will complain about anything bro.

[LADIV]

these groupies will complain about anything bro.

Only lame groupies that lack common sense will complain about s hit like this they will rather pay 400 a ticket. And pay 80 bucks on a ppv to see a whack fight.rather than pay 30 bucks a ticket and no ppv to see a kick ass fight......vayanse a la verga putos

[MrRolltide91]

If they price tickets at $5-10 then maybe. But is canelo v Kirkland a fight that would attract as much interest as Chavez v sweet pea. I don't think so.

basically...

[sterilizer]

Not sure if what you mean by "The boy doesn't want to fight against guys that are complete boxer's" means he is reluctant to face excellent defensive fighters (guys skilled at avoiding getting hit), but FYI, he already fought Floyd, Lara, Mosley and Trout! Are they unskilled offensive fighters who stand in front of their opponent? No way!!!

I agree that Canelo is one-dimensional, a very limited fighter and has huge stamina and defense issues, BUT your saying that he is avoiding fighting vs. a certain type of fighters, means you are lying through your teeth because the guy has already fought the most skilled defensive fighters in his weight class, and BTW I don't think he is a "class A" fighter either, but he has heart, kind of Rocky Balboa in those legendary movies, and that's always a very good attribute IMO.

Oscar still trying to sell people on Canelo being this star when he is just a one dimensional fighter. The boy doesn't want to fight against guys that are complete boxer's and only looks good against guys who stand right in front of him. Floyd and Lara exposed this kid and showed the world the kid doesn't know near enough to become be more than a D- figbter. Sure he'll look good when he's fighting bums of guys moving up in weight. But put him in against well rounded fighters and the kid is lost. Let's face it the tickets for this fight will be so low you can get 20 for under $2.50 &each. Hell I paid more for a bus ride on a Greyhound bus. ....

[SlySlickSmooth]

today I learned Chavez Jr. fought Whitaker in 1993.

[whoseyourdaddy]

If they want to break the record they better make ticket prices extremely low and even then I don't see it beating Chavez-Whitaker attendance. Chavez and Whitaker were the best fighters in the world at the time and both had way bigger fan bases than Canelo and Kirkland.

Caves did Whitaker, never had a following his PPV #s. He always rely on bigger names to be able to sell some.....Canelo by far has more following now than Whitaker ever had all his career.

[Sweet Pea 50]

Caves did Whitaker, never had a following his PPV #s. He always rely on bigger names to be able to sell some.....Canelo by far has more following now than Whitaker ever had all his career.

The real question should be if Chavez Sr. ever had as big of a following as Kirkland does now.

Because we all know Kirkland is the A-Side.