If Canelo clears the entire boxing...

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by Moonlight, Nov 18, 2021.


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  1. Moonlight

    Moonlight Walking in the moonlight... lonely.. as always.. Full Member

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    If Canelo clears and be undisputed at 160, 175 and beats Makabu at 190-200, will he be the GOAT for you?
     
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  2. Big Ukrainian

    Big Ukrainian Boxing Junkie

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    No, not even close
     
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  3. shadow111

    shadow111 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    What if he moves up to HW and beats Usyk? That'd really shut people up and cement himself as the GOAT.
     
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  4. panchman69

    panchman69 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Maybe but his career will always have a big question mark, regarding ped's.
     
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  5. Goose

    Goose Russian oligarch Full Member

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    I wanna see if Canelo can drop down to 122 lb and fight Inoue
     
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  6. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Canelo was never undisputed at MW though. Is he going back down to MW? Let's unravel this:

    JMW, he was a titlist, but arguably lost to the 3 best guys he fought (officially 2-1)
    MW, he was a unified champion but arguably lost to the best guy he fought (officially 1-0-1), there are also titlists that were "sidestepped"
    SMW, undisputed (congrats) however one belt he has belonged to someone (still currently active, at that weight) who never lost it in the ring and is still considered the most dangerous in the division.
    LHW, he beat a titlist who at the time I believe was ranked at #4 in the division.

    So in reality, he hasn't actually "cleared" anything. I respect what he's doing at SMW, he's killing it. But let's not act like he's cleaned up every division he's been at, he definitely didn't. So no, beating Makabu at CW would not make him the GOAT. He has misses in every weightclass and Makabu is arguably only the 4th or 5th best at the weight

    I don't like to tear down champions/titlists accolades but I also don't like people going crazy over dominance that ain't really dominance.
     
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  7. JOKER

    JOKER Froat rike butterfry, sting rike MFER! banned Full Member

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    No.
     
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  8. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    Usyk would batter the poor soul lol
     
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  9. Braindamage

    Braindamage Baby Face Beast Full Member

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    That would be a real testament to his greatness.
     
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  10. exocet76

    exocet76 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Nowhere near. Mighty.
     
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  11. DynamicMoves

    DynamicMoves Well-Known Member Full Member

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    And Trout. Also note the guy you're quoting said arguably, not did.

    Benavidez may have lost the belt but that doesn't change the idea that to clear out the division he should fight the largest threat, who is Benavidez.
     
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  12. JunlongXiFan

    JunlongXiFan Boxing Addict Full Member

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    No, but if you added Breidis to this, then yes.
     
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  13. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    lol! I don`t even know if Canelo could have beaten the 5`7 Tommy Burns, this is getting stupid.
     
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  14. cleglue1

    cleglue1 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    What if Usyk moved back down to cruiserweight and beat the f*ck out of Canelo? ;)
     
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  15. drenlou

    drenlou VIP Member

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    What kind of question is that man? I doubt he can ever squeez back down to 160, especially if he does end up fighting "Mackaboo" at CW..
     
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