Comments Thread For: Canelo, Conor McGregor Trade Words Over 'Cherry Picking' Claim

[bigjer88]

Boxing and MMA have very different business models, and these days, a loss is generally more damaging to a boxer's earning power and stature than it is to an MMA fighter's. It's the Floyd Effect.

[Old//Bones]

connor should come to boxing and challenge a canelo or GGG, come on down to the ring and then talk all you want. .Come on down.

[Bda31175]

I'm not a Canelo fan but who's next on your hitlist McGregor? A kangaroo? This guy talks more smack to people he will never fight than my mother.

[AllEyesOpen]

If Canelo's tired of being called a cherrypicker and a ducker, he might want to make some moves in the sport to disprove said theory, considering his run at mw consisted of exactly 0 fights against an actual mw.

[tesholama]

Somebody knows if Andre Ward is still alive or is he pushing a Canelo? Even if he is a Son of God i am still worried...people are shooting so much nowadays...

[aboutfkntime]

McGregor is just doing what he always has done.

If he talks 'trash' about Canelo, then he gets the attention of Canelo fans. If he can get them to dislike him and therefore tune into his fights hoping to see him lose..then that's his job done.

Rousey did it with Mayweather (probably with a Dana White promp) and McGregor did the same. It worked..just look at boxingscene. People who had never seen a Rousey/McGregor fight were tuning into their next fights and live posting about them on BoxingScene as they happened.

McGregor got the attention he wanted from Mayweather fans, now he wants some from Canelo fans. There is a reason he's talking about the well known boxers and not just run-of-the-mill boxers.

If he can get people to tune in and add to the PPV, he doesn't care if they are tuning in as fans or haters.
He knows what he's doing and to be fair, he's good at it. Almost everyone knows who he is these days, one way or another.

the leprechaun knows how to play the game better than almost anyone

he is great value, and a top competitor

he does polarize people a bit, but I can see why he is a superstar

good for him

Khan will likely cop it next, look for meme's of his knockouts and some choice words from the Irishman LMAO

[amayseng]

Ask Andre Ward about Diaz' boxing skills.
Ask any top tier fighter about Diaz' chin.
Ask any top tier martial artist about Diaz' jujitsu skills.
Ask any top tier trainer about Diaz' endurance.

For those on here who think Diaz is the Gatti of MMA, you're showing your ignorance. Diaz has losses after 10 years of fighting top tier guys. He was never protected, and always brought out the best of a fighter. He's only been KO'd once, and it was a perfect head kick (can you imagine how many humans' lights that would put out?)
Anyway, Diaz losses were ALL highly competitive, many could've gone either way, and he was NEVER granted a rematch.
Point is, Conor beat a tough mother****er, and undoubtedly a top tier mixed martial artist.
I love watching competitive matches in both sports, and no sure why this is an either/or thing.
Conor is speaking the truth. If Canelo were to go to 160, and fight GGG and get KOd after an otherwise dominant performance where he ran out of energy (entirely possible btw), he'd gain a lot of respect, and there'd inevitably be a rematch. If Canelo won the trilogy by decision in another war, then boxing would have a massive trilogy card to play for the world that could be massive.
But no. Boxers (pac, Floyd, Canelo, etc...) would rather protect their loss column, by fighting at catch weights.
If Canelo can make 154, then so be it. GGG and his fans can ***** all they want. But he can't make that weight anymore, so move up. It's really that simple.

Conor dominated the 10-year reigning champion of one dividion, moved up to challenge the reigning champion of the next division up, who pulls out last-minute with a broken foot, so he takes on a tenured, top-tier veteran.
He lost. They ran it back with both having full camps, and he edged out a decision in a war.
So yeah, he can **** all over Canelo in the fight game 'til he moves up a division.

Conor went up 25 lbs and fought a guy bigger, that would be like Floyd fighting Kovalev, when Conor lost he wanted an immediate rematch at the same weight. Thats BALLS

Conor challenges himself, Canelo vacates for a guys GGG smaller than him on fight night.

Conor looks like a warrior, Canelo a *****


and i a boxing fan, and embarrassed

[aboutfkntime]

I'm so tired of hearing these UFC bytches talking about boxers or the sport of boxing. Conor been talking shyt about floyd, canelo, ggg, manny and I don't even like all these fighters but I defend them in this regard. Phuk boy worry about your own sport. There is a reason you and that ugly overrated cvnt Rousey stay begging to fight boxers. And it's because in your sport you have no choice in who you fight no control over your career path and literally getting bent over and Azzz ****d by Dana White and the UFC. I get it you see the money boxers are making and are jealous but your hate to boxers is misguided. Don't hate the player hate the game. Your beef should be with the UFC and why you phukers rolling around in spandex taking physical abuse but only getting peanuts. You want a real laugh go look at the fight purses for these UFC fighters. Hell you got prospects in boxing fighting in small venues getting paid more then so called world champs in UFC. At ever level a UFC fighter is paid peanuts to their counterpart at that same level in Boxing. That's why they always bitter talking shyt about boxing.

Boxingscene is going to shyt with all these UFC articles and spamming these messageboards with UFC news. We come here for news and to talk BOXING. If you are a fan of both sports cool I got no problem with that but there are numerous outlets that exist to find UFC news and talk UFC. Boxingscene selling out reporting on UFC. This forum is called "Non Stop Boxing" yet all this weekend it was filled with UFC talk. If Boxingscene wants to report on this junk then atleast create a new subforum called MMA talk.

you're right, I get your point, no argument..... but you must be able to see what he is doing..... he has definitely attracted some crossover

[Manic Shot]

So true! What Mcgregor did was amazing. What Brook Is doing is also great. Keep em comin'. Enough of the easy fights. Dare to be great dammit! (Dedicated to every fighter in all combat sports).

Don't forget Amir Khan!

[RoyJonesJrp4pno1]

Canelo has fought better fighters than Connor has. Connor can fight a guy with 10 loses and it's considered brave. Different strokes for different folks.