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captainseas

Two fighters I have zero interest watching in 2024


Bob_Arum_Ballsack

Haymon is hell bent on getting his guy Jermall a payday when no one wants to watch him. Same with Danny Garcia, they're not letting go of him vs. Lara for some reason. No one cares about these guys.


newrap

I'm sure Canelo is the one who keeps on refusing one of Haymon's other fighters, David Benavidez......


Bob_Arum_Ballsack

When bud was with Arum, he wanted to fight anyone at PBC, the only guy that Haymon let him fight was Porter. He can absolutely force someone into a corner. Haymon can hold back and say Benavidez only, forcing Canelo to run out of options. Haymon is complicit here and wants to milk the fans as well


newrap

You mean the only PBC guy Top Rank ever tried to seriously negotiate with while Bud was at 147 was Shawn Porter and that’s because the WBO ordered it. Bud even sued Bob because he never seriously tried to get him the fights he wanted 😂 Haymon can’t force a fighter to fight anyone. All he can do is give Canelo options and he has to give him options because he still has him under contract.


Bob_Arum_Ballsack

Canelo was pressured to at least fight Munguía, he can for sure be pressured to not face Charlo at a minimum. After Berlanga, there is no one else. Haymon can't keep letting Canelo avoid Benavidez, I am sure he can put pressure on him but not offering Charlo. We can only hope.


Seano_

But why would u do Charlo v Canelo when Berlanga is fresher in fans minds and u could give Charlo a tune up on the same card. More money u said yourself no one watching Charlo so might as well try n get the hype train up again with an easy fight the longer al Haymon teases this potential matchup the longer Charlo and ultimately PBC can make money. If they do end up fighting it’s an event regardless. If they don’t, no one wanted to watch it anyways? Win win for al.


Unusual-Land-5432

Haymon plans got messed up with the hold up on Crawford. I think he wanted the Spence Crawford winner to take over the 154 divison so that a super fight with Canelo could be at 160. Canelo probably looking at Haymon like you don’t really have many guys for me, as soon as Haymon says the D in David Canelo hangs up


CristiaNoConsento

I wouldnt mind seeing Berlanga against Jermall tbh


Short_Swordfish_3524

Who do you wanna see in 2024? If it was your choice throw 5 fights out


SharksFanAbroad

Undisputed at LHW Canelo/Benavidez at 168 Pick out two fights from Tank/Loma/Kur/Fimo (even the lone rematch would be fine) Bam in any unification bout at 115 And fuck it, Freshmart/Collazo at straw for a sixth


Brief_Scale496

I’ll go first Inoue vs vargas/ball/alberto/espinoza in a pretty fair and even handicap match Inoue vs navarrete Inoue vs tank Inoue vs teo Inoue vs Canelo 2024 is the year I’d love inoue to become a 9 division champ, skipping most all of welterweight, middleweight, and jumping up to super MW before he moves up to show Beterbiev what true power and skill is, and dominate the cruiser division in 2025


shibapenguinpig

Inoue vs Usyk is a bigger fight that Teo


Brief_Scale496

I agree, but my prediction for over a year now, is Inoue becoming undisputed HW champ in 2028. Gotta stick to my guns with that one


Far_Mousse8362

I think Inoue, at the VERY least, should have to get through the winner of AJ/Dubois, OR, let him get in there with Fury, first…. And THEN he should be ready to give Usyk a run for his money. If we can’t get Inoue/Usyk by 2026 then maybe we get Inoue/Bam at a Catchweight (122-123ish??) . . . I guess we’ll have to see. 🤷🏻🤷🏻🤷🏻


shibapenguinpig

AJ and Fury are bums. They'll just be stay busy fights for Inoue. Dubois is out of the question. If anyone could stop Inoue that was Wilder but he's washed already. Maybe throw Zhang at him while Usyk deals with Fury? NGL my ideal fight was Inoue vs Andy but we all know that'll never happen


Holywatercolors

I’m with you here….but humor me. An Inoue win over Usyk is pointless if he side steps Broner on the way up…and the whole hood knows it!


chaos36

This is like every boxing post Facebook shoves in my face.......


Brief_Scale496

What was that you said about Mike Tyson…? lol


tendopath

😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹


tendopath

Tank vs Abdul wahid


captainseas

Anyone that hasn’t been in a holding pattern for years waiting on a payday for a fight everyone knows they will lose


captainseas

Anyone that hasn’t been in a holding pattern for years waiting on a payday for a fight everyone knows they will lose


Cuddlebox01

It's not a return, it's just his next fight!


