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

[chepboxingking]

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


he isnt a household name outside of mexico

The dude is like 25 years old... the guys you mentioned weren't "household names" at 25 either. I could even argue canelo is a bigger star at this point in his career than they were. And BTW, idk where you live, but here in jersey, Canelo is a household name.

[Shadoww702]

De Ja Vu

Ggg to Andre Ward:

168 Im mean now 164.
Ward is the "B" side GGG is the "A" side.
90-10 split. We sale out stadiums.


OSCAR to GGG:

160 I'm mean now 155.
Ggg is the "B" side Canelo is the "A" side.
90-10 split. We sale ppv's... How you do on PPV sales???

Oscar is saying WORD for WORD what GGG said to Andre...

[Bronx2245]

I hope GGG accepts the challenge and we get this fight in 2016! I really don't see what's ahead for GGG without a Canelo fight!

[francisco0315]

a) he didnt fight drained and rehydrated over 12 pounds

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

Cotto has been in some of the biggest fights of the past ten years....Mayweather, Pacquaio, Mosley, Margarito...the entire boxing wolrd casuals know cotto .he was far more internationally known than Canelo.

Also he was a more proven fighter, fighting a bigger guy.....what did canelo think, he was gonna get 50/50 or 60/40

Your point b), REALLY makes you look like a casual.

[Catrin]

the crazy thing is that GGG would still whoop that E$$ @ 157, 158 even 156! I get to were GGG should not give in to any demands but please GGG just take the weight this diva wants and whoop him good! that way there is no excuse of the whooping at any weight!!!

[Shadoww702]

So let me get this straight. Canelo owns a middleweight title. Fighting GGG at middleweight is now a disadvantage? Also he mentions disadvantage in the Mayweather fight. However in that fight he was the one starving himself to make 152. Against GGG he won't have to go through that. He wants no "disadvantage" yet he expects GGG to go through the disadvantage. 155lbs is not a weight class. If you can't do middleweight than drop down to 154.

Business is about what you NEGOTIATE not what you deserve.

Canelo got ripped-off against Floyd and Cotto but he was smart enough suffer now for and get the rewards later.

Ggg is either too ****** or he just doesn't give a FK about being a superstar or $$$$.

He weighs 159 most fights NEGOTIATE up to 157 at least. He's not getting the weight and the money.

He can get Canelo stripped and then fight the WBC MANDATORY Jorge Heilan ANOTHER fkn CAN!!!! Canelo will get some slack but he can come back and get some GREAT fights against Broom, Thurman, Porter, Charlo, Andrade.

Who is GGG gonna fight??? Jorge?? Colonel Saunders?! Andy fkn Lee???? Or another 20+ tomato cans!

Jorge Heilan vs. GGG ealry next year. Book that POS fight.

[Ray Corso]

Years ago it was very difficult to get away with what promoters and management get away with now! The federation bodies aren't as strong these days and they bend to the cash cows and make some very bad moves or none at all!
I do believe Canelo is milking this situation because if he refuses the 160 limit for a Middleweight Title fight he will be the biggest ducker of all time.
He is a big bodied Middleweight, granted not tall but LaMotta was shorter and had the same thick body. Giving away a few inches in height is meaningless if your talent level is superior to your opponent.

If he doesn't agree to face Golovkin within the proper defense time frame strip him and move on.
These men adding 20 pounds on with in 30 hours then taking part in a stress filled activity are applying a lot of pressure on vital organs that they just "dieted" into submission for a week. It's simply irresponsible and detrimental to their long term health.

As far as big money bouts these two need each other equally!
Ray

[bojangles1987]

Translation: "Quack quack quack quack quack"

How can the most entitled and spoiled star in the sport act like he is always sacrificing?

[DblLFThooK]

basically he means... I have to have all the advantages in fights because i know i am over hyped. I know i rehydrate really well so I can have that weight advantage on fight night. I have limited boxing skills but i am an excellent and acturate puncher. But i already lost to mayweather, lara and GGG scares the **** out of me. So because i dont want to lose again and this a buisness i need to make as much money as possible. And GGG most likley will break me down i must try to have an advantage over him. And i am willing to vacate my title to avoid catching a beating. So i continue to be oscar's cash cow.

[francisco0315]

At least Cotto legitimately wasnt a middleweight when he tried something very similar and he actually fought a middleweight to win the belts regardless of if Martinez was shot.

Canelo is a flat-track bully who wont fight opponents his own size. Either relinquish the belts and drop back down or man up and fight some actual middleweights!

Cotto was the MW champion, how he was not a legitimate MW?

His mistake to pray on a handicapped fighter.