Canelo may not have been the first..... but he's certainly the one who has ushered in the era of "marinating", jumping divisions to pick off weakened zebra, and all the accompanying bullshit games that have driven people away from boxing.

This will now become the norm, and bonafide clashes between equally qualified opponents will now happen only by accident.

Boxing needs to fix boxing, alright. And one of the steps is to quit looking toward the circus acts (ie: McGregor) to further piss off an already disenchanted public.