I can see it playing out exactly like you said... GGG inexplicably seeking Canelo, and Team Ginger being petty and marinating the rematch even more. But that last sentence blew a fuse on the computer. I would say that "in their own minds" they don't need GGG. For the rest of us who view Canelo as a carefully manufactured matinee idol/ pretty boy/ expert ducker and manipulator, Canelo absolutely needs GGG. It would be a way to sort of clean his slate of all the B.S. that has cluttered his career up to this point. Picking and choosing his way through woefully undersized or over-the-hill names on his way to the top...... initially ducking GGG while coining the phrase "marinating" (copyrights are in order)..... shamelessly jumping his (cough) "unattainable" weight to fight JCC Jr. at 170...... I would say Canelo absolutely needs GGG. The one time he was gifted a shot at earned stardom, he was whitewashed by Floyd, who barely worked up a sweat while making Canelo (and those who put the match together) foolish.
If anything, it's GGG who doesn't need Canelo..... but somehow has Canelo on his mind. Can't be blamed, really, with all those millions and millions of reasons flashing before his eyes. But GGG needs Canelo to define his career like any of us needs a festering boil on our butt. Canelo finally overstayed his welcome at the top. Now he's just another cheater who swears he didn't do it...... cross his heart and hope to die.
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