Baer was so frightened by this incident that he chose to quit boxing altogether for several months. He was cleared of all charges, but was banned from boxing in California for a year. In 1930, he was charged with manslaughter when Frankie Campbell died as a result of a Baer knockout. His conditioning, combined with his tremendous power, made him a formidable foe. Baer turned professional in 1929, and won 22 of his first 24 fights, 9 with first-round knockouts. The Boxing Register: International Boxing Hall of Fame Official Record Book said that Max possessed perhaps “the most powerful right hand in heavyweight history.”īaer dropped out of school in the 8th grade to help his father on their cattle ranch this labor is alleged to be the reason for Baer’s strength. Nicknamed “Madcap Maxie,” and the “Livermore Larupper,” Baer held the title of World Heavyweight Champion from 1934-35. “No, I don’t think Canelo has a claim for the best pound-for-pound, although if he were to have a couple of wins like that, sure.Maximillion Adelbert Baer, better known as Max Baer, was born on February 11, 1909, in Omaha Nebraska. That’s not what happened,” said Kellerman about Canelo failing to fight the guys that he needed to for him to make a case that he should be the top pound-for-pound fighter. “Had Canelo beaten, let’s say, in recent years Charlo, then Benavidez, and now we’re heading into a Beterbiev fight, and you want to say. “Does he not still have a claim, even if whoever wins between Crawford & Spence?” said Radio when asked if Canelo still deserves the #1 pound-for-pound rather than the winner of the July 29th fight between Errol Spence Jr and Terence Crawford. “Even Canelo, I realize he’s not undefeated like these guys but multiple weight divisions, multiple titles, undisputed,” said Kellerman. Does Canelo deserve to be pound-for-pound? “If I were in Canelo’s camp, I would advise him not to take the rematch,” said Kellerman about the rematch with Dmitry Bivol. NEWS: Canelo Alvarez in gym training for Jermall Charlo fight As such, a tune-up was needed against John Ryder, a fighter that likely fit Canelo’s”pay structure” quite nicely. After that fight, Canelo said he had an injured hand. The boxing public has been pushing for Canelo to fight Benavidez recently, and the only way he could temporarily swerve the fight is by moving up to 175 to face Bivol, which, again, he likely assumed was an affordable, winnable one.Ĭanelo said he wanted the rematch after losing to Bivol but then took a trilogy match against 41-year-old Gennadiy Golovkin. More important than all of that is the “economics” of getting Bivol likely made it worthwhile to face him last year than a more popular fighter like Benavidez, who would have been much more expensive.Īlso, Canelo choosing to fight Bivol bought him some time to get the pressure off that he was dealing with from fans to fight Benavidez. It’s obvious why Canelo fought Bivol last year because the Russian fighter had looked poor in his recent fight against British fighter Craig Richards, and he likely felt that if he was struggling, looking surprisingly timid against this level of a contender, then he was an easy mark, ready to be beaten. “If you wanted to get Canelo beat, you’d put him in with Bivol, right? “What was odd about that, though, is he chooses, when he does fight one of the very top guys, the guy you would put him in with to get him beat,” said Kellerman. When Kellerman talks of Canelo fighting “plausible opponents,” he means he’s fighting these guys: Rocky Fielding, Callum Smith, Billy Joe Saunders, and Caleb Plant. He wants to unify it super middle, but not the fighters that we really have wanted to see him fight f ight Charlo, fight Benavidez, fight Beterbiev.” “We have seen Canelo fight plausible opponents,” said Kellerman. If Canelo isn’t going to change his pay structure, that could mean that the boxing public will never see him fight the likes of David Benavidez or face Dmitry Bivol in a rematch.īut if you’re Canelo, it’s really not in your best interest to fight either of those guys because you’ll probably not win, and your marketability will take a hit. NEWS: Canelo Alvarez Screws Over Benavidez, Morrell, And Tszyu All At The Same Time
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