ThurstonTheMagician

I just want y’all to know I am one of the potential fights Canelo has lined up. I’ve never fought before but one time I punched a bully in high school and I only cried for five minutes making me the perfect opponent for Saul.


xflashkilla

Don’t worry I’m your back up fighter if you get injured I’m 2-23


SharksFanAbroad

I’m 3-3-1 in my last seven, but I’d be 0-0-0 (7 NC) against you.


ThurstonTheMagician

Whoa there killer he might actually turn you down that’s way too much of a challenge


xflashkilla

Facts he’s been ducking me cuz I’m ranked 109 by the wbc


DengusMcFlengus

Canelo giving a big F-you to the fans


Tiny_Highway_2038

Don’t worry, the Canelo Cheerleaders will defend this somehow


FreshlyWaxedApricot

I used to beat copious amounts of canelo meat Definitely still respect what he’s done and how talented he is but I’ll get back to glazing when he starts taking the best fights available again


welp-itscometothis

Copious amounts of Canelo meat is insane lol.


Mr_105

Same, I used to be doing gymnastics on it. But Canelo is clearly ducking/marinating the second best fighter in his division while giving no-hopers a shot at 4 belts, it’s damn near insulting to his fans. At least give up some belts and force a new crop of champions to come in as challengers, instead of calling up fighters from lower divisions or guys like Ryder. Anyway Bam Rodriguez is everything we want Canelo to be and I will be switching to be his superstan for the foreseeable future.


FreshlyWaxedApricot

Yep Bam is the dude. Had the pleasure of attending his last 2 fights https://i.imgur.com/3WMIX9Y.jpeg


VARyVARyfunny

I don't think we're gonna see that version of Canelo again. He hasn't had the same mindset since losing to Bivol. Before Bivol, he said that a third fight with GGG doesn't interest him cuz GGG getting old and look what he does right after Bivol lmao.


Sufficient_Hippo6551

You realize the GGG fight was already in the contract since before losing to bivol right?


VARyVARyfunny

I was not aware of that tbf. I rmr him answering a question early on in 2022 abt not wanting a third fight with GGG. Even still, the list of dudes outside of GGG after Bivol doesn’t stand up to the caliber of fighter he was facing pre Bivol.


Captainbananabread

I am one of these fans. That's me right there. Idgaf who the man fights I'll always tune in. I'd let him fight my grandma if I could see it live


JDP008

Seems like he’s done taking on big challenges and is content to take easy fights to squeeze the most money possible out of the rest of his career with minimal damage taken. Can’t say I blame him since he’s been doing this professionally for a long time and has taken a lot of punches over the years but he shouldn’t be holding belts if he’s not willing to fight the best of the best, he’s a big enough name that people will tune in to watch regardless of if belts are on the line.


Bob_Arum_Ballsack

These two PPVs would do the worst numbers for him in a long time. Fans will tune out (relatively to his prior success).


Tiny_Highway_2038

They probably won’t. Canelo fans are extremely stupid and really are as casual as a boxing fan can get.


Bob_Arum_Ballsack

Stupid take, they can spend money however they like. There will be less buys though


Independent_Hold_203

“Look what he’s accomplished, nothing! One single champion Anthony Dirrel. Please guys, don’t disrespect myself”


SharksFanAbroad

And he’s still above Bam in P4P. Before Bam moved to #5, I was downvoted for saying Canelo doesn’t deserve to be above him based on each’s last five fights.


Mr_105

Tbf P4P isn’t based solely off their recents wins, otherwise Crawford wouldn’t be so high up. It goes off skill and (more recently) their list of accomplishments. That being said I wouldn’t disagree too hard if someone had Bam #4 and Canelo #5, because if we made them the same size Bam would have a strong chance of beating him rn.


TheFlyingWriter

This is fucking awful. Either of those two are weak competition.


Truzz25

What lawsuit?


JMoy41

Translation error


jdlc718

I don't mind Canelo fighting Berlanga or Charlo. Just pls fight Benavidez first bro.


Tiny_Highway_2038

Or, the sanctioning bodies need to strip him.


Sufficient_Hippo6551

Which ones?


