What if Ryan Rhodes wins??

[Violent Demise]

I think this is a great fight. Considering Matthew Hatton managed to go 12 rounds reasonably comfortably, as did Lovemore Ndou before him you'd have to assume this is going to be a long distance fight.

Canelo is no superstar inside the ring, no matter what his fanbase is outside it. He looks well below the level of even a Chavez Jr to me.

My feeling is that it will be a very competitive 12 round fight with Alvarez winning a disputed decision, much like Alexanders win over Kotelnik.

But at this stage in Alvarez's career its a tough matchup for the kid.

Hatton managed to go 12 cuz he did like his brother and held and clinched every time Alvarez opened up. N'dou has never been stopped in his whole career. So no shame in Alvarez not stopping him. Rhodes I think is the biggest fighter Alvarez has faced. And he fights nothing like Hatton. I'm expecting him to take the fight to Alvarez and get butchered in the process

Have you seen Rhodes fight? There is no way he will do that. He'll stand and fight but it will depend on how quickly Alvarez can get on top of him to stop him moving.

Alvarez is made for Rhodes. Golden Boy ain't the smartest matchmakers with their prospects - Jacobs-Pirog/Maidana-Ortiz. Rhodes would murder Hatton. If he didn't need two KOs in Mexico he'd have a good chance.

Rhodes couldn't even murder a weak chinned scrub like Blundell. Not only that but Gary Lockett got the better of him. Now all of a sudden you thnk he stands chance against Alvarez? Come on now. You like facts than lets stick to the facts.

The man is 34 years old and no longer in his prime. Fact.
Even his prime he was never even that good. Mediocre at best. Fact
The man has had past title shots before and has crashed and burn each time. Fact

He's never fought outside the UK until now. And now he's gotta go into Mexico and try and beat the next big thing? LOL. The mans never won a big fight before. He ain't gonna start now

I don't really disagree with your points. Although Rhodes has excuses for the second two losses, which I don't give a fuck about to go into, and has never lost at lightmiddle.

However, Alvarez doesn't impress me much at all. If he was English you'd be calling him an overrated fraud. In fact, if you swapped these guys nationalities, and swapped the country it's happening in, then Rhodes would be favourite.

Alvarez will probably duff Rhodes up, for sure, but he is no certainty.

Than Alvarez is top 10 on your p4p list. Yes I know that. As for Rhodes having excuses for his losses. Yeah, so? What fighter doesn't have excuses for losing? In the end that's all they are. Excuses. Cuz one look at them losses and there is no doubt they were legit

[JazMerkin]

No way Rhodes wins. He's been KO'd by every ginger he's faced

[Mars_ax]

No way Rhodes wins. He's been KO'd by every ginger he's faced

Well shit, that settles it.

[Fenster]

I think this is a great fight. Considering Matthew Hatton managed to go 12 rounds reasonably comfortably, as did Lovemore Ndou before him you'd have to assume this is going to be a long distance fight.

Canelo is no superstar inside the ring, no matter what his fanbase is outside it. He looks well below the level of even a Chavez Jr to me.

My feeling is that it will be a very competitive 12 round fight with Alvarez winning a disputed decision, much like Alexanders win over Kotelnik.

But at this stage in Alvarez's career its a tough matchup for the kid.

Hatton managed to go 12 cuz he did like his brother and held and clinched every time Alvarez opened up. N'dou has never been stopped in his whole career. So no shame in Alvarez not stopping him. Rhodes I think is the biggest fighter Alvarez has faced. And he fights nothing like Hatton. I'm expecting him to take the fight to Alvarez and get butchered in the process

Have you seen Rhodes fight? There is no way he will do that. He'll stand and fight but it will depend on how quickly Alvarez can get on top of him to stop him moving.

Alvarez is made for Rhodes. Golden Boy ain't the smartest matchmakers with their prospects - Jacobs-Pirog/Maidana-Ortiz. Rhodes would murder Hatton. If he didn't need two KOs in Mexico he'd have a good chance.

Rhodes couldn't even murder a weak chinned scrub like Blundell. Not only that but Gary Lockett got the better of him. Now all of a sudden you thnk he stands chance against Alvarez? Come on now. You like facts than lets stick to the facts.

The man is 34 years old and no longer in his prime. Fact.
Even his prime he was never even that good. Mediocre at best. Fact
The man has had past title shots before and has crashed and burn each time. Fact

He's never fought outside the UK until now. And now he's gotta go into Mexico and try and beat the next big thing? LOL. The mans never won a big fight before. He ain't gonna start now

I don't really disagree with your points. Although Rhodes has excuses for the second two losses, which I don't give a fuck about to go into, and has never lost at lightmiddle.

However, Alvarez doesn't impress me much at all. If he was English you'd be calling him an overrated fraud. In fact, if you swapped these guys nationalities, and swapped the country it's happening in, then Rhodes would be favourite.

Alvarez will probably duff Rhodes up, for sure, but he is no certainty.

Than Alvarez is top 10 on your p4p list. Yes I know that. As for Rhodes having excuses for his losses. Yeah, so? What fighter doesn't have excuses for losing? In the end that's all they are. Excuses. Cuz one look at them losses and there is no doubt they were legit

Calm down, son, this ain't a topic i'm gonna embarrass you in.

Rhodes losses are legit. Fact.

The only P4P list Alvarez ever makes is a blind man's. Fact.

[superheavyrhun]

Calm down, son, this ain't a topic i'm gonna embarrass you in.

Rhodes losses are legit. Fact.

The only P4P list Alvarez ever makes is a blind man's. Fact.

