Comments Thread For: Canelo Explains Why He Won't Budge on The Weight For Golovkin

[therealpugilist]

I thought the same as therealpugilist.
He got to fight cotto at caneloweight so i'd like to know what exactly he 'sacrificed'
As for Mayweather... He is a one of a kind... Best p4p, top of food chain. Alvarez is acting like he beat mayweather - acting like he's now a boss, who uses bullying tactics.
I got nothing against Alvarez at moment, but i ***ing hate bullies or morally wrong behaviour.
P.S *** the boxing fans who are happy to 'let it marinate'

CANELO is a talented fighter....not too fund of guys who hydrate a lot constantly fighting smaller guys....Lara was legit @ 154 doe

Mayweather put in a lot of work and when he was 25 he was a lot more accomplished than Canelo...was calling everyone out...2 lineal championships...8 defenses at 130 and 1 @ 135....fought Castillo who was a welterweight on fight night and he was still in the 130s....funny how people think this guy is over 160 the day of the fight in recent years yet he is on weight a ful month before the weigh in

fight needs to happen this year....i dont have another 5 years to waste on debating and arguing like May-Pac saga

[tiliheels]

He acts like a girl...

LOL which one ggg or canelo??
lol gotta do wat they gotta do

[Mike Rotch]

He's whining. He had a huge weight advantage over both of them. Talking about giving concessions against these smaller fighters

The only concessions he gave to Cotto were ring entrance, purse, top billing and the black roc nation ring.

This is a difficult fight and he just wants to give himself the best opportunity to win. That's all this is about.

Concessions are concessions. Seems like you're the one complaining about it. I don't understand the logic of Golovkin's camp. This is the fight of his life... a fight that would catapult him to super stardom and huge paydays. Why not make the concessions? All superstars, before they were superstars, had to do it. What makes Gennady any different?

[therealpugilist]

There's no problem if you can make the weight. But how are you going to whine about giving concessions when your in the ring with a 15 pound weight advantage?

^^^^^my point as well

[TheMexHurricane]

a)
b)Outside of mexicans, no one really knows who canelo is....hard core boxing fans do...casuals dont

Good morning my friend. Decent points but not really true. Boxing writers and commentators make him well known because of their obsession with him, which shows with their weird and constant demands of "Canelo needs to fight Austin Trout" "Canelo needs to fight Erislandy Lara" "Canelo needs to fight Floyd Mayweather" Canelo needs to fight Miguel Cotto" "Canelo needs to fight GGG". This obsession further shows with the constant talk about weight, especially in light of the absence of same with Pacquiao's catch weight fights when he was beating Mexicans. I find it shocking that the same writers that speak of the evil discrimination that black fighters endured 100 years ago from the white boxing establishment that was trying to protect the prestige of the white fighters who were their contemporaries, are committing the same discrimination against Mexicans today to protect the prestige of those same white fighters of 100 years ago, which makes today's writers even worse because they're also hypocrites who clearly should know better. Where is their sense of honor and fairness? Oh, and btw, they're also using my Rican bros as pawns by trying to sow resentment and saying in so many words "Mexicans have a rivalry against the tiny nation of P.R= proves yesterday's white fighters are better than today's Mexicans". Ricans don't benefit to be used as pawns by self serving whites, their benefit is to be Latino brothers with Mexicans and to stand with us to inherit what Mexicans will realize in this country as we get increasingly moreand more powerful politically and economically by the day, while Ricans become smaller in number by the day. There is no "Mexico vs P.R. rivalry", I can prove it by showing the advantages PR's have against Mexicans(like prime 140 lb Danny Garcia vs washed up 122 lb Erik Morales(2x) and washed up 126 lb Robert Guerrero and then being given a gift decision vs Mauricio Herrera as a small example of many). I just want my little Mexican bros and sisters to eat well...... I'm referring to the kids of Mexican fighters that have been robbed of what they've earned after working most of their lives( in the hardest and most painful and dangerous job in the world no less) to earn, which is to have a better life for their kids by becoming champion and maximizing that one big payday. The white boxers from 75-100 years ago are DEAD, THEY'RE DEAD!!!!! These Mexican kids that I speak of need to eat today and have better education for tomorrow. This is very personal to me because I endured starvation and a very swollen stomach(like the Ethiopians of the 80's) as a child and I see what Mexican kids endure on a regular basis. I don't want to fight. Everybody, including these white writers that are persecuting my bros, deserve a chance to redeem themselves. I want forgiveness and mercy from God so why would I not try to forgive and be merciful to these writers? As a matter of fact, I want to help these writers make a lot more money and I know I can do it. Anyways, all's well that ends well. Y'all have a great day!

[boxingfan4life]

LMAO! So fighting at the full weight of the title you're holding and fighting for is an advantage to the other guy? Canelo is being a *****, period.

[Sledgeweather17]

GGG doesn't do anything outside to make GREAT fights. He's never ONCE went up in weight. Heck fkn Adrien Broner has at least 4 weight classes under his belt. Ggg ZERO. And he never will have one. He's gonna sit his @ss at 160 for the rest of his career. Dude was BORN 160. Everyone he fought in that amateurs now fight 1,2,3 classes higher then him!

