Comments Thread For: Canelo Explains Why He Rejected WBC Belt, His Beef With WBC

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MGM Grand, Las Vegas - Last Monday night, BoxingScene.com reported that Mexican superstar Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (48-1-1, 34 KOs) had rejected the involvement of the World Boxing Council [WBC] with the upcoming fight with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Canelo vs. Chavez Jr., which takes place on HBO Pay-Per-View, will happen this coming Saturday night from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
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[OctoberRed]

Viva Canelo, let those putos have it!

[techdude69]

Pathetic excuse! Canelita is a spoilt brat who doesn't play by the sanctioning bodies rules. He thinks he's above it. Hope Chavez takes him out!

[NotaPachugger]

Viva Canelo, let those putos have it!

Like father like son , only JR is a bigger steamy heap of crap.

[Trino805]

No one made him give up the title. He knew he was going to get his ass beat , so he did the cowardly thing and handed GGG the title.

[A.K]

what a clown imagine steph curry saying he doesn't care about the NBA title

[The Time]

Oh boy, this will be a 50 page thread. Lol

[NotaPachugger]

A GGG nut hugger. I do not care for Canelo either but he is top ppv fighter . See GGG totals are pathetic...

[Billycostigan]

Viva Canelo, let those putos have it!

Lol whatever way you fanboys want to spin it go ahead. Fact is WBC gave him plenty of time especially when you consider he took the Amir Khan fight rather than listen to their orders and fight the mandatory with GGG. Canelo is a joke making a mockery of the sport and disrespecting the very organization that allowed him to fight for the belt at 150 against Mathew flipping Hatton

[Motorcity Cobra]

Canelo confirms that his beef with the WBC is stemming from last year's disagreement over the mandatory defense against Gennady Golovkin. The Mexican boxer states that Sulaiman was pressuring him to make a decision to fight Golovkin - and only gave him 15 days to make up his mind. During that time period, Canelo was on trial in Miami over a contractual dispute with his former promoter Tuto Zabala of All Star Boxing. Canelo's handlers attempted to extend the 15 day time period, Sulaiman refused. Canelo responded by vacating the WBC title - which the sanctioning body gave over to Golovkin, who at the time held the interim-belt. "[Sulaiman] was pressuring me on a 15 day basis to make a decision on this fight with Golovkin, when I had some problems in Miami. You guys know about that. I can't attend one thing and another at the same time. He made it seem like I was afraid of Golovkin, so I gave up the belt. So that's why they are not involved, not now," Canelo said.

So he admits he's mad at the WBC for forcing him to fight his mandatory. That's why he's rejecting the belt. It's not about money or a sanctioning fee. He feels disrespected by the WBC because they gave him 15 days to make a decision and wouldn't give him an extension. They really gave him 7 months to make a decision. From October when he fought Cotto and they gave him an extension to fight Khan in May.