FlyingMonkey
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Inoue is awesome but I don't think his resume is quite up there with the rest of them yet
Ring Magazine has him as No.2 P4P behind Canelo.
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Inoue is awesome but I don't think his resume is quite up there with the rest of them yet
It’s not his fault he ate some tainted beef while training in Mexico even though several other fighters also got popped for PED’s and he should’ve known already to not eat the beef.Plenty. Callum Smith is a good fighter, but he got to the top at Super-Middleweight with one really significant top-level significant victory, against George Groves. Groves is literally the only top-rated fighter he has beaten. Canelo's management chooses his opponents very carefully - he loves fighting these taller, rangier fighters who he can destroy with body attacks, and Smith was perfect for him. I would like to see him fight a less calculated Super-Middleweight match-up for example, with the aggressive but largely untested David Benevidez or the supremely tricky and experienced Billy-Joe Saunders. But Super-Middle is also not the deepest division in terms of talent... Middle has more right now but I don't know if Canelo would want to, or could go back down.
There's no doubt Canelo is a great fighter, but he's also a very well-managed and protected fighter who in the past has also benefitted from some very friendly judging, and of course, significant artificial input...
I don't think this was a "sure win" for Canelo like you do. Smith came in undefeated, had 2-3 belts and was taller than Canelo by almost a foot.Plenty. Callum Smith is a good fighter, but he got to the top at Super-Middleweight with one really significant top-level significant victory, against George Groves. Groves is literally the only top-rated fighter he has beaten. Canelo's management chooses his opponents very carefully - he loves fighting these taller, rangier fighters who he can destroy with body attacks, and Smith was perfect for him. I would like to see him fight a less calculated Super-Middleweight match-up for example, with the aggressive but largely untested David Benevidez or the supremely tricky and experienced Billy-Joe Saunders. But Super-Middle is also not the deepest division in terms of talent... Middle has more right now but I don't know if Canelo would want to, or could go back down.
There's no doubt Canelo is a great fighter, but he's also a very well-managed and protected fighter who in the past has also benefitted from some very friendly judging, and of course, significant artificial input...
The best fight for Canelo is still GGG. I still want to see the trilogy.
Did anyone watch the Jake Paul-Ben Askren "fight"? What an embarrassment to the sweet science. I streamed it and regret the two minutes from my life that I lost.