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Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑14 Sep 2025, 08:23

Well there's proof that the AI system doesn't work and cannot be trusted, especially with a biased person in charge of it.

joshj909 wrote: ↑14 Sep 2025, 08:28

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑14 Sep 2025, 08:23

Well there's proof that the AI system doesn't work and cannot be trusted, especially with a biased person in charge of it.

Agreed. He got Usyk v Fury badly wrong, too.

‘AI’ gets it wrong again, who’d have thought it

forcefraser wrote: ↑14 Sep 2025, 06:38 I'm not a Canelo hater, but let's call it straight, in my opinion

GGG 1st and 2nd fight - GGG wins
Lara - Lara win or draw at worst
Mayweather - Clear loss not close
Bivol - Clear loss not close
Crawford - Clear loss not close

These are the elite fighters he fought

He has some good wins, Smith, Cotto, Charlo, Plant, ageing Kovalev, but these are not elite fighters.

He will deservedly go straight into the hall of fame, but under strict scrutiny he has fallen short at the very top elite level.

Austin Trout and all

Only $50k??

Mayweather put his money where his mouth was ! $74k win....not bad at all.

Champagne boxing by Crawford, keeping a lot of his agility and timing while gaining the right size to withstand the punches.

GOAT material

Canelo has always been a class act as a person too.

The only fighter I saw who he seemed not to like or respect at all was BJS

Coco wrote: ↑14 Sep 2025, 16:55 Canelo has always been a class act as a person too.

The only fighter I saw who he seemed not to like or respect at all was BJS

But then how many people do you know that do like or respect BJS?

Great great win . I did say before the fight to some people i felt Crawford could do it but i.ll be honest never thought he would do it so easy . I T WAS the constant . Moving . Changing pace. Switching from attack to defence to counter punching Canelo never figured out what to do excellent work from Crawford will say i really do have to watch again because i seen a little move Crawford done and i.m not sure if it was accidental or on purpose but if it wad on purpose it was something i.ve never seen before and just showd how clever Crawford really is if it wad acvidental its worth looking at . Was arpund rnd 2 or 3 amy one else spot it

forcefraser wrote: ↑14 Sep 2025, 06:38 I'm not a Canelo hater, but let's call it straight, in my opinion

GGG 1st and 2nd fight - GGG wins
Lara - Lara win or draw at worst
Mayweather - Clear loss not close
Bivol - Clear loss not close
Crawford - Clear loss not close

These are the elite fighters he fought

He has some good wins, Smith, Cotto, Charlo, Plant, ageing Kovalev, but these are not elite fighters.

He will deservedly go straight into the hall of fame, but under strict scrutiny he has fallen short at the very top elite level.

Lara's performance is almost entirely forgotten in the Canelo resume. The first time he was looked after by the judges and a sign of what was ahead.

samwbr wrote: ↑15 Sep 2025, 01:42

forcefraser wrote: ↑14 Sep 2025, 06:38 I'm not a Canelo hater, but let's call it straight, in my opinion

GGG 1st and 2nd fight - GGG wins
Lara - Lara win or draw at worst
Mayweather - Clear loss not close
Bivol - Clear loss not close
Crawford - Clear loss not close

These are the elite fighters he fought

He has some good wins, Smith, Cotto, Charlo, Plant, ageing Kovalev, but these are not elite fighters.

He will deservedly go straight into the hall of fame, but under strict scrutiny he has fallen short at the very top elite level.

Lara's performance is almost entirely forgotten in the Canelo resume. The first time he was looked after by the judges and a sign of what was ahead.

You could say he was looked after by a judge against Mayweather. No he did not win, but the scorecard was shocking.

what's the deal with judges then? outside pressure from whom? conspiracy theories are welcome

Easy win for Crawford. Would've been good to see him against FMJ.

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑14 Sep 2025, 02:07

I thought it was closer too. The commentary was one of the worst ever.

samwbr wrote: ↑15 Sep 2025, 01:42

forcefraser wrote: ↑14 Sep 2025, 06:38 I'm not a Canelo hater, but let's call it straight, in my opinion

GGG 1st and 2nd fight - GGG wins
Lara - Lara win or draw at worst
Mayweather - Clear loss not close
Bivol - Clear loss not close
Crawford - Clear loss not close

These are the elite fighters he fought

He has some good wins, Smith, Cotto, Charlo, Plant, ageing Kovalev, but these are not elite fighters.

He will deservedly go straight into the hall of fame, but under strict scrutiny he has fallen short at the very top elite level.

Lara's performance is almost entirely forgotten in the Canelo resume. The first time he was looked after by the judges and a sign of what was ahead.

I thought Canelo beat Lara. Canelo's hard body shots vs Lara's quick touch head strikes. I liked Canelo's body attack in the fight. Basically a more energetic version of the William Scull fight.

Canelo Alvarez-Terence Crawford drew 41 million global viewers: Netflix

Last weekend’s show headlined by Saul “Canelo” Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford was expected to be huge for several reasons.

It was a fight between the undisputed super middleweight champion in Canelo against Crawford, who was coming up two weight classes for the challenge.

It was an event on the traditional big boxing weekend closest to Mexican Independence Day, headlined by Canelo, one of the biggest superstars in the sport.

And it was available for free to Netflix subscribers, coming at a fraction of the cost that would typically be asked for a pay-per-view.

Now the streaming service has announced just how big the audience was: 41 million global viewers.

Netflix said it was “the most-viewed men’s championship boxing match this century.”

That distinction comes because Netflix was also the home for last November’s match between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul, which was definitely not for a world title, but which had 108 million viewers worldwide.

Those 108 million viewers came from 60 million households. The title fight underneath Tyson-Paul featuring Katie Taylor-Amanda Serrano II also had a massive audience, averaging 74 million global viewers in 50 million households watching live.

Crawford v Canelo watched by more than 41 million

Terence Crawford's win against Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez to become the undisputed super-middleweight champion attracted an estimated total of 41.4 million viewers, says Netflix.

However, it was well below the estimated 125 million who watched Youtuber-turned boxer Jake Paul's bout against former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson in November 2024 on the streaming platform.

Because that was not for a title, Netflix described Crawford-Canelo as the "most-viewed men's championship boxing match this century".

Katie Taylor's win against Amanda Serrano in their second fight, which was on the undercard of the Tyson-Paul card, attracted an estimated 74 million live viewers globally and 47 million viewers in the US.

Crawford-Canelo attracted 36.6 million on the day of the fight, while the rest watched it within a day of the bout.

In terms of concurrent streams, Netflix said the fight had a peak of 24 million as opposed to the Tyson Paul peak of 65 million.

Crawford beat Canelo on points to claim the WBA (Super), WBC, WBO and IBF super-middleweight titles as he became the first male fighter in the modern era to hold undisputed titles in three weight divisions.

The event garnered significant viewership, achieving 17.7 million views for the entire broadcast in UK.

was #1 spot