bjornborgbook wrote: ↑02 Mar 2022, 08:58
Counter-puncher wrote: ↑02 Mar 2022, 08:15
bjornborgbook wrote: ↑28 Feb 2022, 13:11
GGG being cheated out of knocking out Canelo was the same as if Ali had been cheated out of beating Frazier, Foreman.
bro (even) if you're right, didn't he basically cheat himself?
I mean, you're saying he agreed to go easy on Canelo, right? play it soft, Canelo gets to go two fights without getting a KO and GGG gets paid? that's your 'theory', right?
he took the deal, he agreed to go soft on Canelo. Dude cheated himself.
then he didn't even get the third fight that you're saying he was playing for. This guy's got some amazing intelligence according to you, one of the smartest guys in the boxing game, yet somehow he manages to put himself in a position where he throws not one, but two fights- and never even gets the promised payoff on throwing them?
man, he's made a sucker of himself there, right? i mean, damn, if he'd have tried he woulda knocked Canelo out FOR SURE bro GUARANTEED BABY.... damn, he coulda knocked Canelo out, but instead he deliberately didn't
we used to call that 'self-ownage', in earlier internet days.
The promised third fight is now on for Sept.
My theory is GGG was forced to play soft and lose to Canelo like Hagler was forced to do by Leonard for the jackpot. And Floyd did to just about all of his hired patsies.
Maybe forced is going a little far, but who knows?
That's certainly my impression that in a lot of these 'fights' that the carefully selected opponent (hired patsy) that poses little threat and is desperate for the money etc is only there to feign hostility, show up, lose, doff their csps and leave to count the tax deductibles.
Quite often we'll even see the challenger thanking the title holder for giving them the chance to challenge.
Every now and then we'll see a 'live one'.
How exactly is all this supposed to be a sport?
Canelo didn't just fix both GGG fights, he fixes all of his fights. And he's not the only one.
Thankfully sometimes, as in the case of Andy Ruiz, a late substitute to replace the drug addled Jarrell Miller, we'll get a 'live one' that will surprise the titlist.
Similarly in the case of Marcos Maidana, who certainly gave Mayweather a fair bit to think about too.
Over the years we've all seen a lot of boxers do a lot less and still get the decision.
But strangely enough, never when they're fighting a Mayweather or a Canelo.