What's wrong with Canelo doing a stay busy fight?

[NEETzsche]

Cherry-picking a weak holder of a secondary title so he can claim to be a three weight champion leaves a bad taste in the mouth. He should have fought Lemieux on this date

[Snowballer]

Cherry-picking a weak holder of a secondary title so he can claim to be a three weight champion leaves a bad taste in the mouth. He should have fought Lemieux on this date

What's it to you?

Did GGGs first 10 title defenses leave a bad taste in your mouth too?

[JakeTheBoxer]

Nothing. But even if he wins, he will be only 168 paper champ.

[Lion81]

Cherry-picking a weak holder of a secondary title so he can claim to be a three weight champion leaves a bad taste in the mouth. He should have fought Lemieux on this date

You seriously think a fight vs Lemiux is more interesting than the Fielding fight??

[187 Proof]

GGG fans are mad that Canelo is fighting again so soon after his victory, while GGG is still recovering from the punishment he took from king nelo.

Yup, jajajajajajajaja!!! (They hate it when I laugh in Spanish, jajajajajajajaja!!!)

[kidbazooka]

Cuz he’s Mexican so these so called fans want nothing but a murderers row for canelo if not he’s a bum.

[chrisJS]

Because he’s not won a fight in years lost twice to GGG, lost to a Lara, Trout and Cotto and failed multiple PED tests. Running scared of Jacobs, Andrade, Smith etc:

He’s a coward and a bum.

[NEETzsche]

You seriously think a fight vs Lemiux is more interesting than the Fielding fight??

Yeah I'd be pretty confident picking Lemieux to knock Fielding out. As a Brit I'm rooting for Rocky to exceed my expectations but to date he has never looked like a world level fighter. The German he got his title from was an absolute joke

[PsychoPat]

He normally fights Cinco De Mayo and September 16th (Mexico's Independence day). This time he decided he wanted a stay busy fight in December. Something to keep him busy.

Naturally, having fought GGG back to back he wanted something easier, but not too much easier while he waits for his real fight dates.

So what's the big deal?

The other option was his usual 2 fights a year so Im happy to have this bonus fight from a fighter im a fan of. He could have never scheduled this fight and no one would have started to biiitch or think anything of him only fighting twice a year.

I always hated that Oscar, Floyd and Canelo started this 2 fights a year trend. When Canelo announced he would add in a bonus fight it was a pleasant surprise...until i saw all the ****** hate.

I guess he would have been better off skipping this tune up in December and waiting until May. Then again, his haters would find other ways to hate.

Fair points, but canelo has only fought once this year against ggg since the clen incident made him forfeit cinco de mayo this year. He's still only fought twice this year after tomorrow. Not really a bonus fight just staying sharp having had a suspension and fighting just once in a year.

[soul_survivor]

I haven't got a HUGE problem with a fight but there are a couple better fighters/title holders he could have fought at 168lb.

This fight just doesnt excite me and for the amount of money he gets paid and the fact it will be PPV in the US means the quality of opponents for him and others like him needs to be higher.