Canelo isn't great

[ruedboy]

Canelo isn't a great boxer at all. He lost to Lara, he lost to Trout, he lost every round against Mayweather. It just so happens that Golovkin and Kovalev are shytty hypejobs and they never deserved their hype to begin with. If they couldn't even handle this little ginger boy moving up in weight to fight them, then... I mean... Come on. Golovkin spent his entire career hiding at 160 lb and Kovalev's best win is a 50 years old Hopkins. Shouldn't this be a lesson to STOP hyping all of these Eastern fackots whenever they win a belt? To think that Erislandy Lara's leftovers would move up and completely embarass these "dangerous Eastern warriors" so badly. I can't wait for Canelo to humiliate Usyk in the future, will be hilarious.

Easy to criticize.
What fighter do you think is great?

[KillaMane26]

Kov best win is that unofficial win over Ward ******.

So what does that make Andre Ward??

[KillaMane26]

He's not #1 just because of Kovalev.

It's because of Kovalev AND his other body of work.

Facts.... No way u cant bump him up to #1 after moving up and beating Kov after beating Jacobs and GGG

[Boxing_1013]

It is without a doubt unquestionable that Kovalev is old and shot to bits, but to say he was never that good? Come on mayn.

He wasn't great, but he was at least VERY good.

GGG was a hype job yes, we'll honestly never know if Canelo caught him slipping or not, but based on the Brook fight it does seem he was really a hype job, granted, he is elite level, but nowhere near what he was hyped up to be.

Having said that, I don't see Charlo, Andrade, Jacobs, Derevyanchenko, or GGG challenging any light heavyweights. In fact, apart from Jacobs and Derevyanchenko, all those guys are guilty of ducking other elite competition, Charlo was called out by Benevides and didn't want to hear none of it.

People keep saying Canelo cherry picked Kovalev, but would GGG, Charlo, Andrade etcetera have had the guts to "cherry pick" Kovalev?

Seriously doubt it.

I'm not hating on Canelo...I think he is great...but I think it is fair to point out that some fights are much easier, and more available, for him to take because of his status as the A-side...I think it is clear at this point of Kov's career that he can't really hurt guys nearly like he used to...and Canelo knows that in Vegas all he has to do now vs Kov is go 12 rounds and be somewhat competitive and he will get the nod.

Andrade, Charlo and SD don't have that luxury...and GGG doesn't really either, and he and Kov are friendly so I can't see why he would want to pick on his old friend as his friend is ready to retire and try and put him out to pasture.

Not to mention that Canelo as the A-side can control other things like the weight etc if needed...fights for him become easier to make and take since he knows he can control the weight/judging/etc...he knew Kov couldn't hurt him anymore, so he knew the fight would go 12 and he knew he would get the nod on the cards..it was all a formality really...it was a nice KO though.