Comments Thread For: Canelo Vacates WBC Title! Says Golovkin Talks Continue

[MDPopescu]

ya se supo wey !!! No le vas a topar al GGG? No que muy cabron ? Que fuera de mamadas y que sabe que?

— Flip (@flip080708)

[El Presidente]

Gggs team were probably unreasonable

Wouldnt surprise me

Does the wbc have the purse split set out for mandatories?

If so this was probably the reason canelo vacated

LOL...dude, no governing body decides the splits; the boxer's promoters and managers do that. Does GGG strike you as an unreasonable individual? K2? Sanchez? This is probably how it went:

Canelo team- Only at 155

GGG team- Nope. This is an insult to the sport of boxing. This is for a middleweight belt, so let's fight at 160.

Canelo team- Such unreasonable bastards! Fine, I'm dropping the WBC belt tomorrow. Your move now.

SMH...pathetic

[QballLobo]

I doubt the majority of people that will watch Canelo's next fight will know nor care that he dropped the belt. Canelo is a draw and it has nothing to do with a green leather trinket.
Now its up to GGG if he accepts the terms that Canelo gives him. He won't get the fight any other way.
Cong**** GGG, you have your belt. Now you get to go back to fighting bums on HBO for 2.5 million a pop. Oh, but now you get to pay the WBC sanctioning fee's to do it!!

[MASTERBX]

lil g should have fought Andre Ward for his highest paid day instead of playing big fish in a small pond, LOL! Laughing Lying loeffler and Mentalty Dis-Abel Sanchez really blew it.

[bigdunny1]

So blatantly obvious. By Canelo dropping the WBC belt he won't be fighting GGG this September. GGG will be fighting for it vs Daniel Jacobs. Good riddance Canelo. You are a sham. Why did you not allow HBO to weigh you pre-fight vs Khan? Simple. You were above 180, something you claimed to never do in HBO's "Face Off".

The thing is, people in boxing, specifically those of us who establish legacies, we remember the duckers. This is why at the end of the day "Canelo-weight" will be remembered more than what this guy did inside the ropes.

Manny made a career out of fighting at catchweight, Floyd enforced a catchweight on Canelo and then went 2 years not defending that belt at 154 instead defended it at 147. Both Manny and Floyd went 5 years "ducking" each other. Yet neither guy's legacy was effected, neither fighter lost fans over it and both are rich beyond belief. When you get to this level it ain't about belts. And to make fights at this level you have to give in to the bigger star not come in making demands to the bigger star. Cotto threw this same belt in the trash and didn't lose a single fan, laughing at you thinking Canelo will.

[mike1010011]

Canelo is getting destroyed on social media. I don't think that delahoya and goldenboy really thought this one out,because even the casuals aren't falling for this one.

[mathed]

Horrible news for boxing.


Now, GGG will have to go down to 155 to fight Saúl.

What's he need Candelita for now? He's only one belt away from unifying the division and will more than likely be seen as P4P#1 once that happens. With the diva beating up on small change guys at the magical 155 pound class, GGG will ultimately become the A-side as well.

[Eastcoast]

I'm ready when you are !

— billyjoesaunders (@bjsaunders_)

Meantime silence on Danny Jacobs' twitter page.

[Fetta]

Been saying belts are irrelevant in todays boxing landscape and Canelo just showed that

Now GGG has to decide on taking the belt and staying behind or swallowing his pride and do what has been done in boxing fir decades and take a chance

[muslimer12]

Manny made a career out of fighting at catchweight, Floyd enforced a catchweight on Canelo and then went 2 years not defending that belt at 154 instead defended it at 147. Both Manny and Floyd went 5 years "ducking" each other. Yet neither guy's legacy was effected, neither fighter lost fans over it and both are rich beyond belief. When you get to this level it ain't about belts. And to make fights at this level you have to give in to the bigger star not come in making demands to the bigger star. Cotto threw this same belt in the trash and didn't lose a single fan, laughing at you thinking Canelo will.

Just accept Canelo ducked GGG