Comments Thread For: De La Hoya: Canelo Can Eclipse Mayweather, Pacquiao

[The plunger man]

If he don't learn the english language he will not cross over to superstardom and that's a 100 percent.....you can't selll yourself to the world if you don't speak the worlds universal language.....yes he is big in Mexico for sure but to be a an Ali ,leonard,tyson,mayweather,pacquaio you need cross over appeal.....how can he crossover to the mainstream if he can't sell himself.....secondly he would need to change trainers to take him up a level although nice guys they can't really teach anything more he don't know already....he needs a vast improvement on his foot speed and from what I see in his traning he is still doing the same routine...that was one of the main reasons why floyd completely schooled him...he lacks agilty and movement to become a real all time great

[lopez36]

canelo is popular, but i believe he eill be bigger, i mean he proved his popularity the night he gought lopez snd filled the arena and that same night in the same city was the big chavez/martinez fight snd canelo still brought people to the fight,this isnt about being the best ever, its sbout being a superstar snd i belive he will be huge

[M Bison]

Like to see Canelo try and get out in fighting more than two times a year, he has potential to surpass the levels of those mentioned but its going to be extremely hard If he is pushing into MW domains.

[RespekonMyName]

Nope. They were great fighters, he isn't great. Sorry.

[steeve steel]

Can BUT won't... once he starts fighting at Middleweight, which he should already be doing, the dream will vanish. GGG, Quillen, even Lee would beat him right now. In 5 years he'll balloon up to 168...

[PETUFF]

ha haha ha ha de la Oya always talking s hit!!!!!!!

[Fetta]

Nope. They were great fighters, he isn't great. Sorry.

Im a HUGE Canelo fan but this is the truth

[Shadoww702]

He could, key being "COULD". First move would be replacing Reynoso with someone who would push him and wouldn't just be happy because he's training Canelo. A guy like Canelo needs someone to push him, look at Chavez Jr...got too comfortable being a name and it all derailed on him. We don't know how Canelo handles moving up later on in his career. We've seen tons of boxers with the ability to do great things get derailed by external factors.

Well said! I like Saul but his trainer does not push him at all. And I still think it's a TERRIBLE idea to have your training gym in your own home! You need to be in the NASTIEST gyms. Watching the youngster clawing and biting their way up to the top. The hungry ones to make you remember every day what it took to get where you're at now.

Not like the Chavez Jr. school of training. Who you had to BEG to trainer and then he finally says ok! Let's move these couches around and make ring???

[nielon]

All this talk will rapidly vanish after NOV 21. #WarCotto

[Pigeons]

November 21st will stamp Roc Nation Sports's place in boxing. Andre Ward will start his journey toward the Sergey Kovalev fight by stomping out Alexander Brand and Miguel Cotto will end the reign of Golden Boy Promotions by knocking out its last marketable fighter.

Golden Boy has seen Matthysse and Lemieux get brutally battered and stopped this month and the sacrifice of Canelo Alvarez next month will finally fold Golden Boy Promotions. I can't wait!