NEXT MOVES FOR CANELO, TANK, CRAWFORD, TEOFIMO AND MUCH MORE || FIGHTHYPE.COM

Escape the plastic panchos and splash-guard eye shields, it’s time for an additional Thursday equine-like cash shot of gooey, salty boxing fact. This week now we have questions/feedback relating to subsequent strikes for Canelo Alvarez, Tank Davis, and Terence Crawford, in addition to sincere assessments of Teofimo Lopez and PBC’s presence in boxing. 

Canelo’s Selection

What’s good P Magazine? Hope all is properly with you and your loved ones. Everybody desires to see Canelo battle Benavidez (Benny) subsequent, someday this yr, or earlier than he retires. If this battle does not occur it does not actually matter to me and fairly frankly it will not cease Canelo from moving into the Corridor of Fame. I do perceive this about being a money cow, there may be ALWAYS going to be another person on the market to battle. Do I feel Canelo/Benny is a good battle? Completely!!! However once more, I am not slamming Canelo if the battle does not occur? Ideas? 

— Robert Elmore

Hey Robert.

Zero doubt, Canelo is already a Corridor of Famer. That shouldn’t be in query by anybody, particularly given present Corridor of Fame requirements. However, I gained’t lie, not preventing Benavidez WILL deliver him some merited derision and, in my eyes a minimum of, a little bit of successful within the space of legacy. I do know there’s at all times going to be another battle, another opponent for the highest canine, which at all times offers critics the opening to name them a “duck.” However Benavidez as an opponent will not be the identical as Antonio Margarito, for instance, when Floyd Mayweather was accused of ducking him. Within the case of Margarito (and I simply picked this instance off the highest of my head), he was by no means THE man for Mayweather. He was A man and a high man, however he was by no means the consensus “should battle” for Floyd and had by no means, at any level, earned that distinction. Within the case of Benavidez– he HAS earned his method to being the ONLY man worthy of a shot at Canelo’s unified 168 lb. title. There’s, actually, no person else extra deserving. Not even shut. The place Benavidez was as soon as a gifted younger fighter with a few titles who possibly deserved a shot, he’s now confirmed himself, by way of blowouts in opposition to Plant and Andrade, to be THE man who completely deserves that chance. And for Canelo to not meet that problem, properly, it would communicate very poorly of him. It actually opens up the query of why Canelo is round, holding all of the titles, if he’s not going to dwell as much as his duties and obligations as unified champ, particularly as a star attraction supposedly centered on giving followers the most important fights. For Canelo, the Benavidez battle will not be solely the most important one on the market for him, but in addition the most effective. It’ll appear like a really cynical enterprise determination if the battle is rarely made. I’ve religion that it occurs, although. We’ll see.

Tank/Teo/Canelo

Hello Paul. Hope you might be doing properly.

Tank: What’s the deal on him not saying something? He’s such an enormous fighter and I’m beginning to consider fighters are steering clear from him. Ideas?

Teofimo: That battle sucked to observe [vs. Jamaine Ortiz]. Snorefest. Virtually suppose the carnival walkout was in all probability the spotlight of that shit and ESPN was fast to chop out of his battle ASAP (particularly when he instructed everybody to suck a d**okay no homo dwell). Are you a fan of this man or is he all hype?

Canelo’s Subsequent Selection: Rumor mill is swirling on Canelo’s subsequent fighter. American fighter? Except Charlo is bluffing, fingers level to Crawford? What are your ideas on his subsequent fighter (s) in 2024.

Lastly, I try to learn different blogs on boxing however because you talked about the Saudis influencing boxing journalism, i see it increasingly.  You do nice work and I Recognize you sticking to your craft and staying true…for now…

— Alexis from Oregon

Hey Alexis. 

I’ll deal with these so as.

I don’t know why Tank doesn’t have something on the schedule but. Almost certainly, as a result of it IS troublesome to get him an enormous battle in the mean time. Whereas there are high guys calling him out, the enterprise in all probability isn’t proper for Tank and his staff, who consider (and possibly rightfully so) that these different guys have to battle underneath Tank’s banner and never anticipate 50-50 throughout the board. The truth is that Tank is the A-side– by a mile– in opposition to anybody from 135 to 140 and whereas I’ll bristle at that “A-side” speak typically, it’s only a enterprise actuality. It at all times has been on the subject of slicing offers in boxing. At all times. 

Teofimo is precisely who I at all times thought he was– a gifted younger fighter who is superb at what he does, however who will not be superb at adapting mid-fight. I additionally see him as a little bit of a head case, to be sincere. However I wouldn’t name him a hype job. What he does, how he does it, is sweet sufficient to beat most everybody at 140. His folks simply have to maintain him away from sure kinds of fighters– movers, spoilers– or, higher but, have him discover ways to deal with these kinds of guys. 

I don’t know on the subject of Canelo’s subsequent opponent. Given his acknowledged preferences– no Mexicans, no Terence Crawford, large fights only– there aren’t many choices on the market. Principally, we solely have David Benavidez and Jermall Charlo– and Charlo’s erratic conduct, mixed with the stink left over from his twin brother’s battle with Canelo, makes him an unlikely Might 4 foe. So, I don’t know. I’m pondering Benavidez is the one route left if Canelo’s considering a blockbuster. However I wouldn’t be shocked at a swerve from Alvarez, possibly focusing on one other UK opponent (Chris Eubank Jr.?) or possibly middleweight interim champ Carlos Adames. 

