Quote Originally Posted by palmerq View Post
I don't think he is perfectly suited for 175, he's just too short and is probably a bit smaller weight wise.. 168 seems to be where he should be at this time, he's an acceptable height for there and can apparently make the weight.. Sure he can fight at 175 but I don't think you can say he's perfectly suited for there...

Of course there may come a time when he can't make 168 anymore and then I'd say his career is over as a top guy. Theres some good fights for him at 168, plant sounds like a good start.

Here's a quote from DLH back when discussing rehydration clauses for Canelo's fight with Jacobs last year....

"A lot of people don’t realize that Canelo is the bigger guy,” De La Hoya said. “He’s smaller, but he’s thicker. He’s always been a guy with a thick neck, and thick legs. Canelo has always been the one to drop weight. Canelo walks around at 190, 185. So a lot of people will be very surprised when they step inside the ring and see the minimal difference in size,” De La Hoya said."


So we can talk about height if you want... and I'll bring up that Dwight Muhammad Qawi was a very successful light heavy at all of 5'7". Canelo's listed at 5'9". 'Nuff said.

Or... we can talk about how De La Hoya himself says that Canelo's walking around weight is around 185 to 190.

Either way... it doesn't matter. If Canelo saw fit to dart to 175 to pick off the damaged goods Kovalev to grab a trinket... he should be expected to fight others in the division who are only too happy to call him out.