What will happen after Canelo knocks out Terence?

He won't be stronger.

He won't hit harder.

It's completely unrealistic to think that he could stop Canelo.

 

You are so difficult to debate with.


How many more posts are you going to make, without being able to apply CONTEXT?

How many more posts are you going to make, where even any slight criticism or questioning of Terence, results in you believing that people are HATING on him?


NOBODY has BELITTLED Terence.

NOBODY.


Terence has dominated his field?

Absolutely.

He's a GREAT fighter.

However, he hasn't fought ANY prime greats, and nobody even close to the guys who Duran fought.


NO, it is not ignorant to say that Terence hasn't fought the same calibre of fighters that Duran did.

Read carefully:

It is a stone cold FACT that Terence hasn't fought the same calibre of fighters as what Duran did.


Yes, Duran lost to fighters.

However, he was TINY.

A tiny fighter, with a TINY reach, who fought PRIME ATG fighters, up at HIGHER weights.

CONTEXT.


Look at this fight between Canelo and Terence.

Duran had about FOUR of those types of fights.


Terence has NEVER fought ANYBODY as GREAT as Leonard, Hearns or Hagler.

He has NEVER fought anyone the equivalent of where Duran beat Barkley, at 36, up at MW, after NINETY fights, giving up that much size.


Terence DOES NOT rank above Duran at the moment.

Even with the losses, Duran ranks higher.

Again, CONTEXT.


Duran is the same calibre of Shawn Porter?

Oh my.

Yeah, I'm sure that Porter could have beaten Leonard and Barkley, and been even with Marvin after 12 rounds.


Stop embarrassing yourself.

 

It's sure going to be interesting.

Canelo is sluggish in comparison, but I personally think that he'll be highly motivated for the fight.

I think that he'll try and walk him down with power punches.

I can't wait.

 

Wow.

You are so defensive, it's unreal.


Terence is a GREAT fighter, and everything that's great with the sport.

A true role model.


I obviously don't know him personally, but he genuinely gives me the impression that he would have LOVED to have tested his skills against the likes of the 'Fab Four'

I believe that he's cut from the same cloth.


However, you must stop being so defensive, and face reality.

Without hating or disrespecting him in any way, his official accolades aren't that great, when you break them down and apply context.


There is nothing even remotely impressive about beating Porter, and washed versions of Brook and Khan etc.

Wins over Gamboa and Burns etc, were very good, but nothing more.

The win over Spence was great, but we have to question how great Spence was, and what condition he was in.


He simply hasn't fought any great fighters who were prime.

That is not his fault.

But that is the reality.

 

The man isn't capable of having an objective debate.

 

It's not as simple as that though is it.

It depends on how they match up stylistically and how the fight plays out.

It's like noting that Mike Tyson knocked out Larry Holmes in 4 rounds, yet he couldn't knock out Smith.

 

This is a great post.

I'm not sure about your percentages though.

Yes, Canelo does need the right opponent to look good. But despite that, IMHO, he had zero motivation for Scull, where he just went through the motions.

I think that he'll be hugely motivated against Terence.

Hopefully, as well as being an intriguing fight, it's also an exciting one too.

It might surprise us all.

 

It is simply a FACT that Duran fought better competition.

Not an opinion.

But a FACT.


Also, Duran often ranks higher than other members of the 'Fab Four' and especially Marvin.

This is when that magic word appears again - CONTEXT.


Duran is rated so highly, because he was a tiny 5'6 guy, with a tiny 66' reach, yet he had a one hundred plus fight career, where he fought until his 50's, which included him winning a title at MW, at 36, after 90 plus fights, despite being in his prime at LW.

Yes, he lost to Duran, Leonard and Marvin, but he beat a prime Leonard, he was level with Marvin after 12 rounds, and it goes without saying, that he had absolutely no business whatsoever, fighting those calibre of guys, up at those higher weights.

The man was the size of Ricky Hatton.

They should all have obliterated him. And the fact that they didn't, speaks volumes of him.


What would the equivalent fights have been for Spence?

 

Well said, thank you!