Comments Thread For: Cortez Thinks Canelo Will Fight Lemieux Next, Not Golovkin

[Xoahr]

You all need to remember, Golovkin and Canelo agreed to have a voluntary fight before fighting each other. They agreed this so Canelo could get more used to MW. Golovkin wanted Saunders, who ducked, then angled for their mandatory of Johnson, who got a strange injury, forcing them to fight Wade. (Amusingly, after the dates were set and confirmed, only then did Lara tweet something along the lines of "Aw shucks, I'm always ready for a Golovkin fight, fight me you duck" despite being silent before all of it.)

This voluntary fight would have been a perfect opportunity for Canelo to negotiate a fight with Lemieux or Jacobs, or even Quillen, Lee, Geale, N'dam if he wanted less of a challenge. Lemieux or Geale would have been best, because GGG fought them so the camp's could compare their chances. This would have been a rational thing to do if Canelo was serious about fighting GGG.

Instead, he arranged for the notoriously glass-chinned Khan who struggled with power at 147 to move up to 155. He's fighting a welterweight. It's his own fault, I have no sympathy for Canelo, he had his chance to fight against a legit MW and blew it.

Anyway, he's the supposed MW champion. Surely the MW champion doesn't need to get used to the MW weight, and MW fighters? He's the big scary man who fought and best the previous man. Just kidding, we all know Golovkin is de facto the head of the MW division.

[PRBOXINGCOTTO]

cotto and Floyd are the toughest fights canelo ever had
david is easy pickings for canelo that is why he is fighting him next and not GGG

[GaryMSchneider]

Hall of fame retired referee and ESPN analyst Joe Cortez believes WBC middleweight champion Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (47-1-1, 33KOs) will face David Lemieux in the fall, and not IBO/WBA/IBF champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (35-0, 32KOs).

[Click Here To Read More]

Cortez is wrong.....GGG and his team have been taking step aside fees for a few years while fighters duck GGG.....GGG and his team have said that they will absolutely not ever take another step aside fee for the WBC belt....they will take the belt before that happens....GGG and Canelo will fight on September 17th for Mexican independence day....

[kafkod]

Sad to say Lemieux would be the toughest and most dangerous opponent of Canelo's career. Doubt he can make anything less than 160.

Honestly that's a good fight for Canelo to see how he stacks up vs ggg.. Lemuiex shares a lot of the same traits as ggg and would be a good legit test run for a Golovkin fight..

The only downside is that Canelo may struggle and look bad, or worst case, get stopped by lemuiex.. The canadien can crack

GGG/Canelo is a huge fight right now. Maybe it would be even bigger if Canelo beats Lemieux at 160 and Golovkin beats Jacobs before they fight each other.

But can Canelo beat Lemieux at 160? That is by no means certain. If Canelo lost to Lemieux, that's GGG's career defining fight blown. Nobody is going to be too interested in seeing him KO Lemieux again so soon after doing it already.

Canelo had a chance to acclimatise to 160 and he went for a money grab instead.

If I was Golovkin, it's 160 or give me my belt on May 24th.

[Zen_Fighter]

I think a Lemieux match-up would be great in fall. GGG against Jacobs or Cotto in the fall. GGG vs Canelo on Cinco de Mayo 2017!

[MDPopescu]

You all need to remember, Golovkin and Canelo agreed to have a voluntary fight before fighting each other. They agreed this so Canelo could get more used to MW. Golovkin wanted Saunders, who ducked, then angled for their mandatory of Johnson, who got a strange injury, forcing them to fight Wade. (Amusingly, after the dates were set and confirmed, only then did Lara tweet something along the lines of "Aw shucks, I'm always ready for a Golovkin fight, fight me you duck" despite being silent before all of it.)

This voluntary fight would have been a perfect opportunity for Canelo to negotiate a fight with Lemieux or Jacobs, or even Quillen, Lee, Geale, N'dam if he wanted less of a challenge. Lemieux or Geale would have been best, because GGG fought them so the camp's could compare their chances. This would have been a rational thing to do if Canelo was serious about fighting GGG.

Instead, he arranged for the notoriously glass-chinned Khan who struggled with power at 147 to move up to 155. He's fighting a welterweight. It's his own fault, I have no sympathy for Canelo, he had his chance to fight against a legit MW and blew it.

Anyway, he's the supposed MW champion. Surely the MW champion doesn't need to get used to the MW weight, and MW fighters? He's the big scary man who fought and best the previous man. Just kidding, we all know Golovkin is de facto the head of the MW division.

^^^ Obviously...

(Unfortunately such posts need to exist here...)

Green K sent.

[MDPopescu]

GGG/Canelo is a huge fight right now. Maybe it would be even bigger if Canelo beats Lemieux at 160 and Golovkin beats Jacobs before they fight each other.

But can Canelo beat Lemieux at 160? That is by no means certain. If Canelo lost to Lemieux, that's GGG's career defining fight blown. Nobody is going to be too interested in seeing him KO Lemieux again so soon after doing it already.

Canelo had a chance to acclimatise to 160 and he went for a money grab instead.

If I was Golovkin, it's 160 or give me my belt on May 24th.

Canelo beats Lemieux at 160 only because it's an "in house" fight...

[turnedup]

He better plan on dropping that belt then

[Shadoww702]

Sad to say Lemieux would be the toughest and most dangerous opponent of Canelo's career. Doubt he can make anything less than 160.

I would think P4P #1 and ESPN's P4P #1 best last 25 years would be the toughest... But what do I and the experts know??? You CLEARLY know more then everyone else.

[kafkod]

Canelo beats Lemieux at 160 only because it's an "in house" fight...

I believe that Lemieux is too ambitious to be manipulated by Oscar, and for that reason, Oscar will keep him away from Canelo.