Canelo and Adrien is bad for Boxing

Canelo is semi-elite, ffs he was against Floyd Mayweather, Jr. The undisputed best in this era!

 

Both are highly talented, but they were given too much too early. GB made them into huge attractions too early and were forced to protect them rather than properly develop them.

That's a fate we see over and over when promoters get lazy and want the money now. Happened with Vargas, David Reid, more recently with Lemieux, Chavez Jr. Fighters need years and good fights to develop into stars.

 

Why not? He's still young and has ample time to develop/hone his craft further. He lost to Floyd sure, but who says he won't get significantly better as time goes and beat everyone else?

I think he has good chance of doing that and stapling his place as the #1 fighter when Floyd/Pac gives it up.

 

1 loss doesn't mean end of the world... come on.

That attitude is bad for boxing, the way we toss any one who loses a fight under the bus is bad for boxing.

Canelo and Broner, like any hyped fighter is mostly rated on potential to get better.. and you never know if they will step up when that fight comes, or they won't.

Canelo lost to the P4P best in the world. No shame in that.

Broner lost to a bigger guy, in a division he had to business being in, against a solid tough fighter who's ONLY lost to some of the best fighters out there.

It's what happens after these losses that matter.

 

He would not lose to Cotto... and Sergio is faded.. so it's not a given at all... Sergio was almost KO'd by Jr.. who isn't close to Canelo level.

 

Canelo just got beaten by a featherfisted grandpa. He needs to step up his game if he wants to face the best.

 

No shame in losing to the best P4P.

Marcos Maidana isn't even up there in the top30, however.

 

Well, Floyd will fight for a while yet and it is possible that he will lose as he gets older and whoever beats him will have grabbed hold of that torch.

 

While Floyd,Ward and Rigondeaux are the least beatable fighters right now imo, they're not necessarily unbeatable, history shows anyone can be beat.

This is boxing, after all.

 

Please don't mention broner in the same sentence as canelo ever again. Canelo is levels above broner.

 

This. Not being able to beat Floyd doesn't mean you are not elite. Floyd will dominante hard for many more years yet. Call me crazy but I think floyd would beat someone like JCC jr. You can't beat what you can't hit. Floyd is in the rare position now where he has the ability and comp available to crack the top 10 p4p ATG list. If GGG dominantes his division and floyd can beat him then that would push his all time ranking up pretty damn high. If he is even competitive with the guys at 160-175 he deserves to be in the top 10.