Comments Thread For: Canelo Eyeing WBC Mandatory vs. Avni Yildirim In February, WBC Prez Confirms

[Robi13]

Exactly. Canelo dropped the belt when GGG was mandatory in order to pursue his own challenges on his own time frame. Surely, he will do the same with Yilidrim, as Yilidrim does less for Canelo's career than GGG.

That’s not true, he dropped it to not be in position to be forced to purse bid which would of gave ggg 55-45 split.. stop with the lies

[Sctrojan]

Canelo especially stays away from black fighters ever since Floyd kicked his ass. He should be like Floyd and fighter everyone in the division and never duck anyone. Floyd fought them all and never ran from anyone.

Aww yes that's it....too much superior melanin in those superior bruvvas for canelo!!...Idiocy at its finest right here....Didn't he already beat Jacobs,Trout,Lara and sent that bruvva Kirkland to the moon?...or was their melanin percentage not high enough??

And no,it wasn't floyd that took on all challenges against the biggest prime threats....that was Oscar you racist clown.

[Robi13]

How is Plant a big boy? How is Charlo? How is Andrade? How is 39 year old GGG a big boy?

Andrade almost lost to Vanes, who old GGG knocked out in 2 rounds. Andrade is a poor man's Lara.

Charlo definitely lost to an old Korobov.

Plant is a top 5, but B level guy in the worst division in boxing, 168. I don't think Canelo knocks him out but Plant will prob take a beating to make it to the 12. I mean, Uzcatagui almost knocked him out late, lol.

Let's not even bring up BJS, he's rarely in shape, totally unreliable and inconsistent, and even his best, which odds are won't show up vs Canelo, is the same level as Andrade basically. Callum Smith would probably beat BJS lol!

Benavidez has awful defense and head movement, he's basically just big that's it, he's a Mexican Callum Smith with less power and less fundamentals and technique.

Zurdo Ramirez is terrible.

Beterbiev is very good, definitely on that Sergey Kovalev level, in fact they were compared their entire careers, so we already know from the Kovalev fight that Beterbiev has very little chance vs Canelo. About the same age too. Yes Kovalev had more miles on the clock, which you can argue explains why he got knocked out late, but his offense was still the same late vs Yarde even when he was hurt, but vs Canelo his power had no effect on Canelo even from the first round, and Kovalev hits just as hard as Beterbiev. These guys might have elite light heavyweight power, but they dont have elite Franchise Caneloweight power, not even at light heavyweight. When they fight Canelo, they all may as well be Rod Salka. Canelo doesn't even seem to notice when guys hit him.

Dmitry Bivol has so little fanbase, Eddie Hearn doesn't even bring him up anymore. Some unknown guy is not going to be beat the biggest star in boxing, lol, let's be real. He has all the tools but come on, this is the real world.

Who else is there? Spence is having competitive fights vs B+ guys at 147, Canelo just beat up the "Ring Champion" at 168. That matchup would be a joke, just for the $$$ in Dallas or whatever. Zero interest in that mismatch.

It's not Canelo's fault, but he's just fighting in one of the weakest eras, weakest talent pools from 147 to 168, in the history of the sport, so there aren't any challenges out there for him. As someone who relishes challenges and legacy, he may look back with regret on not fighting GGG earlier when it would have meant more. That was his big chance to really take on a top legacy opponent. Now there's so little out there for him, really no meaningful matchups at all. I know promoters and media will try to hype up Beterbiev, Benavidez, Zurdo, Charlo, Plant, and so on, but to me that's all it is, hype. None of these fights are interesting.

You shouldn’t watch boxing you’re wasting your time then.

[whollisboxing]

I get where you are coming from, but Smith has been declared a bum long before he lost to Canelo.

He was declared a bum when he lost to and robbed Ryder

After one fight? Was he a bum after he beat George Groves in the WBSS? My point is that there is almost no one credible left to fight if we apply that level of scrutiny. I think the better question is who isn’t a bum?

[Liondw]

Oh man, Canelo could've fought this guy Yildirim right after beating Callum Smith, on the same night, and beat him.

[Larry the boss]

This was known before the fight..winner had 90 days

[ReggieKray]

Let's stop with this two wrongs make a right BS. GGG's recent opposition has been a joke. Canelo's has also been a joke, but compared to GGG's, obviously much better.

It's a competition of bad vs worse. Let's stop trying to point to the "worse" to try to make the "bad" look "good." Bad is still bad. It's just not as bad as "worse."

Bad vs worse gtfo here. No one else is fighting champs above their normal weight class and beating them. Especially GGG.

[Saborconclave]

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Why is the #2 ranked his mandatory? Oh yeah corruption!

[Bronx2245]

I feel like I shouldn’t laugh at this, but you are absolutely right. Benavidez is his own worst enemy and he only has himself to blame about his current situation.

You know it's killing him! Hopefully it motivates him to stay in the gym! Maybe 168 is not for him?

[Shadoww702]

You shouldn’t watch boxing you’re wasting your time then.

You actually took time to read all that nonsense rant???