The circumstances were different, but it's still dragging a Welterweight up to 155 instead of fighting a ranked contender in your weight class. Of course there are differences, this is non-title, that was for the MW title. Britton Norwood 10 rounds light heavyweights THURSDAY, FEB. Marlon Harrington 10 rounds junior middleweights Ali Izmailov vs. Then when he won everyone wanted him to fight GGG at 160, a weight he had never fought at before. (Click location for full event information on ) FEBRUARY TUESDAY, FEB. He fought Cotto because that was the biggest fight that could be made at the time. Canelo took the fights that were available at the time. He was fighting at 155 because he couldn't get a title fight at 154, which was his weight class, the same weight class Tim is at now. Canelo didn't seek out Khan, Khan wanted to move up and challenge Canelo, to take a big risk.Ĭanelo's actual weight wasn't 160. To you, Tim's innocent here, it's just Thurman wanting to move up to 155 and Tim saying OK. In response to people saying Canelo was dragging Khan up, I was like you and said, no, to his credit, Khan put up his hand and wanted to move up, and in that case challenge for the title Canelo held. I said the exact same thing about Canelo and Khan. Then when he won everyone wanted him to fight GGG at 160, a weight he had never fought at before. Click to expand.Canelo's actual weight wasn't 160.
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