Should Canelo get the props for fighting in MW?

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  1. Kaan

    Kaan Member Full Member

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    Should Canelo get the props for fighting in middleweight division?
    I know he has the weight on him but he is naturally a small middleweight looking at his frame. Smallest without a doubt when you consider the elite or high-tier boxers in the division. So should he get the props for fighting in MW? People at his height fight in 135: look at linares for example. Linares even might be taller than Canelo.
     
    Kaan, Jun 18, 2018
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  2. Dirsspaardis

    Dirsspaardis Boxing Addict Full Member

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    No. He is a MW who has been draining himself.
     
    Dirsspaardis, Jun 18, 2018
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  3. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ Full Member

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    He could hardly make it in his last fight at 154, without drugtesting, and he made that weight once since 2013.

    You don't get props for fighting at the lowest weight you can legitimately make.
     
    Robney, Jun 18, 2018
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  4. Jacob Hall

    Jacob Hall Member Full Member

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    no hes a middleweight who was weight bullying at his dumb ass canelo weight.
     
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  5. lolercakes

    lolercakes Well-Known Member Full Member

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    He comes in the ring at like 180lbs what are you on about, he's huge. Dont be fooled by his frame and height, he's stocky as hell.
     
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  6. Liquorice

    Liquorice Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Actually he's a CW almost & his short height can be to his advantage because his opponents are punching down! Which is more awkward for them! Canelo walks around at over 180lbs I suspect..

    @Serge you're the font on this stuff :)
     
    Liquorice, Jun 18, 2018
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  7. BCS8

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    LOL he's boiling down from SMW ...
     
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  8. UniversalPart

    UniversalPart Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Clenelo or Cleanelo?
     
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  9. gdm

    gdm Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Lol what?? What credit? He needs clen to make weight.
     
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  10. UniversalPart

    UniversalPart Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Exactly. He walks around at 175lbs+
     
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  11. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Not sure what his walk around weight is but he obviously walks around at 180 or more and he's been coming into the ring at 170 and over going back 5 years ago

    2013

    Canelo 172 - Trout 171

    2014

    Canelo 171 - Lara 166
    Canelo 174 - Angulo 170 - some sources say those weights are the wrong and it was Clenelo who weighed 170 and Angulo 174

    And those fights were all at 154

    AFAIA, his fight night weights haven't been announced since then

    Kirkland
    Melon Head Miguel
    Khan
    Smith
    Chavez
    GGG

    So he was coming it at 170 or above 5 years ago and he's obviously bulked and Hulked up since then after ingesting, injecting, bathing in, soaking his gloves in etc. industrial amounts of Clenbuterol since he came to the realization that he could never beat GGG without artificially enhancing himself with PEDs, even the older, past his best version he'd been waiting for years to see signs of decline in.
     
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  12. Ukansodoff

    Ukansodoff Deontay plz stop ducking Joshua. Thank you. Full Member

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    Im sure the WBC do, they are in love with him. I dont he is a dirty cheat.
     
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  13. mirkofilipovic

    mirkofilipovic ESB Management Full Member

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    He’s a natural middleweight.
     
    mirkofilipovic, Jun 18, 2018
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  14. JacK Rauber

    JacK Rauber Unbourboned by what has been Full Member

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    He's thick. There is no doubt about that. If it is true that he is coming in at 170+ on fight night then he probably does walk around at around 180, which is amazing when you consider he is only 5'8" and in excellent shape. Every day I lose 7 pounds in water weight when I work out. A lot of people don't believe it but I have an app and a scale that tracks everything. It is amazing what the body can do, weight up, weight down. It's all water weight for me. I swim 2500 meters and then get on the elliptical trainer and burn 1000 calories doing 6+ miles. Canelo works a lot harder than that so no doubt he can drop 10 pounds easily. I weigh about 190 but I can easily go from 193 to 183 in a matter of hours. (But I'm also 6'4".)
     
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  15. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    Haven't you read what this forum has been telling you? Canelo is a legitimate cruiserweight. I rate him just behind Usyk and Gassiev at the weight. Lets see if he can squeeze down and make some good bouts for us at light heavy before that train leaves the station. A true giant. Saul "Goliath" Alvarez.
     
    Nonito Smoak, Jun 18, 2018
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