Implications of Canelo beating Kovalev

Despite unpopular opinion, Stevenson was still the World champ at 175 when Kov and Ward fought.

 

Fielding is good because he ONLY lost to canelo and Smith? And all because he had a belt, yes? Fielding had done nothing of note at 168 to be considered some top ten anything. It's wins that propel you, not losing to two better guys.

 

I can't believe the amount of disrespect you're showing for the likes of the European title whilst buying into the absolute BS of 'regular' titles.

And let's not go into the whether he actually beat Golovkin debate again. I don't think he did but that's a different matter.

I will call you on the suggestion of Fielding being a 'semi-decent' contender though. If he hadn't of been beaten up by Canelo then he wouldn't be rated by a lot of the people on here who try to give him the benefit of the doubt at all.

 

If he hadn't been beaten up by Canelo, most people on here would never have heard of him.

 

It was a terrible fight to even test the water at 168 with. The rehydration clause just added insult to injury.

 

The WBA regular "title" is completely meaningless. It's not a proper world title.

But if ginger nuts beats Kov fair and square that would be impressive. Enough to make him #1 p4p imho. Fair and square is unlikely when fishnets is involved though.

 

What was your 168 top ten at the time they fought?

 

I wonder what the conversation between Canelo and Oscar was like before signing up for this fight?

C - are you sure you’ve got everything under control ?
O - yep, it’s in the bag, just sign.
C - Oscar, he’s a legit 175 dude, are you sure?
O - relaaax, I told you, I’ve got this, nothing to worry about *sniff*
C - but... look, he knocked down and outpointed Ward, of all fighters, Oscar, I think this is a ****ed up idea
O - sign, damnit
C - but...
O - I said sign!

 

Not in my book he didnt. Plus the majority of boxing people & most fans think GGG won both fights but was robbed AGAIN!!

 

I don't recognise Golovkin's 'regular' title defences as legitimate world title defences. I'm on record many, many times saying that I think they don't count so yes that is to me a fake stat.

And if you think I need Fielding to devalue 'regular' titles then you're massively mistaken. Ahem. Manuel Charr. Ahem.

 

If he had beaten Kovalev in his prime, it would have meant something. This is a sideshow. I can't stand fighters who won't fight someone until the other fighter shows weakness of some sort. I'd have much more respect for Canelo if he would fight some of these fighters in their prime, like a David Benavidez. They both are fighting at roughly the same time. If they both win, they ought to fight each other in their next fight.

 

It will be a good win if there's no dodgy decisions / clauses. Even though Kovalev is aged and just fought it's not an excuse for him. Then again, they might make a backroom deal with Krusher saying you get paid only if you take the knee. I've seen fights that just make no sense and this was one of my explanations.