Any era where clenbuterol exists maybe. Catchweights, rehydration clauses, short camps, bought judges, clenbuterol and yes, I do believe Canelo would do in any era what he did in this one.
No. Throwback fighters don’t refuse to fight their number one contenders and go after guys in lower divisions instead.
He's definitely the type of fighter who fights anyone who can enhance his legacy. If you look at who he's fought in every division, he's always fought the top fighters. At 154lbs he fought the best two, at 160 he fought the best three, at 168 he fought all the champions there, and at 175 he fought two of three champions there. I think that's definitely Throw backish.
ROFLMAO You got to be kidding surely?? Canelo only fights who he knows, with his "help" that he can get a decision win over. He's blatantly bragging he only fights who he wants, when he wants. The Commission , Alphabets etc are part & parcel to this obviously . I do not believe Canelo could win a fight without his "help" Time he was stripped & banned
You really DKSAB do you. Youre not a boxing fan at all If you truly believe what you've posted here never bother posting anything to me again. Canelo avoided every dangerous opponent, except he slipped up against Bivol who handed him his azz & embarrassed him. He's a Fake & a Fraud in my book
He's a"Throw him back into the ring until you get the correct dicision type of fighter." In that sense he is a throw back.
In what division? I struggle to picture Canelo dominating in an era of same day weigh-ins, let alone the other shenanigans he pulls. Realistically he would have had to fight at middleweight, too big for welterweight, too small for light heavyweight. Given the historical depth of the middleweight division my estimate is he could certainly be a ranked fighter but would have zero chance of clearing out the division, and close to zero of winning the belt, in all but the weakest eras. He is the opposite of a throwback fighter. He is, at this point, a protected asset, with the emphasis on ass.
Can't agree with this, I think there have been very few guys today I would consider as throwback fighters. Canelo's clenbuterol scandal, the blatant corruption he has benefitted from from judges, avoiding certain fights like Benavidez in favour of fighting guys several weight classes smaller like Jermell Charlo and old guys like GGG are all markers against him. Still he's shown an incredible chin, very impressive power, and overall an elite level skillset. As a natural middleweight however, I see him struggling to dominate many eras given the historical depth of the division.
In certain eras his lack of jabbing ability would have hurt him, he certainly doesn`t jab like Ray Robinson.
Canelo has never been a throwback fighter because money has never been an issue for him. He's made enough money to not have to fight every opponent out there to survive. As for how would he do in other eras, I think he was at his best at 160. He's stronger at 168 but his speed loss and more offensive focus I think reduced his effectiveness a bit. I think he'd do pretty well, but would lose convincingly to top tiers considering the monsters we've had at 154 and 160 historically speaking. 168 wise....pretty much the same story but to a lesser degree given his power is quite a bit better there and competition hasn't been as strict as the lower two MW divisions.
Canelo can never be labelled a throwback fighter as he has never tried to avenge any of his losses,looking back at the old fighters they all fought each other numerous times with wins going either way regular throughout there careers and also one other thing is that throwback fighters had to fight a lot more often as there was hardly any sponsorship money to be had or the big ticket PPV revenue modern day fighters have .
Of course he tried. It's well documented. Mayweather didn't want to and Bivol oddly insisted 168 and Canelo wanted 175.