Does Andre Ward sound like a hater? "Canelo's Refusal to Fight Benavidez Would Taint His Legacy"

Floyd at Canelo s age was no longer fighting the cream of the cop imo. He never went to 154/160
 
Old Cat said:
Historically speaking fighters retire at or around 33; dude has a lot of miles on those tires.
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Yeah once a fighter reaches 33 or 34 years old, they're stepping out of their physical prime years. Fighters decline at different rates. For heavyweight it just isn't as obvious. At the smaller weights it is.
 
There's literally never been a star level P4P quality fighter this wasn't said about. It was said about Floyd, it was said about Ray and so on. All of those guys eventually fought the guys they were supposed to fight.
 
Nova44 said:
Canelo is 33, Floyd was champ at 154 at 35 beating Cotto...
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Canelo is a 33 that turned pro in 2005…. With 62 fights.

You can say he fought bums on his come up but those are still fight miles being added along with the training camps that take a toll.

He also started fighting world class competition at 20. He fought Floyd at 22/23.
 
Kovalev's Man Bag said:
Yeah once a fighter reaches 33 or 34 years old, they're stepping out of their physical prime years. Fighters decline at different rates. For heavyweight it just isn't as obvious. At the smaller weights it is.
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Canelo is also fighting way out of his original weight class.

Being 5-7 at 168 is a lot different than Floyd being 5-7 at 147.

Canelo is slick but being that short and fighting guys who are 6-1-6-3 with reach means once your speed starts to dip it’s much harder to fight these guys. It’s going to be a lot easier for the taller guys to keep Canelo on the end of their jab especially as he ages.


I love Floyd but even if Floyd was Canelos weight his style wouldn’t do that well against guys that had height and reach. He wouldn’t be able to just pot shot people and win each round by a few punches like he did at his career end
 
First people say "he never fought benavidez! This is a black mark on his legacy!"
Then they fight, and people say "he never fought Benavidez in his prime! This is a black mark on his legacy!"

Replace benavidez with fighter X and Canelo with fighter Y and its been said a thousand times before. I don't think anybody will be questioning canelo's legacy in 15 years.
 
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