Canelo: Why he doesn't get credit

[TernceBudCharlo]

Canelo gets no respect cuz he carefully picks his opponents. GGG, looks vulnerable after arguably losing to Jacobs. Fights him then. "Targets" Kovalev cuz he has some bad outings, is an alcoholic, doesn't listen to his coach, and becomes obvious he doesn't like getting hit to the body. Almost gets KOd by Yarde. Fights Smith after he looks terrible and loses to Rider. That's not the stuff of an all time great. Canelo doesn't run towards the smoke. Bud does. Back when Bud was at 140 becoming undisputed, Spence was the boogeyman at 147 that NOBODY wanted to fight. Instead of running away, Bud said that's the guy I want, bring him on. Canelo don't do none of that which is why I can't respect him.

[TernceBudCharlo]

A real boss would look at Beterbiev's performance against Gvozdyk (the guy who just put Adonis Stevenson in the hospital) and say that's the scariest man on the planet, that's who I wanna fight. We all know Canelo aint about that life...

[soul_survivor]

A real boss would look at Beterbiev's performance against Gvozdyk (the guy who just put Adonis Stevenson in the hospital) and say that's the scariest man on the planet, that's who I wanna fight. We all know Canelo aint about that life...

I mean matching a 5'7'' ish guy against Beterbiev, a career light heavyweight who is at op lever puncher is a bit unfair. However, Canelo can easily remove the bad taste in fan's mouths by simply giving his opponents time to prep or not fight when they have broken hands. It really would be as simple as that.

[soul_survivor]

As a boxing junkie, I just want to be entertained and Canelo doesnt to it for me. There are asterisks next to some of his wins but more importantly, he doesn’t always close the show. He has something missing that separates him from the Mexican greats of the past.

Every great fighter has that signature victory and I cant think of one for Canelo. That weak ass rematch victory over GG aint gonna cut it. That sht dont catapult anybody into greatness level.

This is probably my issue with Canelo too. Too many issues next to his best wins...and even when he does win, minus the dodgy scorecards there is just that lack of electricity...Barrera, Morales, Chavez all come to mind. Canelo just has that something missing.

[Roadblock]

To isolate a fighter then denigrate what he is done is easy, how about put his resume and path against other resumes and paths that they took, at least then you have reference, as it stands all I see is haters spinning their version of whats good or bad as they feel fit, when you do head to head then things look much clearer.

Every fighter has opponents they could have fought, but as you cannot fight everyone there will always be haters touting the guys you didnt fight, its lose lose situation for the fighter unless you compare 1 resume against others then you see its merit.

[Murcielago]

canelo will just continue the formula of fighting mediocre competition until one of the real big threats show enough weakness for him to capitalize on.

canelo wanted nothing to do with ggg when he was steamrolling opponents until he looked human against jacobs.

canelo wanted nothing to do with callum until he lost badly to ryder.

canelo didn't fight jacobs until he struggled badly against derevyanchenko.

canelo doesn't want nothing to do with beterbiev until he gets old and/or looks very vulnerable in his next fight. guaranteed.

in the meantime expect fielding chavez jr level competition.

classic cherry picker.

I guess he did learn a lot about Mayweather.

[BigP0ppaPump.]

Canelo does alot of things to his advantage. More so than mayweather which is why he gets negative feedback. He's not exactly an exciting fighter and his personality is bland and spoiled. All the negativity he gets is well deserved but his fangirls would argue otherwise.

[Ray*]

He gets full credit from me. The only issue was the testing meat thing. Apart from that he is the top guy in boxing and he gets what he deserves (The love and the hate) which is what the number 1 guys always gets. It happened with Mayweather, it happened with Pacman, Loma, Crawford and now Canelo. It’s not a big deal, you just have to put it aside and do you.

[Jdasilva2012]

It's the same way I see it. Sad but true and it's not like he isn't one of the best or that he hasn't superb boxing skills, it's that he has opted to play it safe a favor the business part of the sport mostly each and every time...the lowest risk for the highest reward.

canelo will just continue the formula of fighting mediocre competition until one of the real big threats show enough weakness for him to capitalize on.

canelo wanted nothing to do with ggg when he was steamrolling opponents until he looked human against jacobs.

canelo wanted nothing to do with callum until he lost badly to ryder.

canelo didn't fight jacobs until he struggled badly against derevyanchenko.

canelo doesn't want nothing to do with beterbiev until he gets old and/or looks very vulnerable in his next fight. guaranteed.

in the meantime expect fielding chavez jr level competition.

classic cherry picker.

[vman075]

He was hyped as great and gifted belts long before he was. Beating the likes of matthew hatton and jose cotto all while hearing about how amazing he was and when he started to step up he was always given generous scoring. To his credit he has gotten better with every fight and now is a genuinely great fighter, but he carries so much stigma from the past.