At what point did Canelo Alvarez surpass his HOF opponents legacies?

Canelo beat GGG Twice officially & moved up to become undisputed.

that’s what will be said about Canelo over GGG
long after we have died & returned to dust.

 

Luckily the video footage will always exist for posterity.

 

Canelo came up from a lower weight class than GGG, beat him (whatever you think about that), unified the division above, and tried to win titles in the division above that. He's certainly passed GGG in terms of legacy (and I say that with a heavy heart, as I much preferred GGG).

In answer to Miniq's question about what has he done; unified. Something TF, sadly, has not dared to try yet. Though I still live in hope

 

Thanks to lies and corruption. They stole from Golovkin's plate and put on Canelo's plate. Golovkin deserves credit where credit is do. If Canelo is an all time great for accomplshing all he did plus giving GGG 2 great fights in losing efforts, so be it, but the draw and win over Golovkin is just bogus. A win, a draw and a loss for GGG maybe, but no wins over Canelo is historically criminal.

 

it is what it Is
However GGG’s legacy is directly tied to his own inactivity outside of his fights with Canelo
That is GGG’s own fault.
Gotta a taste of the great life & didn’t want to bother with anything less then the “PeyDey”

 

What will be remembered is that Canelo got 8-4’d by old man GGG twice. What he should also be remembered for is the countless fix fight sparring sessions he’s been involved in (see Canelo Kovalev, for example) at the higher weight classes

 

sure on the obscurest boxing forums on the interwebz …. Echoing forever

 

Obscurest? Look on every GGG Vs Canelo 1 or 2 full fight on YT - majority of the comments are talking about robbery.

 

Yeah now,
Im talking when we are dead & gone
No one will give a hell enough to rewatch or care.

BoxRec stats & legacy will belong to Canelo over GGG.

let’s break it down
If you take the name GGGs off of Canelo’s resume he is still considered great because of moving up & becoming undisputed & highlight reel KOing Kovalev - past it sure but it’s still a little guy KOing a Big Guy & that’s how he will be remembered.

Take Canelo’s name off of GGG’s resume … & we’ll it’s quite garbage without Nelo tbh.

 

As every fighter that fought him realized when you got in the ring with Canelo you weren't just fighting him. You were actually fighting the ref, the judges, the commission as well. He took over the mantle of cash cow from Floyd he knew he'd never lose a decision in Vegas regardless. he was practically bullet proof

 

that man got a draw then got beat TF up twice stop crying and move on, GGG had a chance to make a real legacy outside of Canelo and didn’t then lost to Canelo twice.

 

For one, Mayweather and Canelo are the same height, Two, Canelo has a much bigger frame than Mayerather, that's why he came into thier fight weighing 165 lbs. Mayweather started at super featherweight and went up 5 divisions, Canelo started at welterweight and went up 5 divisions, No difference. The only difference is that when Canelo got to 147, Mayweather beat that ass. Then when he to 175, Bivol beat that ass. He never will surpass Mayweather.

 

I'd say though, probably when he KOd Kovalev. He'll never surpass Floyd though.

 

Canelo got more natural muscle is all, Mayweather could easily bulk up too if he wanted to. 5'8 bodybuilders didn't start out being super thick, they bulked up the muscle.

Mayweather was terrified of being at a large height and reach disadvantage at the higher weights. Lower weights were fine but 6 footers starting at 154-168 are another level. So wat did he do? Stuck to beating midgets or people his height he can bully around with his longer arms