Canelo is fighting prime undefeated opponents, something Mayweather was afraid to do

Canelo Alvarez is taking a lot of unjustified criticism. He's taking on prime undefeated opponents, often men who are larger than himself, like Berlanga (22-0) last night. Before that, Canelo fought Munguia (43-0), Bivol (19-0), Saunders (30-0), L Smith (23-0), Plant (21-0) and the bigger C Smith (27-0).

Floyd Mayweather always avoided prime undefeated opponents (Williams, Cotto, De La Hoya). He waited until after they had been KOed (Cotto, Pacquiao, De La Hoya) before he dared enter the ring with them. He also fought smaller men (Marquez and Hatton, both of whom had to move up in weight), and a pre-prime youth (Alvarez).

Canelo takes abuse for not fighting the bigger man Benavidez, but let's not forget the so-called "Best Ever" avoided Trinidad, Wright, Margarito, Williams, and Forrest.

 

very, very bad bait op

 

And yet, Floyd is the far superior boxer who didn't relied on gift decisions.

 

Floyd has somehow garnered a TON of support from casual fans. Floyd was an ATG but he had even greatee matchmaking. Floyd somehow missed:

Prime DLH
Prime Mosley
Prime Cotto
Prime 2009 Manny
Prime Tim Bradley
Prime Paul Williams
Prime Margarito

Instead, Floyd fought:
Ghost Guerrero
Andre Berto
Marcos Maidana (twice)
Victor Ortiz
Carlos Baldomir
Old Sharmba Mitchell

Floyd's resume is unremarkable. Everyone was coincidentally too old and coming off losses or, in case of Canelo, too young and not yet seasoned

 

He refused to fight Benavidez and deserves criticism for that

 

Maidana and ODLH fights were not gifts they were competitive fights that Mayweather clearly won in the eyes of most fans.

The only controversial decision Mayweather had was Castillo 1 who he beat clearly in the rematch.

Canelo has had some of the most consistently bad scorecards in the modern era.

 

He's fought much more talented and accomplished fighter than Benavidez.

 

Floyd could have had Golovkin and swerved hard off that road. Despite some early hiccups, Canelo fought Golovkin 3 times. I think OP is making some good points.

 

Have to agree there.

He did take the hard fights though in addition to the easy touches.

 

I assume that's not aimed as it doesn't relate to the post you quoted

 

I don’t care enough about Floyd to defend him, but moaning about other fighters receiving gift decisions while trying to make a pro-Canelo thread is hilarious

 

Canelo didn't fight Sergio Martinez which would have been huge. Lots of excuses to avoid this fight.

 

So?

That doesn't mean he is entitled to duck a serious challenger

 

Didn't 36 year old Mayweather fight Canelo?

 

Your not wrong