Originally posted by Robi13
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Now to your point, I don't know how many times I need to explain this. I used to respect canelos ambition and his resume is what it is, Mainly because of what he did 6 plus yrs ago. Back when he fought trout, mayweather and Lara, that was respectable. But after Lara, he decided to minimize risk by fighting almost solely guys that are 35 and older and c level guys. There are several top guys in their primes and he doesn't fight them. So based on that, over the past 6 yrs, guys like Loma (who fought an undefeated Russell, Walters, Rigo and now Lopez) brook (who fought ggg at his peak, undefeated spence and undefeated porter) and Spence (who fought brook, porter, and now both Garcia's) or the combo of Garcia, porter and Thurman all fighting each other is more impressive than what Canelo has done in the last 6 yrs. Canelo has the name value of facing guys like Cotto and kovalev but we all know they weren't anywhere near their prime. Plus, i s*** on Canelo more because when you take into account that as "the face of boxing" canelo doesn't have to deal with the same road blocks that other guys do because he can basically fight any of the top guys he wants because of his name and groupie fan base. But instead he's often picked the easiest route to a title or further minimized risk by adding catch weights or rehydration clauses. So when I point out joke fights like khan, Liam Smith, Chavez Jr, fielding and him wanting to fight Yidilgrim along with the 35 plus older bigger names, it's the truth.
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