People rooting for Canelo over GGG

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by Cafe, Sep 14, 2018.


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  1. Cafe

    Cafe Sitzpinkler Full Member

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    Explain to me the reason, unless you're a Mexican.. Canelo to me kind of epitomizes the wrongs of boxing nowadays.

    1) Guy was abusing catch weights for the longest time (same people would criticize Pac for this), scared to move up in weight.
    2) Obvious drug cheat, okay, before someone comes back with "everyone cheats", yeah, there may be truth in that but he still actually you know, got busted for it. Don't even bother with "it was the meat", the kinda improvements this guy's been making in recent years is evidence enough he's juiced to the bones.
    3) Multiple robberies/favourable decisions. It's pretty much impossible to get a decision against this guy, probably the worst thing for me to be honest as robberies are possibly the biggest stain on the sport. Even Floyd (the most popular fighter of my generation) who SHUT HIM OUT had a draw on one of the cards.
    4) Other "dirty things" like stacking wraps to concrete levels. May be legal in Nevada but still, a very dubious, questionable practice that is pushing the boundaries.

    There's probably other things I can't think off the top of my head now. Don't get me wrong, there's some good things going for him, he's got an exciting, fun to watch style and he generally takes on tough opponents. But he personifies diva-ness and corruption in the sport of boxing today and has cards stacked for him every time. I don't see how it's possible for someone to overlook all these things.
     
    Cafe, Sep 14, 2018
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  2. Pimp C

    Pimp C Too Much Motion Full Member

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    Tomorrow I'll be at twin peaks if I don't go to a fight party one of my boys is throwing and the majority of the bar will be rooting for canelo probably like 70%.
     
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  3. mono

    mono Well-Known Member Full Member

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    "May be legal in Nevada but still"

    Just stop.
     
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  4. tinman

    tinman Loyal Member Full Member

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    Look man it's got to be marketing. That's all I can think of.
     
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  5. mirkofilipovic

    mirkofilipovic ESB Management Full Member

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    Most people like Golovkin, even REAL Mexicans
     
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  6. Cafe

    Cafe Sitzpinkler Full Member

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    Nah not stopping, it's a scumbag tactic, good for him he found a loophole where it's allowed but it's akin to hiding your income in offshore banks.
     
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  7. Cafe

    Cafe Sitzpinkler Full Member

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    Also even like, charisma wise I don't see what's likeable about this guy. Doesn't speak a lick of English even though he's been fighting in USA for years now and has a nasty streak about him to boot as demonstrated earlier today.
     
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  8. Gil Gonzalez

    Gil Gonzalez Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Non-Mexican Canelo fans are just GGG haters pure and simple. Canelo does not have any actual non-Mexican fans.
     
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  9. thesmokingm

    thesmokingm Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    How can you hate on this?

    This content is protected
     
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  10. mono

    mono Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I don't know what unit of measurement a "lick" is, but there's plenty of videos of Canelo speaking English on youtube.

    His nasty streak bothers you? This is boxing you puss. That's what makes it exciting to watch. We need more fighters like him and Terrence Crawford.
    Boxing would be pretty boring if it was full of Joshuas.
     
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  11. acie2g

    acie2g Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Have been off the fight scene for a while and need to catch up but, ped stuff aside I don't see what's not yo like, entertaining fighter, consistently fights the best. People argue about close fights but ever fighter in history has close fights, that's what happens when the best fight the best. Even the catchweight thing is overblown in a non title fight coming in 1lb over is not against the rules so 2 JMWs fighting at 155 isn't a catchweight. In 2 fights in a new division the guy will have fought the consensus #1 Champion twice.. not too many fighters are doing that
     
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  12. Sephiroth Rising 7

    Sephiroth Rising 7 'No tears please!' banned Full Member

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    People who root for this fiend don't love boxing.

    They're meathead sympathizers who love the gear.
     
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  13. recycling

    recycling Active Member Full Member

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    Canelo is pretty upfront. You either like him or not. I also like his style of a power counter puncher whos chin is pretty durable, similar to how I like garcia or donaire. I feel like chins get most tested in exchanges and not being a come forward brawler.

    I don't like GGG cause his fans are annoying and he has that same image of someone like pacquaio, humble and gracious, but I feel like his team and himself are hypocrites. Never really deliver and actually themselves become what they promised they wouldn't. Obviously I'm not being specific but if your on this forum all the time you know what I'm referring to. I dont like a person like that. I also dont like the fan elitism(from his camp as well) and what I feel like is the re-writing of narratives when it comes to judging a fighters career in respect to GGG.
     
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  14. Cafe

    Cafe Sitzpinkler Full Member

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    What, saying some scripted phrases to the camera? Either way, even IF what you're saying is true, he rarely ever speaks it and has a translator on him 100% of the time. So as far as most people are aware, he doesn't.

    As for the nasty streak thing, at least for me, I have a bigger appreciation and much prefer to associate with actually nice people over c*nts, but hey, whatever floats your boat.
     
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  15. thesmokingm

    thesmokingm Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    But you love the guy who got busted twice for Clenbuterol, ie, you love cheaters yea?
     
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