Canelo's Resume Is Not Impressive - Let's Be Honest

[-Hyperion-]

he had 4 real opponents(Trout-Mayweather-Lara-Cotto) and underperformed in all of those fights, losing 12-0 in one and having close fights in all 3 wins(particularly with Lara, who was the better fighter and really beat himself). He's good, and has a chance against Golvkin and has fought 4 opponents that are superior to most of the opposition of other fighters, but the way people count fighters like Angulo-Mosley-Kirkland-Khan as part of his "great resume" is laughable, especially considering the way they say these fighters are better than GGG's resume. now Smith will be added to that list for being a paper champ, even though in Canelo's own words "we don't fight for belts"

[Cheek busting]

His resume is pretty damn good but his three last fights ******.

Kirkland-Chinny, long lay off, bordering shot. Although to be fair, this fight was supposed to happen years ago but Kirkland declined because of money.

Khan- Two weight classes below and chinny as hell. Arguably one of the weakest chins in boxing. Horrible, horrible fight.

Smith- Who the hell knows where they found him...

his last three fights were Cotto, Khan, and Smith.

Kirkland was before Cotto mate.

Still your point pretty much stands.

[RussB23]

I think his resume is a little overrated, but hes still deserves credit .


Lara did beat him btw

[QballLobo]

Don't hate the player, hate the game. Canelo took risky fights and has earned his spot in the game. He is now the one that can call the shots and dictate terms.
Trout was as big a risk as any fighter has taken in the last decade or more. He loses that fight then no Floyd fight and he is in a much different position.
He had a chance to be an ODL type star had he beaten Floyd. He came up short but raised his stock and built himself back up just as he is entering his physical prime.
You can pick apart any fighters resume in hindsight.
Mayweather's fights against Ortiz, Guerrero, Maidana, and others won't look as good 10 years from now but were solid fights at the time he took them....damn now I am defending Floyd. Time to log off for the night.

[mani1]

Its much much better than good ole paper champ vacant title kinged plastic nosed atg Froch though he doesn't have the single big win aver atgs like bute, abraham or never mind the killer goat Porter

[bambam182]

Shane Mosley: A washed-up WW far beyond his best years. Canelo couldn't even knock him out.

Austin Trout: A solid fighter (not elite) who gave Canelo hell. Could even argue that Trout won this fight, it was very close.

Floyd Mayweather: Best opponent on his list, but doesn't really count as Canelo got schooled and barely did anything in the fight.

Alfredo Angulo: Hand-picked to make Canelo look good in his comeback fight. Angulo was not even a contender.

James Kirkland: Same case as Angulo. Picked a fighter who is tailor-made for Canelo. Kirkland had power, no skills, not an elite fighter.

Erislandy Lara: Great fighter, who made Canelo look silly. Many (inlcuding myself) believe Lara won this fight.

Miguel Cotto: Way past his prime. A blown-up WW & could not even get a KO.

Amir Khan - A chinny WW with no chin and no power. Not even an elite fighter.

Liam Smith - Who?????

As you can see, the legitimate names on his resume are Trout, Lara and Floyd. Everyone else is either a no-name, undersized or way past their primes.
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ROFL now do a write up for GGG's resume.

lets hear all the A list fighters he has fought.

[Derranged]

his last three fights were Cotto, Khan, and Smith.

Kirkland was before Cotto mate.

Still your point pretty much stands.

Whoops, my mistake.

[soul_survivor]

Canelo is a ***** in my book for avoiding ggg and using some of the worst logic for why the fights isn't happening or shouldn't happen. His fans and people with some weird Internet forum agendas are eating that **** up.

But he has one of the best resumes of any fighter under 30 and one of the best resumes period. Yes some of his wins haven't been convincing but he won none the less.

[Chrismart]

It's not great, but it's good. I sometimes check the names on it and think that there's not too much on there. But then i think about most of the other fighters around, even the P4P guys, and theirs isn't particularly stacked with name after name either. I think it's alright for right now.

[bojangles1987]

It's a good resume, but it's highly overstated, and more so by the day because Golovkin-Alvarez is turning into Mayweather-Pacquiao part II.

If people were honest, they would acknowledge that his record is no better than Erislandy Lara's, yet no one says Lara is a p4p fighter.