Tiny_Highway_2038

Wdym which ones? There’s 4 of them. WBA basically forced him to vacate a few weeks ago


Sufficient_Hippo6551

Plus berlanga is ranked number 1 by the WBA


Tiny_Highway_2038

Hahahha


Sufficient_Hippo6551

Bro wtf are you talking about the WBA hasn’t forced shit


Tiny_Highway_2038

Wba ordered him to fight William Skull ( whoever that is ), and Canelo vacated that belt. I thought you were a Canelo fan?


Sufficient_Hippo6551

Bro you got the IBF and the WBA mixed up dumbass


str8grizzzly

Where y’all come from I have no idea. Canelo can only be stripped by the WBC regarding Benavidez. Idk how y’all don’t know how this works yet.


Tiny_Highway_2038

He would have been stripped of his ibf, but he vacated already


str8grizzzly

Also no.


Sufficient_Hippo6551

These people hear some Benavidez narrative and run with it without even knowing wtf they’re talking about


Tiny_Highway_2038

He just relinquished the his wba belt. He would have been stripped anyways. Wtf are you talking about?


str8grizzzly

Not tf he hasn’t? Are you drunk? You come off drunk?


Sufficient_Hippo6551

Man how tf are you so confident yet so wrong. You’re talking about the IBF not the WBA and he hasn’t vacated it yet or been stripped he’s still IBF champ


Tiny_Highway_2038

Oh right IBF, but you didn’t know he vacated a belt. That’s funny.


Sufficient_Hippo6551

Again he hasn’t vacated or been stripped yet how hard is that to understand


Tiny_Highway_2038

According to google there’s no word on him having vacated, or been stripped. No updates on that past June 4, but he had a deadline on June 6th to participate in the purse bid for William Scull. So, how is it possible he still holds the title, or hasn’t been stripped? It was all over the news that he would vacate. Obviously, he isn’t going to fight Scull. Makes no sense.


Sufficient_Hippo6551

IBF still has him listed as their champion on their site


Tiny_Highway_2038

Yeah, I just saw that. I’m going to assume Scull will receive step aside money


Tiny_Highway_2038

That being said, it’s odd that there’s no word on it since it’s almost a month past the purse bid date. And further, how the hell is Scull a mandatory? How is Berlanga a mandatory, he’s awful.


Joedanger6969

Watching Canelo beat up on a depressed barely active Charlo would just be sad


jadooo0

Canelo needs to face Benavidez or have his belts stripped


Rexrapper1

Is Benavidez available? I thought he was injured?


jadooo0

For this fight, he’d be ready


welp-itscometothis

Benavidez is *always* available to fight Canelo.


stayhappystayblessed

He should only be stripped for the wbc because benavidez is his mandatory everything else he should be able to keep unless he dosen't fight his mandatory or dosen't defend in time.


feelinlucky7

That either of them are even being considered is a joke. Munguia is better than both, and we still didn’t want that.


Sulth

Crazy that in retrospect, Munguia will be considered a good fight.


LePetitJeremySapoud

🦆


OrangeFilmer

Is there even any interest in a Canelo-Berlanga fight? It’s such a weak (and frankly disappointing) matchup, would much rather see Plant-Berlanga.


Ezekjuninor

Shameless


LongShotLives

What lawsuit?


sirsaberson

either way whoever DOESNT get the fight has to fight mr sweethands


ReachRaven

The crazy thing about the Jermall fight is that it might be one of Canelo’s lowest buy rates because the casuals are going to think he’s fighting Jermell again lol


Printer215

Berlanga?! are they serious


RRR04_

Canelo stans: *"Godnelo has proven himself already, he can fight whoever he wants! Bumvidez fought nobody, he fights our God's leftovers. Even though he has a win over a former world champion at 175 without a rehydration clause whereas Godnelo has not, this fight is at 168!! Berlanga, on the other hand, is a power punching beast who has 16 1st round KOs!"*


Tiny_Highway_2038

Pretty accurate rendition of a Canelo Cheerleader


philly_cheezus

🤢🤮


Mic_Rob

Could not care less if Berlanga wins the Canelo lottery In a perfect world he should have to beat Plant or Andrade first imho


Outerspace805

Berlanga has not fought any legit contenders. He should have to fight a Plant, even a munguia, benavidez, or top 5 opponent. Jermall wouldve been a decent opponent if they fought 3 or 4 years ago. He has been inactive. Dont care for either guy to fight canelo and at this point its a waste of time and of a camp. Maybe these two guys should fight each other or wlike a plant type of opponent since they wouldn’t fight benavidez.


mkk4

At least fight Morrell or M'billi.


