Canelo decides to take the Golovkin rematch in May

Well in my defense, look at the date that I wrote and posted it. I wrote it on January 4th 2016, a full 20 months before the fight actually occurred, that assessment was based off of the Golovkin that had just schooled Lemieux with his jab, not the what some view as a somewhat deteriorated version that we've seen since the Brook fight from late summer of that year.
Canelo Alvarez And The Crossing Of The Event Horizon-He Cannot Beat Gennady Golovkin.

Then I wrote this after the Jacobs match, which I was trying to explain away the Jacobs performance, and if you notice, I'm not shouting from the rooftops that GGG will violently KO Canelo, I'm a little more measured. although I still thought he would win, and in most people's estimation, he did.
A Savage Uncompromising Appraisal Of Where The Current Canelo And Golovkin Are Truly At.

Neither article was wrong, Golovkin still managed to beat Canelo far more decisively than he beat Jacobs, Canelo's power didn't bother GGG, who walked through everything he landed and outworked him. Good for you, you think Canelo won, most disagree with your assessment and agree with mine, clearly Canelo performed brilliantly in that match, which I also said afterward, and that I don't have an issue with a draw, only the Byrd scorecard I found outlandish.

Also, you mentioned, "the hate is notorious" in reference to my Canelo is duking Saunders statement, where's the hate? I've been saying on this site for the last 4 years that Canelo would lose to Saunders, as @Angler Andrew pointed out, I've been hyping Saunders for a long time, and I didn't jump on his bandwagon after the CEJ, I was on it for quite some time beforehand, I even wrote Saunders would school Eubank on my BJS thread I did a few months before that match was even announced. There's a reason he was the 3rd or 4th Educate Yourselves thread I did, right behind Usyk and Gvozdyk.

There's no hate, I'm being consistent, I said Saunders would beat Canelo then, I stand by it, guess what, I also said Saunders is also capable of beating GGG, which got me a shitload of hate from GGG fanboys, oh well, doesn't bother me in the least, am I hating on GGG too?

 

No, he and Oscar waited, hoping and praying Lemieux would win by KO, or at the very least BJS would win, barely, and look bad in the process, so they could make a May match with one of them, and put off the GGG rematch to September, sadly for them Saunders ****ed up that notion big time, he's now viewed as an equal threat if not bigger stylistic threat than GGG, and not worth the risk... AT ALL. Why jeopardize all the shitloads of cash Canelo is going to make fighting GGG.

 

Yeah, he is, he realizes stylistically Saunders presents some real issues for him that GGG doesn't, he'd rather get a lot of money to possibly win or lose against GGG legitimately this time, than look terrible in winning or in all likelihood, get schooled and lose wide, or get a gift, which will make his fan base turn on him even more against Saunders.

GGG is High Risk.. High Reward.
Saunders is High Risk... Low Reward.

 

I assumed it would happen, which is why I've avoided most of the threads about the subject, it doesn't shock me in the least, although like you said, while it is speculation, that speculation holds a hell of a lot of water.