They will bring up Kirkland, which is cool to diss now, but at the time people were
. Remember Kirkland was coming off a great performance vs. Tapia and his reunion with Ann Wolfe was getting hyped. It is Kirkland's fault he let his weight slip and fractured the relationship with Wolfe again, not Canelo's.
I wasn't a Canelo fan when he came on the scene, but I can't fault a fight he has taken in quite a while. I also am not a fan of catchweights, but I don't think he has exploited using catchweights. He went down for Mayweather. The catchweights for Angulo and Kirkland were probably to their advantage, and the Cotto one is fine from a matchup perspective (some criticism from a title defense prospective), but they both want it.
@Newzz and I are thinking on the same page. ODH may not be giving us A fighter vs. A fighter every time, but seemingly every time an ODH fighter is fighting the matchup is at the very least interesting.
Everything turns into throwing shade on someone. I am not throwing shade on anyone. I reference PBC and TR because they are the two biggest promoters out there. They both have given us good fights and fights where fighters were protected this year. That is the name of the game. No criticism. ODH after taking a big hit losing Schaefer and a lot of fighters to PBC seemed like his business was in serious trouble. To his credit he has had a good year and I have enjoyed what GB has done. That is what my comments and point is about. GB held its own this year and gave us good boxing.
