More obliged to move up? Canelo or GGG?

[b00g13man]

I'll go with the guy who is having to resort to fighting prospects, and has no notable wins.

[boliodogs]

I didn't vote because you had no neither option in the poll.Boxers have every right to make their own decisions about what weight they will compete at. They are not obligated to fight at a weight their haters insist they fight at in an effort to get them defeated. I question the truth of your statement that Canelo weighs 175 plus on fight night. I believe the heaviest he ever weighed on fight night was 172 on an unofficial scare wearing full ring gear. So what if Canelo struggles to make 154? That's his problem, not yours. As long as he makes the weight he is breaking no rules and harming nobody. You talk like a boxer staying at the same weight for many years is the crime of the century. Here's a news flash for you. There isn't a damn thing wrong with a fighter staying at the same weight his whole fucing career. Pryor did that as did Hagler, Monzon, Zale, Kid Gavilan and many other great hall of fame boxers. Some boxers turn pro young and out grow weight classes so they move up. That's not the case with GGG. He was a full grown man when he turned pro. He stays at 160 because he is very comfortable at that weight and it's his best fighting weight. GGG is the best middleweight in the world and that's where he should stay if it pleases him. He certainly is not obliged to move up 15 pounds to an unnatural weight of 175 to fight Ward and Kovalev who are the two best light heavyweights in the world. That's just your desire to see him lose a fight.

[The Big Dunn]

I do not think any boxer is obligated to move up, especially if they are disciplined in their diet and training and thus stay in one weight class their entire career.

What we need to do is make sure not to confuse "moving up" with "getting bigger as you age" or "not training and dieting and getting too big for a weight".