Can Canelo break Floyd's record of beating 22 world champions?

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  1. VG_Addict

    VG_Addict Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Floyd holds the record for most current/former world champions beaten, at 22. Canelo has beaten 16. Can Canelo break the record before he retires?

    If he beats Charlo, Andrade, Benavidez, Bivol, the winner of Beterbiev-Smith, and Makabu, he'll have tied the record. I can't think of who could feasibly be next for him to fight and beat to break the record.
     
  2. themostoverrated

    themostoverrated Active Member Full Member

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    There is a good chance that he will. Alvarez is still in his prime and in his early thirties. He still has a long career ahead of him. And he prefers to fight champions. With so many alphabet titles flying around these days, it will not be hard for him to break Floyd's record.
     
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  3. African Cobra

    African Cobra The Right Honourable Lord President of the Council banned Full Member

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    He may likely lose along the way. I think Floyd record is actually 24 because 2 guys got it twice.
     
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  4. jmarlow

    jmarlow Well-Known Member Full Member

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    why 22 and not 24 Floyd beat Castillo and Maidana twice why only count that as 2 wins instead of 4? is it because if you do that then Pacquiao will have more wins against Current/former World Champions with 25 to Floyd's 24?
     
  5. Salty Dog

    Salty Dog globalize the Buc-ees revolution Full Member

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    Who cares?

    Everybody is a champion these days. Canelo (or Floyd for that matter) could come beat me up and claim the old-fat-man-super-duper-belt. As long as somebody paid the WBA,WBO, etc a nice chunk of change, they would recognize it and all their fanbois would tout it on social media and add it to their trinket totals and that would be that.

    It's all bull**** now.