Re: Golovkin-Canelo OFFICIAL!!!- Sept 16th. (Apologise to Fishnets. Cretins) Fact.
Originally Posted by
Spicoli
I tried to sit there and watch a full non lagging version of Canelo v Chavez last night. I don't mind and fully get the pre hype post hype sell job and treating this merely as a formality. It's fully expected and for a mega fight that has had the shelf life of Golovkin-Canelo and it's natural for boxing to turn full on wwe these days. But I'm not sure what it is..honestly having a hard time losing my mind in anticipation that it's finally official and I won't be counting down the days. Oh now I'm all over it and will be forking over some dough don't get me wrong, just that it's been so played out and in the back of my mind waiting for the other shoe to drop and something to knock it off course
I watched Canelo spar a lackluster "just glad to be here" Chavez and could not get the Trout fight out of my mind and again Canelos over effort to show that he could box and almost coast while in control. Not knocking a guy for winning but just expected to see him kick in the door and press advantages going into his "super fights". Strangely enough I have the exact same feeling now in that Canelo will be saddled with another L and be a bit of a let down. Definitely not comparing Golovkin to Mayweather, nor Chavez to Trout with respects to styles and levels but more convinced now that Golovkin will be the one stepping it up performance wise and brutally welcoming Canelo to the legitimacy of middleweight he's been so hesitant to venture into.
I lost my connection to the fight and when i got it back it was about the 4th round. Even then I still managed to be lulled to sleep by this spar for it all before the final bell. The showmanship angle was inevitable. Used by wrestling then by the UFC, it was just a matter of time.
I completely agree on the lack of enthusiasm. It's hard for me to get hyped anymore when looking at the bigger pic. He won the title almost a year and a half ago from Cotto and then, like a petulant child, he's clung to the belt while avoiding the number one challenger, trying to create his own weight division at 155. (If you're not a 160lb and under fighter then lose the belt... if your 154lb and under fighter then win and defend that belt..) but holding the belt hostages while you split hairs to try and stay relevant just watered down the sport. He was protected by the wbc for that time and when they couldn't anymore, the mandated a fight and his response was to lay the strap down and now claims he won't fight GGG for that belt because they (WBC) made him look bad for refusing to carry him anymore. He's tried to polish his skills and as much as I want to applaud him for that, its hard to see this fight as anything other than a spoiled brat and his tranny boozer of a promoter getting rewarded for prostituting a sport that was once based on honor. I gotta say GGG lost a little of my respect too by allowing himself get bent over by these idiots and not chase the Saunders fight so that ginger snaps wouldn't throw another tantrum... especially after how they had stall his career before. I personally would have fought Saunders, got the strap and shut charlo up before going up to 168. Win lose or draw, Canelo will always be a b*tch in the Mayweather mold who tried to build up his opponents in the press and then shave them down (in weight, hydration, location, etc etc) and handicap them to keep his image. As far as i'm concerned, Canelo lost this fight the minute he laid the belt at the feet of GGG. "We dont f*ck around.... for more than like a year and 4 months or so...")
I'll knock the guy for winning. When he had to weight drain a guy that was already notorious for being lazy because he had to have this fake battle for Mexico to raise his PPV sales (which were dwindling) so he could try to balance out the titles he didn't have and max out the lions share. If the terms of the fight are disclosed including the cuts, maybe i'll change my mind... or maybe laugh myself to tears when he hits GGG with a half a pound rehydration limit. Till then, Canelo struck me as a hyped manufactured fighter when he hit the scene and he's done nothing but reinforce that right up till now.
P.S. - F*ck Mayweather and anyone else who tries to turn this sport into something completely recognizable with ridiculous demands and contract stipulations, stalling, fake drug testing, hometown commissions, judges and refs, and then tells me I don't know sh*t about boxing. We (the fans) knew more than they think we did, which is why they turned it into the spoiled brat exhibition bouts we have today. Months/ years of meandering just to watch a guy bs his way through a subpar fight and then thank God he made it through alive, defer to a mystical promoter figure when asked about the next opponent and then pull some no hoper/restoration project out of left field so they can let the big fight "marinate"... should change his name to de la goya with the way he seasons negotiations with his bullsh*t...
They want your @$$ beat because upsets make news. News brings about excitement, excitement brings about ratings. The objective is to bring you up to the tower and tear your @$$ down. And if you don't believe that, you're crazy.
Roy Jones, Jr. "What I've Learned," Esquire 2003
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