Philadelphia, PA (October 5, 2016)--After his emphatic unanimous decision victory over Gabriel Rosado on September, 17th, it was widely understood in the boxing industry that middleweight contender Willie Monroe, Jr. would get an opportunity to face Canelo Alvarez in a bout this winter or next spring. Now it seems, Canelo's team, led by trainer Eddie Reynoso, have seemed to do a 180 degree turn, and they don't want their prized fighter anywhere near the former world title challenger. "I don't think it's Canelo himself, but it is his team. I know Canelo would fight me,"said Monroe. "I think it is trainers who fear that they can't prepare Canelo for my style." Monroe points to pre-fight talk that came from Canelo's side that the winner of the fight between Monroe & Rosado would be the front-runner to receive the fight with Alvarez. "If he is a true man, they should stick to their word. The plan was for the winner of that fight to be able to fight Canelo. They thought Rosado would win, and he would just be a guy that would get pounded by Canelo." This content is protected "If the shoe was on the other foot, and it was me who did not want to fight an aggressive fighter, I would look like a punk." "They keep putting me on the "B" side, and I just keep on winning. Remember Rosado was the guy who kept saying he was going to knock me out and talking a lot, calling me scared and a bum; I am not that type of guy. I don't have nine gold chains around my neck or gold teeth in." Watch the fight with Rosado. I stood in the middle of the ring with my feet planted in. I was waiting for Rosado to come in, and after I hit him a few times, he looked scared and it was me pressing him." "All I want is the opportunity. Canelo got to where he is by fighting big names, so I feel I deserve this opportunity."
GGG Goons won't give Canelo credit for beating Monroe. That's a waste of time. Go after Lemieux to make a point.
Bruh , Canelo's next fight should be against David Lemieux at 160 . We all need to see how he reacts and performs against a full fledged 160 pounder . I personally feel this is a fight that Canelo has a big chance of losing . Lemieux is more of a threat to Canelo then vice versa . But this fight would never happen . Oscar knows it too big of a risk . Canelo vs Andy Lee . I don't mind that fight either . It has to be against a MW though .
I had a feeling this would happen. Monroe has some blistering handspeed when he turns on the taps, and he's not some mummy plodding around the ring. He's not at all an easy fight for Canelo, and I can see why El Pollo would want to dodge him. The fact that Monroe got KO'd by Golovkin just makes things worse. If Canelo struggles with him (he will) then Saul is going to look manifestly worse than GGG. I feel bad for Monroe. He has a flashy, pleasing style and even though I was rooting for Rosado, I want to see more of Willie too. This move by Canelo is shameful.
I just think, Canelo would be better suited fighting the guy that mostly everyone thinks beats him.. which is Lemieux. I have already seen what Canelo can do against that style with Lara, and honestly it wouldn't make for a good fight.
I'd favor Canelo to stop him but also give Monroe a decent "boxer's chance" to outpoint him based on the Lara fight. (and the fact that, while 'slick', Monroe isn't quite as loathed by judges as is Lara)
There's no way on this earth Canelo fights Lemieux,as it happens I think Canelo would win but for all the Canelo fans on here just look at who Oscars been matching him up with of late,most of the boxing world know it's not Canelo himself as he's a track record for demanding fights Oscar never wanted but if he's gonna face GGG the expect a few tune ups at 160 against a few cherry picked guys,and to be honest I've no problem with that.
Lara has been on the losing end of some close fights because he never ever comes out of second gear. Wait.. he did one time against Williams and that's it.
So this isn't a duck? Because recently Saunders not fighting Rosado was and Golovkin not fighting Lara was/is. Double standards?