apollo creed wrote: ↑14 Jul 2021, 01:56As long as Lara got Canelo and Trout at that time when Andrade was a champion too at 154 then it must be something off with him.
Are you seriously criticising Canelo for facing much higher-ranked fighters between 2013 and 2015 than Demetrius Andrade?
It's clear you need a history lesson, because your knowledge of boxing is horrendously poor!
Trout and Lara were both considered the third best 154lb-ers on the planet, only behind Mayweather Jr. and Canelo, at the time of their bouts against the Mexican.
Canelo fought Austin Trout seven months prior to Demetrius Andrade capturing his WBO 154lbs title.
Canelo fought Floyd Maywweather Jr. two months prior to Demetrius Andrade capturing his WBO 154lbs title.
Canelo fought Erislandy Lara one month after Andrade’s one and only WBO title defence against Brian Rose.
Demetrius Andrade then rejected a career-high payday to fight Jermell Charlo during December 2014.
Another attempt was performed to make that fight for Spring 2015, with Andrade accepting another career-high payday and also signing a contract in January 2015 to defend his WBO title against Jermell Charlo, but Boo Boo withdrew from that fight at the last-minute. It’s important to note Andrade’s late withdrawal wasn’t injury related.
During July 2015, Demetrius Andrade was stripped of his WBO 154lbs title, because he’d ducked Jermell Charlo twice, hadn’t fought for 14 months and didn’t even have a fight lined up.
Andrade then chose to be inactive and whenever he did compete, he ended up facing anonymous no-hopers, such as: Dario Fabian Pucheta, Willie Nelson and Jack Culcay.
During the same timeframe, Canelo fought James Kirkland, Miguel Cotto, Amir Khan, Liam Smith and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
Canelo receives a lot of criticism for the Liam Smith fight, but when the Mexican challenged for the Brit’s WBO 154lbs title, Andrade was merely a challenger rated 6th, with Boo Boo competing against journeymen.
You won't fact-check any of my claims, but at least you've received some free education.