Quote Originally Posted by Primo Carnera View Post
It's a great thread! I reckon Canelo will be one of the stars of boxing when Floyd has gone, but Great is an overused word. He can never be great, because let's be fair Floyd Schooled him. Although he was young, he can't possibly be called inexperienced, he was a World champ with a record of 42-0-1 when Floyd beat him and he had more names on his CV than most (Khan for example!)
Fair enough, but he did turn pro at 15 and had roughly 35 pro fights before he was 20 years old, I doubt many of those guys were anything but fodder. Chavez Sr probably had way more fights at the same age and had never fought anybody! Not saying Canelo has a prayer of being that good of course, but I think he beat Lara and is improving, it's to early to act like he's been found out or tarnished badly imo.