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It’s been mentioned here how Canelo Alvarez is the most privileged fighter in boxing history.
He was given a belt at a record breaking age for fighting Matthew Hatton, he’s gotten four gift decisions, he’s no longer required to fight WBC mandatories, he isn’t being required to give the former unified middleweight champion a rematch, etc. etc.
Let’s ad “he doesn’t like GGG so he doesn’t have to fight him” to the list of spoiled brat $h!t he does.
I have never, in my history of watching boxing, heard “he doesn’t like the guy” as an excuse for a fight not happening.
Never. Not once.
I’ve heard the opposite. They’re such good friends they won’t find. But never that they won’t fight because they hate each other too much.
In fact, that’s usually the reason the fight sells. I feel like I hear the bad blood thing in every fight promotion but NEVER as a reason the fight won’t happen.
Here’s a list off the top of my head of fighters would fought when they hated each other. If anyone wants to add, or point out a time where two fighters hated each other so much they didn’t fight, it would be appreciated.
Mike Tyson bit Lennox Lewis in the leg during a press conference and stated he would eat his children. Lewis said he would **** Mike Tyson’s sister. They fought.
Fernando Vargas and Oscar De La Hoya hated each other way more than GGG and Canelo do. They fought.
Erik Morales and Marco Antonio Barrera hated each other. They fought three times.
Stanley Ketchel and Billy Papke hated each other. They fought four times.
Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier hated each other so much that Frazier continued to say terrible things about Ali even when he was clearly suffering from Parkinson’s disease. They fought three times.
Wladimir Klitschko clearly hated Tyson Fury during the lead up to their fight. They fought.
Roy Jones and Antonio Tarver Hayes each other yet fought three times
Ricardo Mayorga called Oscar De La Hoya a b***h and insulted his wife. They fought.
Fernando Vargas and Ross Thompson got into a fight at a press conference and ended up swinging at each other. They fought.
Miguel Cotto fought a rematch with Antonio Margarito after suspecting Margarito put plaster in his gloves during the first fight.
He was given a belt at a record breaking age for fighting Matthew Hatton, he’s gotten four gift decisions, he’s no longer required to fight WBC mandatories, he isn’t being required to give the former unified middleweight champion a rematch, etc. etc.
Let’s ad “he doesn’t like GGG so he doesn’t have to fight him” to the list of spoiled brat $h!t he does.
I have never, in my history of watching boxing, heard “he doesn’t like the guy” as an excuse for a fight not happening.
Never. Not once.
I’ve heard the opposite. They’re such good friends they won’t find. But never that they won’t fight because they hate each other too much.
In fact, that’s usually the reason the fight sells. I feel like I hear the bad blood thing in every fight promotion but NEVER as a reason the fight won’t happen.
Here’s a list off the top of my head of fighters would fought when they hated each other. If anyone wants to add, or point out a time where two fighters hated each other so much they didn’t fight, it would be appreciated.
Mike Tyson bit Lennox Lewis in the leg during a press conference and stated he would eat his children. Lewis said he would **** Mike Tyson’s sister. They fought.
Fernando Vargas and Oscar De La Hoya hated each other way more than GGG and Canelo do. They fought.
Erik Morales and Marco Antonio Barrera hated each other. They fought three times.
Stanley Ketchel and Billy Papke hated each other. They fought four times.
Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier hated each other so much that Frazier continued to say terrible things about Ali even when he was clearly suffering from Parkinson’s disease. They fought three times.
Wladimir Klitschko clearly hated Tyson Fury during the lead up to their fight. They fought.
Roy Jones and Antonio Tarver Hayes each other yet fought three times
Ricardo Mayorga called Oscar De La Hoya a b***h and insulted his wife. They fought.
Fernando Vargas and Ross Thompson got into a fight at a press conference and ended up swinging at each other. They fought.
Miguel Cotto fought a rematch with Antonio Margarito after suspecting Margarito put plaster in his gloves during the first fight.
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