Does Canelo get too much hate?

Yes.

 

- He didn't want to face GGG at 160 in 2016 when he weighed more than 170 in the ring and preferred to give him his WBC title
- Lots of questionable cards or decisions in his favor (Mayweather, Lara, Trout, GGG I and II, Bivol).
- Clen Scandal

 

More fighters would take the path he does if they had scorecards painfully rigged and PED's from papa Reynoso.

 

The corruption is the main reason he gets trashed by everyone imo, it has been way too obvious to doubt. In all my years watching boxing, I've never seen such favoritism on the score cards. It's so apparent that I'm kinda shocked there hasn't been some kind of investigation.

As far as the fighting goes, I think he deserves to be recognized as a top competitor of the era, perhaps even within the top ten P4P of our time, a damn good fighter with solid all-around skills, a good chin & decent power.

 

Selective matchmaking at higher weights (some said Bivol was a cherrypick, dodgy fight with half-dead Kovalev who outboxed him until the KO), no suggestion of him fighting the more dangerous fighters at higher weights, horrible scorecards in the first fight with GGG, drug allegations, that one card against Mayweather. I've gone from hating him, to kind of admiring him, to wanting to like him. But nothing he does makes me like him. He has good matchmaking - no bum would beat Callum Smith or Caleb Plant - but if he really wants to be great, why isn't he looking for fights with Benavidez or Beterbiev?

 

Yes on what he has achieved but feel he deserves it for the failed drug test

 

No

He thinks he's special but the only thing special about him is the daycare he belongs in. The guy picked AJ over Fury.

 

I think he gets the right amount of love and hate he is a great fighter but also a proven cheater.

 

I'd say just about the right amount

 

Face of Boxing?? Says who? He has his haters for loading many fights in his favour....he has had dubious scorecards in his favour......and also ate tainted beef......i think thats perhaps why he has many haters

 

Let's start with that I am not a Canelo hater. I admire his skills and work effort. That being said, your first sentence may not be accurate anymore. He certainly has been the face of boxing for half a decade but at this point I don't believe he is. I am not sure if anyone has replaced him yet, perhaps Fury, but at the moment I don't believe there is a true face of boxing.

As to your thread question, yes, he gets too much hate. What he doesn't get is enough love. So many Alvarez detractors seem oblivious or refuse to acknowledge his accomplishments and skills because of the negatives. To me there is really just one negative, the clenbuterol issue which is a big negative. I have no problem with the scorecards in his fights even though I don't think he beat Golovkin in either of the first two fights. The scorecards are not a negative on Canelo. The man has a scoring-friendly style. His punches are easy to see and until the last couple of fights he was a master of effective aggression.

 

The sport would definitely be a lot better if everyone was like him. Imagine if all the active boxers weren’t afraid of Ls, constantly challenged themselves, and happily fought 3 times a year. Boxing would probably be bigger than soccer.

 

He takes what he deserves and it isn't hate. This "hate"-thing became very worn out to defend yourself when people tell you the truth - that you're s*it, overrated, protected etc...