Is Age 23 "Green" for a fighter?

You get hung on the work superbowl. You just aren't very bright are you? Analogies go over your head?

SRL v Hears was on another level then Floyd (who was more hated then popular) and Canelo, who was NOT on his level of popularity prior.

They were not identical, and the fact you weren't alive, or maybe you were in diaper's at the time, suggests you have no way to compare.
Once upon a time baby boy, boxing was up there as a premier sport. It was one of the big 4, with baseball, basketball, and football. But you wouldn't know that. You're a toddler trying to discuss quantum physics with scientists. (another analogy that will probably go over your head)

Yep... this is par for your retorts. Take some English classes and learn to read properly, K?

Of course I would have. Are you this ADHD to see that was never what this discussion was about? It's SHOULD TITLE FIGHTS OR UNIFICATIONS BE CONTESTED AT A CW. Take your ritalin for f*cks sake,

Stream it?? No, I didn't STREAM IT, I BOUGHT it on Showtime PPV. You know, cable? Or are you too young to even know what cable was??

My god ...you are hung on the word 'superbowl' ,casuals (because I called you one) and now don't even understand what we were discussing. Are you high, drunk, or just stupid??

 

You are clueless bro. This was never about complaints. It's about having title fights allowed at their limits. Start with "Horton hears a Who!" or "Everybody Poops", and gradually move up. You can't read for sh!t!! You're just too stubborn to understand simple English.

And you were too chickensh!t to admit you weren't even alive when SRL v Hearns 2 went on.

 

If Canelo was green with 40 plus fights, is Julio Cesar Chavez considered green after his first 40 fights?

 

Why are you persisting with this?

Neither me and Lance are Canelo fanatics.

Neither of us are even saying that the weight made a difference.

We’re just saying that it was wrong that a unification fight, with belts on the line from each fighter, was contested at a C-W.

That’s all we’re saying.

It was not only wrong, but Canelo wasn’t happy with it either.

It was also a joke when Canelo and Oscar tried to Get Golovkin to go down in weight at MW, despite the fact that that was also a unification fight, and that Canelo was his mandatory.

It’s a joke.

The whole ‘Canelo weight’ period was a joke.

We’re not fan boys of either guy.

We’re just old school boxing fans who don’t like to see nonsense like that.

There’s no need to have this back and forth with each other.

 

Are you ranting against P4P lists again?

 

Dude, try to make some sense now. This is just a poor attempt to save face. Guys like you with poor reading skills just bring down the whole board. Be better then a message board troll. Never too late.

 

You didn't really address anything, that's the problem. YOU went in a completely different direction to ANYTHING i was stating.

Bottom line, some think title fights and unifications should be held at the allowable limit. You don't believe that.
You prefer cash cows and the more popular boxer to dictate the weight limit. I don't think that's right.

It's really as simple as that. And you've been on this board since 2012. Surely you recall how most everyone agreed no catchweights for title fights. Were you always against that notion, or what changed you??

 

Fine, you got me on ONE fight 30+ years ago with two of the biggest stars ever in boxing. I'll admit that. You got me with that one fight,
However, you equated Canelo v Floyd as being on the same level as SRL v Hearns due to PPV buys. It was NOT on the same level. That was a poor comparison. People wanted to see SRL v Hearns. People ACCEPTED Floyd v Canelo. Canelo was no where near wher hs is today when he fought Floyd. No where NEAR as popular. We're looking at an entirely different world of boxing today thenit was 30 years ago. Hell, 10-20 years ago as well. The sport has changed, and not necessarily for the better. That's become a big reason it's now a fringe sport. MMA is more popular today than boxing is.

But fine, you simply don't care about stacking in favor of one boxer over another. Some of us are purists. We prefer title fights to be allowed at the limit. Hell, I posted several instances where a smaller guy moved up TWO classes and did not impose a limit.

Floyd did that w/ Canelo for a 154 unification. Canelo and GBP tried to do that with Gennady. You seem fine with those. Fine with a more popular fighter setting the weight limit despite there already being regulated weight limits. Some boxers will agree just for the pay day. Most don't have a choice BUT to agree to a catchweight or limit to get a deserved fight. Other tough it out as I shown.

My apologies for what I said, but you took liberties with what I was posting. I shoulda kept my cool, but we all have out 'limits' (Pun intended...)

 

Get over the weight advantage sh!t, or stop watching and continue complaining. That's a part of boxing. You can't have it both ways. Wanting one fighter to dictate a limit or another simply following the rules established.

Besides, with Mayweather, he DRUG UP JMM two weight classes then did not even try to honor the agreed upon 144 catchweight. He instead paid a penalty last minute. And BTW, did you know for that fight, JMM was not allowed to discuss the 144 limit? It was ONLY advertised as WW title. Never a mention of 144 or even 147. Because had that been the case, it would look bad. THAT is you who are vehemently defending about size.

And Floyd didn't care if Oscar weighed in at 154. But all of a sudden, with Canelo he needed him to weigh 2 pounds less. Make of that what you want. Some prefer a level of consistency. Again, that's who you are defending. A guy who makes and changes the weight and rules as he sees fit.