Alvarez- another prospect in danger of becoming overrated

hey *******, the kid ko'd baldo at 19yrs of age.....the hype he's getting so far is well deserved....

what do people like you expect, for fans to stay quiet until a fighter turns out to be like manny, or oscar.......

 

He's also in danger of becoming a huge success. He might make a dangerous amount of money too.

 

lol i dont think u really need to call him an ******* for that. He doess have a point but again he could become an ATG

 

Freddy is Mexican. As if that wasn't obvious. He will flip his **** if you say anything remotely negative about a Mexican fighter. That's just him, he's not going away, deal with it.

As for people talking smack about supposed hypejobs on ESB... it's ESB. Some people on here call Joe Frazier a bum. atsch

 

no, he doesn't have a ****en point...you can easily say that about any fighter, and if i'm not mistaken, there is always some ******* in here saying that about anybody and everybody......

at 19yrs of age he has done more than almost everybody in the sport right now...the kid is slowly but surely building his fanbase...there is no "canelo tko manny or floyd" threads so why this talk of the kid being overhyped ?????

why cant we just enjoy our fighters instead of making stupid "obvious" threads like this one.....if mutha****az wanna talk boxing, then talk boxing....but dont start a thread that can basically be said about any fighter...it's ridiculous....

 

that was nice...

 

i can copy and paste your lame ****en thread and say that about anybody....quit worrying about my reading skillz and up your boxing knowledge...cause you aint saying much by typing that nonsense....:deal

 

Isn't Big Al the gay white guy from Blood in Blood out???

 

There is a danger of over hype but we also have to understand that this is only natural when someone so young shows so much promise.

I can see it from both sides.

The Baldo win for someone so young is a good win and he seems to be one of the more well rounded fighters in the ring for someone of his young age so he deserves a lot of credit for this. Add in to the fact he has good physical qualities and intangibles (power, speed, chin, toughness, heart) then it is understandable that people should be touting him as a potential future world champion and even future star.

However we do need to keep a level of realism here. He does have some faults (like most young fighters) and whilst he is a good, solid, well rounded fighter with the other qualities i stated above, i see nothing spectacular about him.

I think if we looked at it objectively the position Alvarez is in at the minute is of someone who has made good inroads into his career and is at a level that most boxers at his age are not so this is a good position for him. However this does not gaurante a future p4p champion like some are saying. He does need to still work on his game but if he keeps training hard and improving like he has then he has the chance to achive some good and even great things in boxing.

 

Overrated if you crown him right now, underrated if you judge by the Cotto fight. Funny because a year and a half ago just a few outside of Mexico knew about him and now he's like mainstream. But he was already facing difficult opposition and showed both potential & weaknesses before becoming internationally recognized.

Canelo is a very popular top young prospect who's improving fast, but still work in progress, that's who he is.

 

I dont see anyone saying he is p4p number 1.

What is it with the Canelo hate? The kid shows promise and people have to hate on him. This kid is fighting fighters that are on the same level Berto a champion has been fighting and he is only 19. Not to mention he is learning on the job since he really didnt have the amateur upbringing alot of top prospects have.

 

Well he is an ignorant mexican...im mexican but do agree with alvarez being overhyped...this guy its an idiot by comparing frazier with canelo....

 

ignorant ???
isn't it true what i said....imagine how many idiots thought manny pacquiao was flawed, and thought he was never gonna make it....

i'm just saying..talk about the fighters/fights, why say some ****en obvious **** to try and discredit a fighter with a statement that can basically be said about any fighter...