Quote Originally Posted by TonnnnUK View Post
Quote Originally Posted by Master View Post
Canelo Alvarez has declared that he is planning to fight five times in the space of just 12 months.
I'd be mightily impressed if that came off!!
He last did that back in 2011, at a time when he was racking up wins, which even back then was still a lot of fighting for a top prospect boxer....certainly out of the norm.

The superstars of today barely fight once a year. So you have to take your hat off for Canelo's desire to fight mutliple times a year.

Five times in one year, with nothing else considered, is a very busy schedule.

I would say "Bravo", except for one small detail.

I prefer quality over quantity.

Let's look at a real Mexican champion of the past in a three-year stretch. JMM from 2007 to 2010.

Mar 07 - MAB
Nov 07 - Rocky Juarez
Mar 08 - Pac
Sep 08 - Casamayor
Feb 09 - Juan Diaz
Sep 09 - Floyd
Jul 10 - Juan Diaz
Nov 10 - Katsidis

Averaged two fights a year... ALL against dangerous, estimable opponents. In fact, he lost TWICE in that stretch. And what does that mean? Absolutely NOTHING. Only that he always took on the BEST, without marinating, ducking, catchweighing, etc. A TRUE champion.

So... while Canelo is fighting 5 times a year against the Avni Yildirims of the world... those of us who remember the "non-diva" champions of the past will have to be forgiven if we're just not impressed.