Canelo seems invincible after last three wins. Who has a real chance of beating him now? 160-168 only. Rank them in order of most challenge to least: Bivol (he said he can easily make 168) Golovkin Saunders Andrade Charlo Benavidez Plant
Junior is a bit too unpolished and Canelo would beat him up similar to Kirkland. Which is why I didn't include him or Limeux...too easy.
Benavidez and bivol have the best chances but Benavidez has outgrown 168 and bivol hasn't fought in years.
On that list the only guy I would give a real chance to is Saunders, but only if his head is right, since he has the combination of talent and experience to be a threat to Canelo. GGG is simply too old now for Canelo, so he would just take another loss. As for Bivol he’s delusional if he thinks he can drop down to 168 without ruining himself. Bivol’s 30 years old and given his height and frame most likely walks around at 190 lbs. You don’t fight an elite fighter like Canelo and give up such a huge a advantage. Like Saunders he has the talent and experience to be a real threat to Canelo, but Bivol would only be a threat at 175. At 168 Bivol would be dehydrated and very easy pickings for Canelo. Andrade has the talent and experience on paper to beat Canelo, but in my opinion he’s tailormade for Canelo, so I’m not that interested in this fight. Charlo’s too one dimensional. I don’t see him beating Canelo. Eubanks Jr. like Charlo is also too one dimensional, but he’s durable, so anything is possible, but I’d heavily favor Canelo. Benavidez has the potential, but for now he’s too green and makes too many mistakes to be a threat to Canelo. Canelo would counter him at will and easily beat him.
And if Saunders head isn't right and he gets schooled, somehow that would be Canelo's fault too and thus deemed a "cherry pick" retroactively lmao.
Charlo / Benavidez but i could also see him KOing them within 5-8 rounds as well. & if he does then he should be considered LB 4 LB #1 no question.
No one at 168, I'm afraid. He may get a couple of decent, competitive bouts, but personally I don't see anyone that I'd bet on to beat Canelo. 175 is a different story, but he's smart enough not to go up there against Beterviev.
@ 168 I don’t see anyone stopping Big Red. I think BJS will be slick and harder to hit but Canelo wins on the cards. Plant is evolving into a fantastic fighter but needs more experience, he best take a fight now with anyone, and Canelo will go to the cards with him right now if not clean him out with a late TKO. GGG is way past a threat to Big Red now and Canelo is not going south of 168 anytime soon. Charlo would be a decent fight but Canelo most likely crushes him by TKO under 10 rounds. We just have to sit back and see where Canelo goes after collecting all the belts at 168 because nobody is going to stop him at 168.
Beterbiev is the only guy that can seperate him from his senses. Saunders - if he is on point - has a chance at getting a UD. It's virtually impossible for anyone to KO Canelo apart from Beterbiev.