Comments Thread For: Marquez: Canelo Fights Chavez at 165, But Rejects Golovkin at 160?

[batista84]

Why would anyone have any interest in a Chavez Jr. fight? Chavez Jr. has been a complete underachiever in the sport, doesn't train and will basically just go on a diet and train to make weight and nothing else just for the check.

Canelo will easily outbox Chavez Jr. and may even stop him.

I have 0 interest in this fight - other than giving Mexicans an excuse to get drunk and order the fight - I really don't see how any hardcore boxing fan would really care about this fight.

Not even Fonfara who dropped Stevenson could stop Chavez JR. do you honestly think an ex 154 pounder is gonna stop him? think twice before you answer, and don't come up with the drained excuse because Heredia is with Chavez now and this will be his biggest fight and last chance to make it big.

[batista84]

Marquez is 100% correct. Too bad cun-nelo's phagot fans don't see it

The fight is gonna happen @160, so that excuse has gone out of the windows.

[r1onnie2]

It does make Canelo look weak if he fights Chavez at 165. He kept hollering he was 154lbs fighter and not a MW when it came to GGG but you willing to go up to SMW for Chavez Jr.

[Bigg Rigg]

Boxing is all ****ed up. It's irreparable. GGG is the fight but bum ass Chavez brings more money so he gets the fight. Things like this keep happening, everyone is doing it too. We as a boxing fanbase just keep on taking L after L. Just so these clowns can go and make more money. **** is whack.

[Boxing Logic]

It is hypocritical and pure bs but lets not act like G himself agreed to fight Chavez at 168 then turned around and said no to Ward a 164 and no to Froch at 168. G refuses to face Lara but fights a second rate WW.

Are you high? Does Lara's team saying Showtime or bust, and Haymon's sham promoter Dibella saying there would be "network issues" making that fight ring any bells? GGG would love that fight. Easy money. Angulo at 154 knocked Lara down twice. Canelo at 154 fought him even and landed the left hook to the body many times. GGG has a wonderful left hook and Lara's best weapon, his jab, won't be the same vs GGG. Canelo and Angulo can't match Lara in jabs. GGG can not just match him but land power jabs. Lara would have zero chance in that fight.

[Elotero]

and..... you wont give pacquaio a rematch cause "I WANT TO KEEP THIS FEELING" so STFU with your bitchmade ass.

*** a 48er

[Madison Boxing]

marquez keeping it real.....

[Corelone]

Not even Fonfara who dropped Stevenson could stop Chavez JR. do you honestly think an ex 154 pounder is gonna stop him? think twice before you answer, and don't come up with the drained excuse because Heredia is with Chavez now and this will be his biggest fight and last chance to make it big.

?????? I saw Fonfara 8itchslap Jr., dropped him, and Jr. uhhh, quit on his stool. You didn't see that?

[megas30]

Glad someone is calling out this ****ery. Marquez is a standup guy.

[doubletake]

Fans like you are part of the problem. Your analysis is correct in the first paragraph, but your acceptance of the bull**** in the second paragraph is baffling. You view everything from a cold business perspective. Where is the fight fan in you? Don't you wanna know who is the best fighter? Canelo's ducking antics and other such bull**** is killing the sport yet you defend it.

It's less about accepting and more about being realistic. It's unreasonable to expect a business to minimize profits for a select set of fans on a boxing forum. Would I love a Canelo-GGG fight tomorrow? Just as much as anyone else. However, do I recognize that Jr is the bigger money fight? Absolutely, and if it presents itself, you'd have to have a terrible team behind you to not pursue the fight. Regardless, Canelo's second opponent is getting a mandatory out of the way since they're not due to fight until September 2017.

Boxing isn't treated like other sports because you don't play boxing. It's smart for any fighter to maximize the money they make because there's always a risk involved. I understand that.

You have guys like Magomed Abdusalamov and Prichard Colon barely leaving the ring with their lives. I honestly wonder how much boxing fans donated to their "get-well-soon" causes.

Anyway, boxing is their career and paid dues don't always pay rent. I see that, fighters and their teams see that, and I imagine boxing fans see that as well.

Short version: Boxing is a career to fighters, and like any career, you want to earn the most money possible before retiring.