Lets ease up on the blind dudes...their canes have a 100% strike ratio on my shins so why wouldn't their p4p lists be accurate.... i.e. without Alvarez on them.

[Violent Demise]

I think this is a great fight. Considering Matthew Hatton managed to go 12 rounds reasonably comfortably, as did Lovemore Ndou before him you'd have to assume this is going to be a long distance fight.

Canelo is no superstar inside the ring, no matter what his fanbase is outside it. He looks well below the level of even a Chavez Jr to me.

My feeling is that it will be a very competitive 12 round fight with Alvarez winning a disputed decision, much like Alexanders win over Kotelnik.

But at this stage in Alvarez's career its a tough matchup for the kid.

Hatton managed to go 12 cuz he did like his brother and held and clinched every time Alvarez opened up. N'dou has never been stopped in his whole career. So no shame in Alvarez not stopping him. Rhodes I think is the biggest fighter Alvarez has faced. And he fights nothing like Hatton. I'm expecting him to take the fight to Alvarez and get butchered in the process

Have you seen Rhodes fight? There is no way he will do that. He'll stand and fight but it will depend on how quickly Alvarez can get on top of him to stop him moving.

Alvarez is made for Rhodes. Golden Boy ain't the smartest matchmakers with their prospects - Jacobs-Pirog/Maidana-Ortiz. Rhodes would murder Hatton. If he didn't need two KOs in Mexico he'd have a good chance.

Rhodes couldn't even murder a weak chinned scrub like Blundell. Not only that but Gary Lockett got the better of him. Now all of a sudden you thnk he stands chance against Alvarez? Come on now. You like facts than lets stick to the facts.

The man is 34 years old and no longer in his prime. Fact.
Even his prime he was never even that good. Mediocre at best. Fact
The man has had past title shots before and has crashed and burn each time. Fact

He's never fought outside the UK until now. And now he's gotta go into Mexico and try and beat the next big thing? LOL. The mans never won a big fight before. He ain't gonna start now

I don't really disagree with your points. Although Rhodes has excuses for the second two losses, which I don't give a fuck about to go into, and has never lost at lightmiddle.

However, Alvarez doesn't impress me much at all. If he was English you'd be calling him an overrated fraud. In fact, if you swapped these guys nationalities, and swapped the country it's happening in, then Rhodes would be favourite.

Alvarez will probably duff Rhodes up, for sure, but he is no certainty.

Than Alvarez is top 10 on your p4p list. Yes I know that. As for Rhodes having excuses for his losses. Yeah, so? What fighter doesn't have excuses for losing? In the end that's all they are. Excuses. Cuz one look at them losses and there is no doubt they were legit

Calm down, son, this ain't a topic i'm gonna embarrass you in.

Rhodes losses are legit. Fact.

The only P4P list Alvarez ever makes is a blind man's. Fact.

Exactly. So really who cares what Rhodes excuse. Bottom line is he's getting smashed

[superheavyrhun]

Exactly. So really who cares what Rhodes excuse. Bottom line is he's getting smashed

Everyone can talk good s**t, I bet five bucks Rhodes makes it at least eight rounds plus. It's going to be competitive, however Alvarez likes his competition.

[Violent Demise]

I think this is a great fight. Considering Matthew Hatton managed to go 12 rounds reasonably comfortably, as did Lovemore Ndou before him you'd have to assume this is going to be a long distance fight.

Canelo is no superstar inside the ring, no matter what his fanbase is outside it. He looks well below the level of even a Chavez Jr to me.

My feeling is that it will be a very competitive 12 round fight with Alvarez winning a disputed decision, much like Alexanders win over Kotelnik.

But at this stage in Alvarez's career its a tough matchup for the kid.

Hatton managed to go 12 cuz he did like his brother and held and clinched every time Alvarez opened up. N'dou has never been stopped in his whole career. So no shame in Alvarez not stopping him. Rhodes I think is the biggest fighter Alvarez has faced. And he fights nothing like Hatton.

Alvarez is made for Rhodes. Golden Boy ain't the smartest matchmakers with their prospects - Jacobs-Pirog/Maidana-Ortiz. Rhodes would murder Hatton. If he didn't need two KOs in Mexico he'd have a good chance.

He sure was, huh?

Exactly. So really who cares what Rhodes excuse. Bottom line is he's getting smashed

Everyone can talk good s**t, I bet five bucks Rhodes makes it at least eight rounds plus. It's going to be competitive, however Alvarez likes his competition.

Define competitive

[Fenster]

Exactly. So really who cares what Rhodes excuse. Bottom line is he's getting smashed

Everyone can talk good s**t, I bet five bucks Rhodes makes it at least eight rounds plus. It's going to be competitive, however Alvarez likes his competition.

Good call Rhun. Rhodes cruised past the 8 round mark. You're now on my list of people getting destroyed in the prediction comp.

[superheavyrhun]

Exactly. So really who cares what Rhodes excuse. Bottom line is he's getting smashed

Everyone can talk good s**t, I bet five bucks Rhodes makes it at least eight rounds plus. It's going to be competitive, however Alvarez likes his competition.

Good call Rhun. Rhodes cruised past the 8 round mark. You're now on my list of people getting destroyed in the prediction comp.

One of those fights I'd have called as PTS to Alvarez as I wasn't confident enough of a UD. Check out the SD I'm going to have on Haye v Klitschko in two weeks.

And in terms of Rhodes' competitiveness VD...maybe not that competitive but he did consistently cushion Alvarez' fists with his face, which is still a contribution to the fight.