Comments Thread For: Callum Smith "Shocked" & "Gutted" at News of Canelo-Murata

[deathofaclown]

I'd like to say that maybe if Smith had looked better in his last fight, he'd be more deserving and would've gotten the Canelo fight. But then again, Canelo usually picks people coming off of less than impressive performances so who knows. Either way this murota s*** is a joke. He's 4-2 in his last 6. How does that get you the "golden ticket"??

DAZN are probably behind it.

I believe DAZN’s biggest market is in Japan.

Of course Canelo will have no problems taking the fight though. As you said, he generally picks fighters once they don’t look impressive. But i still think he would be wary of Smith and Saunders and that their recent performances were probably not the reality of where they’re at.

Canelo doesn’t want to fight Saunders. Eric Gomez has admitted it’s a bad style for him.

I think they will probably want to see Smith a few more times against decent opposition before they decide if it’s a fight they want or not.

[GlassJoey]

I’m shocked and gutted they haven’t overturned your Ryder robbery. I normally don’t blame winning fighters for this stuff but when I hear the BS you’ve chatted about the Ryder fight I suspect you are in on the whole sham. I hope Canelo fights every other British fighter before he fights you.

[Shadoww702]

Business! He can't fight the best opponent every fight. DAZN has a massive investment to protect.

Yeah, I’m with you outside of GGG this makes the most $$$$. That Asian market is a big boom! Heck this probably makes way more profit then GGG 3 as they won’t have to pay soo much.

[Boris Johnson!]

Ryder probably enjoyed the news though

[Thuglife Nelo]

Ryder probably enjoyed the news though

lol

[Thuglife Nelo]

DAZN are probably behind it.

I believe DAZN’s biggest market is in Japan.

Of course Canelo will have no problems taking the fight though. As you said, he generally picks fighters once they don’t look impressive. But i still think he would be wary of Smith and Saunders and that their recent performances were probably not the reality of where they’re at.

Canelo doesn’t want to fight Saunders. Eric Gomez has admitted it’s a bad style for him.

I think they will probably want to see Smith a few more times against decent opposition before they decide if it’s a fight they want or not.

lol. So DAZN is ''behind it,'' but then you say it's Canelo... BJS, Smith, Canelo are all the same age mate. Canelo ''picks fighters once they don't look impressive'' you say? So Trout, Lara, and Mayweather didn't look impressive in their last fights considering Canelo wasn't even PRIME. Surely you can tell the difference for how BJS or Smith fight compared ''slick fighters'' in Lara, Trout, Floyd? what's next, ''Canelo doesn't fight slick and basic fighters?''

[Kiowhatta]

Obviously and finally the truth about Canelo is out.

He is a Floyd protegé and fighting Murata is hardly exciting.

So many options for him - Andrade, Charlo, GGG III, Smith, hell even Munguia would have shown that Canelo has some cajones - but no he is content in chasing down fights he is confident he will win and he's supposed to be within the top 2 P4P fighters.

I enjoy watching Canelo fight - he has an exciting style but has become so arrogant and dismissive of even his own promotional team his vapid personality rises above all else.

[Kiowhatta]

lol. So DAZN is ''behind it,'' but then you say it's Canelo... BJS, Smith, Canelo are all the same age mate. Canelo ''picks fighters once they don't look impressive'' you say? So Trout, Lara, and Mayweather didn't look impressive in their last fights considering Canelo wasn't even PRIME. Surely you can tell the difference for how BJS or Smith fight compared ''slick fighters'' in Lara, Trout, Floyd? what's next, ''Canelo doesn't fight slick and basic fighters?''

You're taking the argument out of context like we're all idiots.

Canelo fought top opposition when he had to make a name for himself and was trying to establish himself as a marquee fighter.

That was years ago. People are now talking about the last 5 years or so of his career - if you can't analyse and discover that Canelo is employing the same business model as Floyd did when he picked fighters either coming straight off a war, has slipped a peg or two, or were big names but in their twilight then you are truly blind.

Was Mosley, ODLH, JMM, Berto, etc all in their prime?

[Kiowhatta]

Business! He can't fight the best opponent every fight. DAZN has a massive investment to protect.

No of course not...He just got paid $365 million dollars to fight 11 subpar opponents, did he?

What is this the Canelo touring exhibition?

The guy obviously is not prepared to take a 50/50 risk, and for the supposed No1 p4p fighter on the planet that is sad.

[Phill lynott]

This is a big matchup and gutsy on Canelo's part. For one you got a Top Rank champ permitted to fight the golden boy's and DAZN's goose! What does that tell you? Second and bottom line is, Canelo gets his 2nd loss. But this loss will be a beating! There are two Muratas one can take a 1000 punches in a sleepwalk. The other Murata is a destroyer to put it simply. This Murata will crush Canelo! Belive it!!