Due to the Corona Virus the rumored bout between Canelo and Saunders was never finalized however both sides said that a deal had been agreed in principle. This is a good fight and not one that people can complain about but recently I’ve had the thought that perhaps Canelo should skip fighting Saunders entirely. The reason for this is that Saunders in my opinion won’t provide a huge challenge to Canelo and he also doesn’t have the profile of some of the other champions in boxing.
I think he should attempt to skip ahead to a third GGG fight as that would be a much bigger fight and based on the first two fights much more competitive. GGG isn’t getting any younger and the older he gets the less credit people will give Canelo if he beats him decisively in the third fight.
If not GGG then either Caleb Plant or David Benavidez. Both are American world champions so it would be a much bigger fight than bringing over Saunders from the UK. Plant has done big numbers before and also has the style which can give Canelo a lot of problems. Hes looked good in his recent fights while Saunders seems to be on the decline. Benavidez is a young undefeated champ that could push Canelo for 12 rounds and this is one of the fights I really want to see. I’d like too see how Canelo deals with Benavidez’s size and pressure especially over 12 rounds where Canelo has shown he takes rounds off.
If the Saunders fight does go ahead i’m happy with it as it’ll have more buzz in the UK where I live and to be fair Saunders does have the style to trouble Canelo. I just personally don’t think hes good enough especially at Super Middleweight to trouble Canelo.
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