Escape the plastic panchos and splash-guard eye shields, it’s time for one more Thursday equine-like cash shot of gooey, salty boxing fact. This week we’ve got questions/feedback concerning subsequent strikes for Canelo Alvarez, Tank Davis, and Terence Crawford, in addition to trustworthy assessments of Teofimo Lopez and PBC’s presence in boxing.
Canelo’s Alternative
What’s good P Magazine? Hope all is nicely with you and your loved ones. Everybody desires to see Canelo battle Benavidez (Benny) subsequent, someday this 12 months, or earlier than he retires. If this battle would not occur it would not actually matter to me and fairly frankly it will not cease Canelo from entering into the Corridor of Fame. I do perceive this about being a money cow, there’s ALWAYS going to be another person on the market to battle. Do I feel Canelo/Benny is a superb battle? Completely!!! However once more, I am not slamming Canelo if the battle would 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 received’t lie, not preventing Benavidez WILL convey him some merited derision and, in my eyes no less than, 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 is just not 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 option 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, through blowouts towards Plant and Andrade, to be THE man who completely deserves that chance. And for Canelo to not meet that problem, nicely, it would converse 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 is just not solely the most important one on the market for him, but additionally the perfect. It’ll seem 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’re doing nicely.
Tank: What’s the deal on him not asserting something? He’s such a giant fighter and I’m beginning to consider fighters are steering clear from him. Ideas?
Teofimo: That battle sucked to look at [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 informed everybody to suck a d**ok no homo dwell). Are you a fan of this man or is he all hype?
Canelo’s Subsequent Alternative: Rumor mill is swirling on Canelo’s subsequent fighter. American fighter? Until Charlo is bluffing, fingers level to Crawford? What are your ideas on his subsequent fighter (s) in 2024.
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— Alexis from Oregon
Hey Alexis.
I’ll sort out these so as.
I don’t know why Tank doesn’t have something on the schedule but. Most definitely, as a result of it IS tough to get him a giant battle in the intervening 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 count on 50-50 throughout the board. The truth is that Tank is the A-side– by a mile– towards anybody from 135 to 140 and whereas I could bristle at that “A-side” discuss typically, it’s only a enterprise actuality. It at all times has been in relation to chopping offers in boxing. All the time.
Teofimo is precisely who I at all times thought he was– a gifted younger fighter who is superb at what he does, however who is just not excellent at adapting mid-fight. I additionally see him as a little bit of a head case, to be trustworthy. 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 sorts of fighters– movers, spoilers– or, higher but, have him learn to deal with these sorts of guys.
I do not know in relation to Canelo’s subsequent opponent. Given his said 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 Could 4 foe. So, I do not know. I’m pondering Benavidez is the one route left if Canelo’s keen on 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 sort phrases. I attempt.
Terence vs. Teo? Has PBC benefited boxing?
Hello Magno,
Thanks on your articles. The boxing world is filled with BS and rumors and I admire your willingness to deal in FACTS whereas additionally being clear on when one thing is theory or simply your opinion. That stated, I’ve bought a number of questions for you.
Can Teofimo v. Crawford get made?
Because the Terence “Boo Boo” Crawford (lack of) saga continues, it seems that he is not going to have a dance associate 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 discuss? He’s not getting wherever close to Canelo for all the explanations I simply said. 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 towards Loma and Taylor and was fallacious 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 we’ve got seen in boxing in a long time. 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, youngsters must be writing about Al Haymon for his or her Black Historical past Month studies, however you could have 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 total, do you suppose that it has been useful to the game?
Thanks.
– Will
Hey Will.
Thanks for the sort phrases. Dealing in actuality is unquestionably an uphill battle in boxing.
I’ll admit that I’m a complete mark for Terence Crawford, the fighter. Exterior 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 cause he’s not an even bigger star. From the shitty re-signing with High Rank to those newest travails in getting a battle, Terence Crawford solely has Terence Crawford guilty. After beating Spence, there was a wave of assist and a focus washing over him. However, apart from present up on some discuss reveals, he took no benefit of it. Somewhat 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, basically, doing unto others what he feels they did unto him in relation to alternatives. So, with nothing on the horizon and the dream of a Canelo battle slipping away, why not battle Teofimo? It in all probability received’t occur, although. Making that battle would imply working with Bob Arum once more and, given Crawford’s obvious mindset, that’s not more likely to occur. On the opposite facet of the fence, I additionally suppose Arum could be very reluctant in giving Terence an opportunity to beat certainly one of his high guys.
A whole lot 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 type of piggyback trip from the boxing firm. They’re personally butt-hurt from the rejection (or perceived rejection) and at the moment are all about burning down the home that wouldn’t give them room and board. It’s defeatist conduct, however they’ve discovered a little bit area of interest in interesting to the haters, cynics, and boxing tradition warriors out to convey 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 herald 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, total, had been set to occur whether or not PBC was round or not. I’ve gone on document, nonetheless, as saying that I do suppose the PBC enterprise mannequin is the fitting option to go along with the game. It has put more cash immediately into the fighters’ arms, has given fighters extra energy over their very own careers, and has chipped away on the foundations of the previous 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 best way 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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