He fighting the #13 best MW. Who is a BUSTER Douglas type ODDS at the Casino.

VEGAS HAS Khan at 25% chance to beat Canelo.

VEGAS has Peter Wade at 0.0001% chance of winning. The dude had to borrow $$$$ from GGG to pay for his taxi ride to the press conference

Wade is his mandatory dumb ass. If he doesn't fight him then he gets stripped. Are you really unable to understand simple logic like that?

Also, he can't be holding the mandatory card against Canelo and then go and not defend against his own mandatory, it's called double standards.

Finally, to prove how much of a ***** Canelo is, why don't you ask yourself why he complained about the 155 catchweight after the Cotto deal was signed, saying he wanted the fight at 156 but that Cotto insisted on 155, and then after the fight, he goes on and says that his weight is 155 and that GGG must fight him there or no deal, even though he went live and complained about 155 when the deal with Cotto was signed?

This guy is a ***** ass and you know the answer to the above question.

[j0zef]

He keeps talking about he gave advantages to everyone. Bull****!
-He's outweighted EVERY SINGLE OPPONENT he's ever fought.
-He's got benefit of the doubt from the judges EVERY time (Mayweather bout was a MD even though Canelo himself admitted that he got schooled and it wasn't close, Cotto was 118-110, Lara win was arguable.)
-He picked Khan as his defense, a guy with a glass chin who weighs at least 8 pounds less than him

Exactly what advantages has he given up? "Draining" 2 pounds at the age of 23? I used to like Canelo a lot, but the more he talks, the more he looks like a little b1tch.

[therealpugilist]

LOL.. He wasn't drained.
"No one really knows who Canelo is" another LOL. Casuals know who he is since he has fought on undercards of Mayweather and then the fight with Mayweather. He also fought Cotto. If casuals don't know him after that.

i talk boxing with my brothers, family, co workers, etc....no one knows who he is....mexico isnt the whole world man.....people I talk to know him as the white guy Mayweather schooled then I have to tell them he is mexican, they be likE OH YEAH..thought he was spanish...or they'll ask yo who is the middleweight champ nowadays....I say Saul Canelo Alvarez and they reply "who?"

I dont see how a kid is drained and they had a long camp, which he did for mayweather and he only weighed one pound less than his last fight...he wouldnt have took it if he couldnt make it...sounds like excuses to me

excuses are for losers

Cotto fought Judah, Mayweather, Mosley, Malignaggi, Mayweather, Margarito, Martinez etc....his body of work and opponents obviously would point to him being more well known to casual fans..he has been around longer and has fought better competition.

[therealpugilist]

Good morning my friend. Decent points but not really true. Boxing writers and commentators make him well known because of their obsession with him, which shows with their weird and constant demands of "Canelo needs to fight Austin Trout" "Canelo needs to fight Erislandy Lara" "Canelo needs to fight Floyd Mayweather" Canelo needs to fight Miguel Cotto" "Canelo needs to fight GGG". This obsession further shows with the constant talk about weight, especially in light of the absence of same with Pacquiao's catch weight fights when he was beating Mexicans. I find it shocking that the same writers that speak of the evil discrimination that black fighters endured 100 years ago from the white boxing establishment that was trying to protect the prestige of the white fighters who were their contemporaries, are committing the same discrimination against Mexicans today to protect the prestige of those same white fighters of 100 years ago, which makes today's writers even worse because they're also hypocrites who clearly should know better. Where is their sense of honor and fairness? Oh, and btw, they're also using my Rican bros as pawns by trying to sow resentment and saying in so many words "Mexicans have a rivalry against the tiny nation of P.R= proves yesterday's white fighters are better than today's Mexicans". Ricans don't benefit to be used as pawns by self serving whites, their benefit is to be Latino brothers with Mexicans and to stand with us to inherit what Mexicans will realize in this country as we get increasingly moreand more powerful politically and economically by the day, while Ricans become smaller in number by the day. There is no "Mexico vs P.R. rivalry", I can prove it by showing the advantages PR's have against Mexicans(like prime 140 lb Danny Garcia vs washed up 122 lb Erik Morales(2x) and washed up 126 lb Robert Guerrero and then being given a gift decision vs Mauricio Herrera as a small example of many). I just want my little Mexican bros and sisters to eat well...... I'm referring to the kids of Mexican fighters that have been robbed of what they've earned after working most of their lives( in the hardest and most painful and dangerous job in the world no less) to earn, which is to have a better life for their kids by becoming champion and maximizing that one big payday. The white boxers from 75-100 years ago are DEAD, THEY'RE DEAD!!!!! These Mexican kids that I speak of need to eat today and have better education for tomorrow. This is very personal to me because I endured starvation and a very swollen stomach(like the Ethiopians of the 80's) as a child and I see what Mexican kids endure on a regular basis. I don't want to fight. Everybody, including these white writers that are persecuting my bros, deserve a chance to redeem themselves. I want forgiveness and mercy from God so why would I not try to forgive and be merciful to these writers? As a matter of fact, I want to help these writers make a lot more money and I know I can do it. Anyways, all's well that ends well. Y'all have a great day!

bro....Ali...Mayweather...Leonard...Chavez...he is not


he isnt a household name outside of mexico