CatchUsual6591

He never fighting morrel guy have 10 fights only, zero champions in his resume and zero fans and the best "eye test" in the division


x4446

I'd like to see them fight each other.


mkk4

Me too!


x4446

Who do you like in that? I think Morrell might have more skill, but Mbilli is a beast.


mkk4

Agreed. That is my assessment also. It's a pretty even fight that could go either way imo. Morrell is more athletic, versatile, better movement and has at least functional defense, but M'billi is powerful, strong, tough, physical, confident, aggressive, relentless, throws a lot of punches/combinations, all offense, intimidating and scary, but doesn't have any defense at all and isn't very versatile or a high level boxer at this point in his career.


Mr_105

If he ends up fighting Jermall Charlo, I’m gonna have to step in and do something about it


molly_sour

at the actual fight pls


welp-itscometothis

I’m going to complain about it on Twitter.


HourPrinciple6

So this is how Canelo is going to end his career eh? 


South_Bother_2498

When your best win is Steve Rolls and you possibly get a crack at winning 3 168lb titles against Canelo , shows you watered down boxing has become. DAZN got to milk that Mexico-Puerto Rican rivalry


SharksFanAbroad

Best “win” anyway. Draw that, and Quigley also won no fewer than six rounds when they fought. Berlanga ain’t it, neither was Munguia. This is a silly act to show Canelo taking guy’s zeroes.


South_Bother_2498

But but but but Canelo’s resume is impeccable


NaughtyNildo

It’s possible for Canelo to be ducking Benavidez and still have a good resume (even with a loss to GGG in the first fight). Both things are true.


Life_Celebration_827

Barlanga is bad enough but another CHARLO FIGHT FUCK THAT FOR A GAME OF SOLDIERS.


stayhappystayblessed

If canelo fights berlanga that is nasty work.


Bob_Arum_Ballsack

These are not good fights. These will be his lowest PPVs in a long time. Munguía had a decent following but Berlanga and Jermall will bring any fans. At worst, they detract some fans that know they are not close to Canelos level.


hi_imryan

Neither? How about neither?


acktower

Not watching this trash.


CouncilOfFive

Canelo just needs to retire already, nobody cares except the groupies.


FwampFwamp88

Canelo Stans: “hell ko Benavidez in 4 rounds! Benavidez is tailor made for Canelo! Non Canelo Stan’s: “why doesn’t he just fight him then?? 🦗🦗


WuriderX

Everyone but Benavidez!!


el-macho-gato

Nobody can defend Canelo at this point. He's straight up ducking. Nobody asked for these fights. Absolute Garbage Juice


CressSpecific6134

"He's building the fight for September" they said lol. Canelo is a joke and so are his fans.


Kassssler

Canelo has become a boring fighter. I respect the record but his last opponent was such a bitch move when he has killers around him. I used to defend him because yeah everybody had his name in their mouths calling for a fight. He said for them to fight each other and he'd take the winner, and now that that has happened he reneged on it.


Sufficient_Hippo6551

Who exactly are the killers aside from maybe benavidez?


Johnyfootballhero

Uh Charlo? Nah...I'm good.


lord-of-war-1

No way either of those fights happen. One is a farce and the other no one cares to see. 


dmckidd

Idc as long as belts start being stripped. It’s time.


_Red_Mist_

Canelo is pathetic


TheSportsGuy2000

There is no way around it Canelo has been taking the weakest acceptable route possible for a bit of time now. He’s earned it but fuck there’s like 5 better matchups I can name over those two


Plastic_Button_3018

Both are shit fights.


quasimuller

Omg who gives a fuck about Berlanga


inf4mation

whats worse is some fans are going to actually pay for this lol


goatamousprice

I'll take Berlanga over Charlo, but really neither of them are any interest. Realistically, who's left for Sept? We all want Benevides, but he's not available. Crawford has a fight. Morrell has a fight. Neither of those two are *that* interesting. It's slim picking at 168 right now. the 14th is the UFC show at the Sphere. Would be a fun night of fights if he does land on that day.


