By Dan Ambrose: Teofimo Lopez says he wants Canelo Alvarez to face former two-division world champion Demetrius ‘Boo Boo’ Andrade following his victory over Gennadiy Golovkin last weekend.
We saw what happened to Andrade when he tried to politely ask Canelo for a fight at his post-fight press conference after his win over Billy Joe Saunders.
Canelo called Andrade a “horrible fighter” and then told him to get out. Sadly, Canelo stripped Andrade of his dignity with the way he talked to him. He didn’t have to do that.
I think it’s fair to say that Canelo would have to be dragged kicking and screaming into the ring for a fight against the undefeated Andrade (31-0, 19 KOs) because he will never accept that fight.
It would be a huge win for Canelo’s career if he were to win, but his chances of beating southpaw Andrade are slim to none.
Canelo lacks the confidence to fight Andrade because if he thought he could win, he would have faced him years ago instead of Avni Yildirim, Billy Joe Saunders, Caleb Plant and Rocky Fielding.
Unlike many boxing fans, Teofimo was impressed by Canelo’s performance as he beat the 40-year-old Golovkin (42-2-1, 37 KOs) by a 12-round unanimous decision in their trilogy fight at T-Mobile. Sand in Vegas. .
It was a performance from Canelo (58-2-2, 39 KOs) that left more questions than answers about how much he has left in the tank after his loss to Dmitry Bivol last May.
There was no noticeable improvement in Canelo’s game against Golovkin, and the only reason he won is that GGG was totally on the lookout for shots.
How Canelo fought, he would probably lose to half a dozen 168-pounders and three 160-pounders.
That would be a massacre of epic proportions for Bivol. It would be much worse next time because Bivol won’t drop Canelo like he did last time when he was boxing in a master class.
“Canelo did what he had to do. It was a good win,” Teofimo Lopez told Fighthype of Canelo Alvarez’s victory over a very old looking Gennadiy Golovkin last Saturday night.
“Unanimous decision, Canelo. Canelo found the pocket very early. The overhand forehand connected very well. It’s good to have Canelo back on his way to victory.
I want to see him fight Boo Boo [Andrade]Theofimo said.
