Canelo vs Nigel Benn

For Xplosive.

 

Canelo gets Dewitt'd.

 

Not a chance.

Canelo wins this one.

 

Let me spell out this fight before I get the inevitable simplistic, juvenile responses like "When has Canelo ever fought someone who hits as hard as Benn. Benn aint no small old Miguel Cotto...etc etc".

Canelo's chin is dependable. Benn can and will hurt him at some point, but Canelo I believe can survive because of his skills and defense and overall class. They are about the same height and probably have similar reaches. Thing is though that Canelo can and will hurt Benn at some point, himself. Anthony Logan BADLY wobbled Benn, Watson knocked him out with a jab, Dewitt hurt him numerous times, Eubank fucked him up, Barkley shook him up.

Dewitt and Barkley lost, because they have ZERO defense and boxing acumen between them...same with Anthony Logan.

Canelo hits harder than both Dewitt and Watson...so if they can hurt him, Canelo can also.

Benn is always dangerous, even when hurt (especially when hurt) but Canelo just has more tools (aside from power) and you have to think he'll get a late TKO or a close decision win.

 

LMAO @ Canelo hitting harder than Watson.

The same Watson who beat the living FUCK outta Eubank and was about to stop him if not for Eubank's miracle uppercut?

Yeah, Canelo sure showed his power last night... hit Cotto with the sink and Miggy was standing in the end.

The overrating of the Ginger has begun...

Benn would have bodied Canelo.

 

Watson was not a hard puncher. When he hurt Eubank...it was because Eubank was DEAD TIRED! Ali knocked out Foreman...does that mean that Ali is suddenly Ernie Shavers?

Come on man, you're better than that.

 

Eubanks was dead tired because Watson had chased him all around the ring and repeatedly punched him in the face, hard, for nearly 11 full rounds.

MTF :dunno:

 

My point is that Watson wasn't a puncher. He wasn't "featherfisted" by any means, but he wasn't known for power. Eubank went down through fatigue not because of power. Watson was indeed outworking him and punching him in the face repeatedly and eventually it took it's toll. Eubank never had the best stamina. And yes I do think that Canelo has more power than Watson did.

 

Canelo isn't a big puncher at all.

 

Agreed...but he has heavier hands than Watson.

 

Eubanks went down because he was miles behind in the fight after having been punched all over the ring. He got desperate and threw his last energy into trying to stop Watson. He was desperate because Watson had beaten him to bits.

On one side of the argument, there is the hard evidence that Watson knocked Benn out, knocked down and nearly stopped Eubanks - a man noted for his excellent chin. He also stopped 21 of the 25 opponents he beat. On the other hand we have a man who has never ever fought at the middleweight limit, has failed to stop 14 of the 46 men he beat and recently hit Cotto (a man who has been KD and stopped in the past and has, by consensus, no more than a decent chin and poor stamina) with the entire kitchen sink but didn't even put a dent in him.

Aye, I can see your argument.

MTF

 

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You're an admirable direct communicator, Feebes.

 

Did you see the Canelo-Cotto fight? What's this "kitchen sink" nonsense you're talking about. Cotto was fighting to survive for most of the fight..Canelo didn't hit him much at all.

 

Canelo is refusing to actually fight at middleweight and he couldn't really hurt an old welter weight.

 

Yes, yes but Mayweather Jr outclassed Canelo and D&M wants to make him look like so beast so that he can inflate Mayweather JR so now we get the frankly ridiculous, unsustainable proposition that Canelo (a man who has never actually fought a middleweight) is a harder puncher than a career middleweight knocked out 21 of 25 men he beat and later knocked down and nearly knocked out one of the most durable super-middleweights in the history of the division.

MTF

 

If canelo win this one, it's because his counters are powerfull enough to hurt benn. If not, Benn force a relentless pace and eventually beats canelo. I tend toward the latter. Canelo is a better fighter than Benn, but I think he doesn't match well with him.

 

Mayweather Jnr would have outclassed Benn also.

Doesn't matter how powerful Benn was...he was just a banger with wild swings.....Mayweather would see those things coming a mile away...and his shoulder roll defense is made for that type of animal. Any objective fight fan would agree.

 

Agreed, Benn was a good fighter, but he's way overated on this site. Canelo is a cut above Watson imo and should win though Benn is live.

 

Disagreed on this one. Benn is bigger and aggressive, he would have koed Floyd at mw.

 

Floyd had the trouble with the strength and aggression of Maidana, yet he outclasses Benn?????

Sly is hitting new Floyd cum guzzling lows.

 

Floyd was old in the Maidana fight. I'm talking prime Floyd.

 

Oh, you mean PRIME Floyd who had difficulty with Hatton early?

There's weight classes for a reason. Floyd's not stupid, he'd never step in the ring with Benn.

 

He wouldn't because he's not a middleweight but if he did he'd handle Benn with ease. The difference in class is so vast that it'll offset the difference in size (Dempsey-Willard, Louis-Carnera, Haye-Valuev). Benn wouldn't lay a glove on him.

Dude if Duran could move up from lightweight and push Hagler at 160lbs, in a close competitive fight to the distance, Floyd can beat Benn. Even IF you think Duran is a better fighter than Floyd...the difference in ability between the two isn't as vast as the difference in ability between Hagler and Benn.

Be honest with yourself for once and stop hatin' for the sake of hatin'

 

Bullshit. There is not a single fighter on Canelo's resume to support such a position.

MTF

 

And here is the agenda.

MTF

 

alvarez was green when he fought mayweather jr. but by the time he faces golovkin next year i think he'll be a bit past his peak

 

COMPLETE joke!

Watson would have thoroughly outclassed Canelo.

Watson is by far the most underrated of the 90s Brit middleweights. In reality, he was better than Benn, Eubank, and Collins.

He would have boxed the shit outta the Ginger.

And for the record, Benn, Eubank, and Collins would have beaten Ginger also.

 

Loool

Why didn't Floyd ever bother to snatch up a MW belt? Surely he could've fought some scrub like Pavlik, Taylor, Martinez, etc

 

Lets not go crazy. If Watson had beaten Trout, Lara & Cotto they'd be amongst his top 5 wins.

 

Personally I'd probably pick Canelo over Michael Watson in a close one.