And thanks for the type phrases. I attempt. 

Terence vs. Teo? Has PBC benefited boxing?

Hello Magno, 

Thanks in your articles. The boxing world is filled with BS and rumors and I respect your willingness to deal in FACTS whereas additionally being clear on when one thing is theory or simply your opinion. That mentioned, I’ve bought a couple of questions for you.

Can Teofimo v. Crawford get made? 

Because the Terence “Boo Boo” Crawford (lack of) saga continues, it seems that he won’t have a dance accomplice any time quickly. I do know that is going to set off the “Bud Buddies”, however Crawford is a enterprise legal responsibility. With the BLK Prime crap he pulled within the first Spence negotiations, him stalling on the Spence rematch, and together with his measurable worth being inconsistent together with his compensation calls for, the Fits don’t need something to do with this guy- and who can blame them? And might we dispatch with the Crawford-Canelo speak? He isn’t getting anyplace close to Canelo for all the explanations I simply acknowledged. So why not battle Teofimo? He is the most important identify on the market who is looking Crawford out. It looks as if a really winnable battle. I feel Teo is loopy personally, however I counted him out in opposition to Loma and Taylor and was improper so, why not? We all know that Bob Arum was clear that he didn’t wish to be within the “Terence Crawford Enterprise”, so can the battle be made?

Has the PBC benefited Boxing?

I used to be skeptical at first, however I feel that the PBC has been the most important enchancment that now we have seen in boxing in many years. Nonetheless, it appears that there’s a community of Black, race-baiting YouTubers who’re dedicated to disparaging Al Haymon, the PBC, and PBC fighters. WTF? Al Haymon shook up a whole trade whose enterprise mannequin was just about, white guys exploiting minorities for acquire. I imply, children must be writing about Al Haymon for his or her Black Historical past Month studies, however you have got these fool YouTubers (claiming to be pro-Black) spouting nonsense, half-truths, and flat out lies. I do know the PBC has it is faults, however general, do you suppose that it has been useful to the game?

Thanks.

– Will

Hey Will.

Thanks for the type phrases. Dealing in actuality is certainly an uphill battle in boxing.

I’ll admit that I’m a complete mark for Terence Crawford, the fighter. Outdoors the ring, although, the person is a frustratingly cussed piece of labor who’s incessantly his personal worst enemy. The reality is that he’s the most important purpose he’s not a much bigger star. From the shitty re-signing with High Rank to those newest travails in getting a battle, Terence Crawford solely has Terence Crawford in charge. After beating Spence, there was a wave of help and a focus washing over him. However, aside from present up on some speak reveals, he took no benefit of it. Reasonably than getting again into the ring to proceed to construct his star momentum, he’s spent the final seven months telling us who he WON’T battle and, primarily, doing unto others what he feels they did unto him on the subject of alternatives. So, with nothing on the horizon and the dream of a Canelo battle slipping away, why not battle Teofimo? It in all probability gained’t occur, although. Making that battle would imply working with Bob Arum once more and, given Crawford’s obvious mindset, that’s not prone to occur. On the opposite facet of the fence, I additionally suppose Arum can be very reluctant in giving Terence an opportunity to beat one in every of his high guys. 

A variety of these YouTube/social media guys who hate so aggressively on Haymon and PBC had been individuals who, at one level early on, tried to get a PBC gig or hoped they may get some form of piggyback trip from the boxing firm. They’re personally butt-hurt from the rejection (or perceived rejection) and are actually all about burning down the home that wouldn’t give them room and board. It’s defeatist conduct, however they’ve discovered a bit of area of interest in interesting to the haters, cynics, and boxing tradition warriors out to deliver Haymon/PBC down. Their time is numbered, although. And so they higher hope and pray that PBC DOESN’T exit of enterprise as a result of, with out the fixed harping on all issues Haymon, they don’t have anything to say, zero content material to usher in site visitors. 

So far as whether or not PBC has benefited boxing? I feel boxing is boxing and any modifications which have occurred within the enterprise, general, had been set to occur whether or not PBC was round or not. I’ve gone on report, nevertheless, as saying that I do suppose the PBC enterprise mannequin is the appropriate method to go together with the game. It has put extra money straight into the fighters’ palms, has given fighters extra energy over their very own careers, and has chipped away on the foundations of the outdated guard enterprise mannequin/energy dynamic, which had sunk boxing into a large number of corruption that served to push away the mainstream sports activities world. Main mainstream enterprise entities– like Amazon Prime, for example– seeking to discover boxing content material is a testomony to a hit story, even when some folks attempt to paint the PBC story as an abject failure. 

There’ve been some setbacks and mis-turns of their run, however I feel Al Haymon and PBC, on the very least, have paved the way in which for boxing to re-enter the dialog among the many much-needed company energy brokers. And that’s a primary, big step in getting boxing to be seen as soon as once more as a “actual” sport. 

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