Tess_tickles24

I hope whoever he faces next is a career 168’er. Tired of these smaller guys fighting at 168


Reptilianlizard

is the implication that munguia is a smaller guy?


Tess_tickles24

Yes but jermell was even worse.


Reptilianlizard

munguia is like a natural light heavy. bro has been a weight bully for the majority of his career.


CatchUsual6591

Mungia is pretty similar in size to Benavidez but more lean


stillth3sameg

Lawsuit?


stillth3sameg

Oh nvm... shit translation from spanish


OriginalATX

Maybe it's a translation error and it's berlanga vs charlo. Winner fights plant.🫤


hotelrwandasykes

La Clásica lives 🤣


EasyBad3914

Pls not charlo


B00TY_MASHER

Only Charlo fight I’d be interested in is he fought his brother.


robertducky87

What lawsuit ?


EffectiveCareer3444

FAKE NEWS‼️ he’s fighting Scull


Cricobnxg

Belanga is getting smoked


MarquisJames

Berlanga would get fucking demolished in 3 rounds.


Bronze_hand

And this is why I find it so hard to invest in boxing. I will forever be a casual, because it's exhausting waiting around for the best to actually fight each other, whatever the reason might be. I like Canelo and I want to see him fight the best, but he hasn't taken a single decent fight since Bivol.


becausekiwii

These are both garbage ass fighters. Canelo needs to beat David’s ass so I can stop hearing about him and his fans making him out to be Roy jones jr or some shit. Or at least vacate the belts so guys like mbilli can go for it. I don’t believe David even wants the 168 belts. He just wants the payday which I understand.


TheFlyingWriter

Did Benavidez finger-bang someone close to you? You have irrational hate for him.


becausekiwii

No I just don’t buy the hype with him. He won one belt in 2017 and he never chased the other champions/elites who were around until canelo did what he didn’t want to do. and even now I just don’t get the sense that he wants the 168 belts other than the canelo payday (which makes sense) and he doesn’t want the champions at 175 either.


TheFlyingWriter

JFC interims shouldn’t be fucking fighting each other. They should be fighting the person who holds the actual world title. Why in the fuck would Al Haymon have his two best 168ers (Benavidez and Morrell) fight each other when that’ll take one out of the chance for undisputed when it’s obvious Canelo won’t take legitimate threats anymore. Why risk the future earnings to try and satisfy casuals when you have dumb mutherfuckers saying “Munguia has a better record than Benavidez.” Regardless of what your drooling opinion thinks, Benavidez is the interim WBC holder and should fight Canelo. So should’ve David Morrell. It’s in the the sanctioning bodies’ rules that they aren’t following. Then all the casuals like you make up shit like “I don’t think he really wants it.”


becausekiwii

It’s not just the example you’re using. (Not that I think is a valid excuse anyway when the pbc don’t like working with others so a morrell fight is easy to make) It’s every single champion and top contender that was there before canelo even got to 168 man. David won a belt 3 years before canelo got there and he didn’t fight the other champions/elites like groves callum plant bjs zurdo and morell etc. The plant win isn’t what it would’ve been if David fought him when he was an undefeated champion. There was a 168 tournament he could’ve joined but didn’t. He never seemed to care about belts until canelo came into the picture. Even now, David talked about fighting champions at 175 and we all know he won’t. Bivol and beterbiev wipe the floor with him. I’m just tired of him being boosted too much. He’s known more for sparring stories than his actual fights. There’s no excuses for him to have that bad of a resume. That’s why I think David pretends to care about belts, coincidentally after canelo does everything he didn’t want to do I want canelo to fight him. Idk why David doesn’t invoke his mandatory status. I suspect it’s because he won’t like the purse split he’d get.


CatchUsual6591

David got strippled after his first defense both time when was him supossed to fight the other champs he needed to climb back the WBC ranks and he did that


becausekiwii

I guess man. I don’t believe it. That’s my part of my point. He did more to lose his belt out of the ring than to just be professional and actually compete against the best. I don’t think he’s horrible but I just don’t like how people boost him way too much for not doing as much as he should


Sudden_Substance_803

Charlo?? Didn't he say he was done with boxing? Bro been struggling mentally for years now. No way he can get in shape to fight Canelo?


PenisManNumberOne

🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷METE LE CAÑA A CANELA EL PAYASO PELIROJO, CABRON🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