Canelo once again is daring to be great . what a fighter !

It was the only way Floyd would fight Canelo. I agree Floyd should have fought him straight up at 154. Hell GGG himself said he'd move down to 154 to fight Floyd Mayweather GGG's "dream fight" remember.

 

I don't have as much of a problem with catchweights in non-title fights. When titles are involved though I have more of a problem with them, even moreso when it's a unification fight. That's why the 152 catchweight for Floyd Canelo was inappropriate, which was a 154-lb unification. Floyd won the title from Cotto at 154 so him needing 152 for Canelo was especially bad. It's worse if you win a title at the full weight, then start demanding catchweights, then if you win a title at a catchweight which in the case of Canelo Cotto was the Champion's (Cotto's) demand. I don't have as much of a problem with Canelo fighting Lara in a non-title fight at 155 since it wasn't for a title.

 

The point is that GGG's said he's willing to make weight sacrifices for Mayweather but not for Canelo. I'm not even sure Canelo ever seriously demanded GGG fight him at 155 though I know you and others have claimed that. It may have been a negotiation tactic but I don't think Canelo GGG negotiations really ever got started following the Khan fight, due to the WBC's 15-day timeframe and the court case involving Canelo's former promoter that Canelo was tied up with during that time.

 

If Canelo did that Canelo would probably still be undefeated, but he wouldn't have gotten that payday and name recognition as he got for fighting Floyd.

 

Canelo is a mega money fight too, but I understand your point there. The reason he vacated though had to do with the WBC's 15-day timetable . I think you just like saying that it was because of a catchweight demand without you actually knowing that.