At 25 years old, is Canelo Alvarez already a borderline future Hall of Famer?

[SouthPawHitman]

Exactly. It ain't that hard getting into the HOF these days.

Close but no cigar. Its Sylvester Stallone that's in the IBHOF. Rocky Balboa is not a real human person.

I understand that this is a confusing subject.

[BOXEO _]

Close but no cigar. Its Sylvester Stallone that's in the IBHOF. Rocky Balboa is not a real human person.

I understand that this is a confusing subject.

Nope, his name is Rocky Balboa. Sylvester Stallone is his slave name.

I don't care what "the man" calls him.

[SouthPawHitman]

Also, Pac got a better resume.

Yeah well Pac-Man is like 40 so you cant compare

[Lords]

lol dude is pulling lies out of his ass

View post above^, I don't need to lie kid.

[Butt stuff]

Yeah well Pac-Man is like 40 so you cant compare

Well dont say this then.

Lets keep it real here. Canelo is 25 but probably has the best resume in all of boxing and MMA.

[DeadLikeMe]

Steve Zemach (Queensbury Rules): 114-113 Trout
Ryan Maquinana (Boxing Scene): 114-113 Trout
Dan Rafael (ESPN): 114-113 Alvarez
Steve Lillis (BoxNation): 115-114 Trout
Raymond Markarian (The Sweet Science): 115-112 Trout
Paul Magno (Boxing Tribune): 114-113 Alvarez
Stephen Smith (British fighter): 115-114 Trout
Kory Kitchen (Bad Left Hook): 115-112 Alvarez
Cliff Rold (Boxing Scene): 116-111 Trout
Bart Barry (15 Rounds): 115-114 Alvarez
Lee Wylie (The Sweet Science): 115-112 Trout
Jake Donovan (Boxing Scene): 115-112 Alvarez
Brian Campbell (ESPN): 115-112 Trout
Mark Ortega (******): 114-113 Trout
John Whisler (San Antonio Express-News): 117-110 Alvarez
Lem Satterfield (******): 114-113 Trout
Michael Rosenthal (******): 114-113 Alvarez
Tom Gray (Seconds Out): 114-113 Trout
Bob Velin (USA Today): 114-113 Alvarez
Tim Dahlberg (Associated Press): 114-113 Alvarez
Patrick Connor (Queensbury Rules): 117-110 Trout


These pretty much show the fight was close.

I agree it was a close fight, but most of the controversy was about open scoring with bogus cards forcing Trout to stop fighting his fight and go for broke instead. I actually ended up scoring it for Alvarez, but the cards had trout out of it by the 7th or so.

[SouthPawHitman]

Well dont say this then.

That is a good point. I do understand the confusion but Canelo is 25 Manny is like 4o.

[Lords]

I agree it was a close fight, but most of the controversy was about open scoring with bogus cards forcing Trout to stop fighting his fight and go for broke instead. I actually ended up scoring it for Alvarez, but the cards had trout out of it by the 7th or so.

Thats the point, the fight was very close but people saying Canelo won easy is just plain BS.

[Divine Hammer]

hahahahahahaha no. he has barely accomplished anything significant. his first world title (wbc belt) was won at a 150 lb catchweight against matthew frickin hatton!!! it was a gift belt!!!

his best wins are: trout, lara and cotto

trout isn't that great of a win (it's a decent win) and it was very close. i could easily score it a draw. lara beat canelo easily imo and many of the media thought so as well. another gift for canelo. and cotto was WAY past his prime and completely war torn yet canelo COULDN'T EVENT KO HIM OR WIN A LEGIT UD. BARELY beat cotto!!!!

so what has canelo done that warrants even being close to HOF????? what a joke. he has barely done anything of significance. he just gets a bunch of gifts.

[Divine Hammer]

He's got the best resume of any 25 year old out there (or I'd be hard pressed to name who gots him beat), but I don't believe if he retired tomorrow it should be HOF worthy. The reality is the HOF has been watered down doe so he could very well get in, but I don't believe he's earned it yet myself.

hahahahahahaah no he doesn't. JUAN FRANCISCO ESTRADA (25 years old) HAS THE BETTER RESUME. his one win over a prime viloria (who was unified WBA and WBO champ and #1 at flyweight) is better than ANYTHING canelo has done. canelo has a bunch of washed up names on his resume (mosley, canelo, baldomir, etc.) and a lot of controversy (trout, lara and cotto).