Comments Thread For: Official: Canelo Alvarez prefers to keep his Cinco de Mayo weekend date

[rrayvez]

Canelo has been a bust on the Mexican holidays for years now. Mainly because he doesn’t make fights that captivate real fans and the general public. He’s going to make another lame fight; probably against scull as most have suggested. A more disappointing face of boxing I cannot recall.

[SteveM]

I think Turki is laying down a challenge to PBC and esp.Canelo.
May 2nd with Garcia is bound to be well supported by the casuals including, I would think, some casual fans of Canelo.
So Canelo's ppv the next day will flop if he fights Scull or similar fighter.
The only way Canelo can have a successful ppv on May 3rd is if he is in with a live opponent - so .... Crawford, Pacheco or Mbilli. Fight them or give up your date. Or keep your date, fight your usual crap opponent and lose sales.

[El_Mero]

I would watch it and many others would too it just will not prepare him for canelo. He needs a strong come forward fighter to use as a measurement stick for canelo.

Lara isn't some come forward fighter tho. He's a counter puncher. This would be similar to Bud/Madrimov. A chess match.

[MastaBlasta]

[QUOTE=ODLH Chicano Goat;n3241357

Lara VS Bud for the Middleweight Title!
Make it happen Turki! [/QUOTE]

That fight would be a stroke of genius. They are both still fighting strong at a late point in their careers (Lara a bit later than Bud). Both have been at the top of boxing technicians, and both have immense pride and would not willingly accept a defeat at this point. I think Crawford is more natural at 160 than 168 (as is Lara now), but both could take it at 168 if need be.

Also, PBC could make this fight, or Turki and the Saudis. The winner is set up for Canelo next in a decent pound-for-pound contest. Perfect.

[MalevolentBite]

Lara isn't some come forward fighter tho. He's a counter puncher. This would be similar to Bud/Madrimov. A chess match.

You totally didn't read what I wrote. I never said lara was that. You didn't read where I said fighting lara will not prepare him for canelo ? Lol. Omg. Jesus.

[MulaKO]

This makes sense and it sounds about right with the exception if they planing matching Bud with Lara the cuban aint no paper champion ,he still very much a treat imo,matter of fact, both Lara and Scull have tricky styles so is not going to be that easy for either guy.

I wouldn’t have it any other way for Bud
A soft touch at this point would be really dumb and useless at this point
I’d even accept a bigger puncher maybe less skilled

[MeanestNiceGuy]

That fight would be a stroke of genius. They are both still fighting strong at a late point in their careers (Lara a bit later than Bud). Both have been at the top of boxing technicians, and both have immense pride and would not willingly accept a defeat at this point. I think Crawford is more natural at 160 than 168 (as is Lara now), but both could take it at 168 if need be.

Also, PBC could make this fight, or Turki and the Saudis. The winner is set up for Canelo next in a decent pound-for-pound contest. Perfect.

Agreed! Not to mention that Lara would be a common opponent for Bud and Canelo--a common opponent that most felt beat Canelo a decade ago. I know that it's been a decade but as most here have said, Lara isn't a slouch even at this stage of his career.

This wouldn't be a bad move for Bud because there's still a threat in Lara and a meaningful fight being that it'll make him a 4-division champ. I'd watch this.

[El_Mero]

You totally didn't read what I wrote. I never said lara was that. You didn't read where I said fighting lara will not prepare him for canelo ? Lol. Omg. Jesus.

Said the same thing omg jesus

[tomhawq]

Meanwhile, Terence Bud is staying out of any form risk just waiting for his big cheque. What a joke. Way too much pampering for this guy since beating the Earl.

[Ropeydope]

It would seem that other boxing sites already have an inside info on Canelo and Bud for September 13. I can never understand it - Boxing News 24 always seems to have news stories 2 to 3 days ahead of Boxing Scene. At the same time their stories are so lame and biased, it seems almost like every story is written by the same 10 year old, even though different names are supposedly assigned to stories.

Really puzzling. They get the inside scoop quickly, but then their commentary is so unprofessional and so biased that I stopped reading it some time ago. Perhaps the owner gets the stories from other sites and then edits them completely to his own liking based on which fighters he likes and which ones he hates.

Lol! Couldn’t agree more about the lousy commentary over there. Almost like it’s written by trolls from the comment threads.
Maybe the reasons that they are sometimes quicker to break news is that they haven’t the journalistic integrity to wait for final confirmation, whereas the others prefer to wait until the powers that be make it official.
Even a broken clock is right twice a day.