Another fight of Canelo Alvarez and another opponent who did not want to engage him, led to the disappointing night in which the boxing super star won, but the fans lost.

Again.

This alarming trend must stop and I hope that Terenka Crawford will force Canelo to fight because fans deserve something better.

Unfortunately, Canelo brought it.

The unanimous victory in the Canelo decision (119-109, 116-112 and 115-113) over William Scull on Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia was the last in his last series of fights without drama or emotions. In the fight against Scull, Canelo threw a total of 152 blows. This number is the first of the first blows thrown into the 12-round fight in the 40-year compubox history. This is fatal, even according to low Canelo output standards. However, he was in the ring with a warrior who was not interested in winning and just wanted to survive, because Scull was approaching the ring and landed 55 out of 293 blows. Nothing that landed had no consequences, and Canelo was not remotely threatened by the previously undefeated Szula.

The reality is that Canelo deserved it.

Because in May 2022 he lost to Dmitryjum Bivol, Canelo spent the last three years, loading his bank account, fighting with a smaller opposition and leaving fans who wanted more. He received a pass for fighting the aging Gennadiy “GGG” Golovkin two years too overdue, and following her back home against John Ryder. Then, however, he is expected that he will have more than a distinguished David Benavidez, a compulsory pretender WBC. Instead, Canelo decided to fight the undersized and filled Jermell Charlo and unjustified opponents of Jaime Munguia and Edgar Berlang. There will be those who say that Canelo had to fight Scull to become unquestioned again and blame IBF for installing an unverified warrior as a compulsory opponent, but it’s only half true. The reality is that Canelo can do what she wants, and the only real obligatory opponent (of course dictated by fans) was Benavidez. For any reason, Canelo did not want this fight. And here we are.

To be forthright, the fight with Jake Paul would be better than what we saw with Scull. Sure, Paul doesn’t deserve either, but would anyone doubt that he would at least win? In the end, Canelo was close to fighting Paweł before Turki Alalshikh, chairman of the general entertainment authority of Saudi Arabia, he could not refuse with the Canelo offer.

This trend would not be so bad if Canelo provided exhilarating fights. Instead, his last trips seemed too sheltered, choosing financial security before taking risks and sending opponents at a distance. He was too conservative. And even when he had opponents on the proverbial ropes, he apparently let them reach the last bell. His recent opponents south and did not try to win. And Canelo was nice enough to let them break away from several additional zeros on her bank account.

He will not have such a luxury against Crawford when they meet on September 12 at the Allegian stadium in Las Vegas.

Of course, Canelo will have a significant advantage of greatness, because Crawford – the undisputed champion in welterweight and welterweight – entered two consecutive weight classes to challenge him. But Crawford is one of the best fighters of this generation and has an average run that will not allow Canelo to a cruise to another decision. Instead, at some point, Canelo will have to bite his eraser and fight Crawford. This is something that we haven’t seen that Canelo has been doing Bivol since the fight. He spent the last three years in adored sparring sessions without a sense of danger.

At this stage of her career, Canelo needs a challenge that Crawford represents. He spent the first two -thirds of his career, charging his CVs with high quality names, but the last third saw how he avoided hard challenges, while depositing gigantic controls. And before you say he deserved that fans and critics also deserved to call him.

Although it can be great for Canelo, fans deserve it. The so -called “boxing face” should push the sport further into the mainstream. These fights work exactly the opposite.

The latest Canelo offer with the Riyadh season will continue to appear, but fans deserve to see one of the biggest boxers of this era in a hard fight.

And it should be a fight with Crawford.

Nayya Inoue (29-0, 26 KO) today defends its undisputed title Super Bantamweight against Ramon Cardenas Ramon (26-1, 14 Kos) in Las Vegas No. 8 IBF. The real jewel on this card is the featherweight champion WBO Rafael Espinoza (26-0, 22 KO) defense against Edward Vazquez (17-2, 4 KO) in the main support. Rohan Polanco (15-0, 10 KO) fights Fabian Maidana (24-3, 18 KO) in a 10-government.

Air times

Today’s Main Main will be shown live on ESPN and ESPN+, starting from 22:00 et / 19:00 entitled The introductory card is on ESPN+, starting from 18:15 et / 15:15

Fans perceive this fight as one -sided in favor of the Japanese Inoue Supergivia. Cardenas is not a huge blow and he never fought with anyone as talented or as powerful as “fitter” Inoue. While Cardenas won his last 14 fights, his opposition was mainly low -level tomato cans.

Fans are bad at Inoue for choosing Cardenas to fight in the US instead of Murodjon Akhmadaliev or Alan David Picasso. Some believe that it is intended on the part of Inoue and his management, putting it in with a mediocre opposition. It is a self -sufficient movement from Nayya, but it may not matter. He is affluent and has a huge group of fans in Japan.

Complete card for ESPN and ESPN+

Nayya Inoue vs. Ramon Cardenas
Rafael Espinosis vs. Edward Vazquez
Cames versus the road
Ra’yele Aleeem vs. Re cut

The premium starts at 18:15 et / 15:15 Fri at ESPN+

Mikito Nakano vs. Pedro Marquez
Emiliano Fernando Vargas vs. Juan Leon
Art Barrera Jr. vs. Juan Carlos Guerra Jr.
Patrick O’Connor vs. Marcus Smith

Rafael Espinosis, a featherweight master WBO, has a hard fight with Edward Vazquez today. Challenger, Vazquez, has a forceful chin and lost only to Raymond Ford and Joe Cordina in close fighting.

By: Sean Crose

On Saturday evening in Saudi Arabia 44-2, the world letter Jaime Munguia faced a man who knocked him out last winter, 26-0-2 Bruno Surace. The fight on a super medium weight was scheduled for twelve. Munguia pressed the action in the first. At the end of the round, Munguia was able to land effectively. Surace shot and landed well in the second. The third saw everyone wants to land difficult and strongly. Both men were able to land solid shots throughout the chapter.

Surace began to mean Mungui with power shots in the fourth. However, the fight was quite close to that moment. Mungia was able to mark Surace in the next round. Until then, it was probably the best round of Mungui. Munguia worked well on the body in the sixth. The seventh was close, just like all rounds, although Surace could have been turned away, if not for the solid mungia flurry seconds in front of the bell. Indeed, Munguia had a perfect eighth simply hitting and not being hit.

Munguia looked control over the fight in the nine. He fought much more with hesitation than usual. After he was knocked out by Surace during the first exit, it was probably best to have fun safely. Surace was still very fighting in the tenth, but he seemed to weaken energy. Mungia’s body work clearly affected Surace in eleventh. Munguia spent twelve, ensuring victory, shooting at his man and fighting aggressively until the last bell. Suffice it to say that Munguia left the ring unanimously victory in the decision.