Canelo Alvarez and Devin Haney saw their stock fall over the weekend despite having their hands raised.
Haney outpointed Jose Ramirez on Friday evening at New York’s Times Square in a low-output shutout.
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The 503 punches they threw on the night were the sixth fewest in CompuBox history.
Yet remarkably, it wasn’t the least active bout of the weekend.
Ryan Garcia and Rolly Romero combined to let 490 punches fly in the featured attraction (4th fewest) before Canelo and William Scull topped the pile on Saturday with 445 punches.
Haney‘s gun-shy approach didn’t impress Hall of Fame commentator Jim Lampley, who insisted he was still feeling the residual effects of his inaugural encounter with Garcia.
“A whole year has gone by, and I think this is a hangover from the Ryan Garcia fight,” said Lampley.
“He is flinching, he is still having nightmares about Garcia’s left hooks…
“If ever there was a fight capable of inducing a nap in Times Square, it would be this one.”
His display also didn’t go down well with the Ring ratings committee either, who booted Haney out of the pound-for-pound top 10 after previously occupying the No.9 spot.
As a result, WBC light heavyweight champion David Benavidez has re-entered the list while unified WBC and WBA flyweight champion Kenshiro Teraji has been boosted from No.10 to No.9.
Canelo’s lack of engagement with Scull also cost him big in the pound-for-pound ratings.
Ring pound-for-pound rankings
- Oleksandr Usyk
- Naoya Inoue
- Terence Crawford
- Dmitry Bivol
- Artur Beterbiev
- Jesse Rodriguez
- Junto Nakatani
- Canelo Alvarez
- Kenshiro Teraji
- David Benavidez
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Despite winning a fairly clear unanimous decision, Canelo dropped from No.8 to No.7 in the latest update.
WBC bantamweight champion Junto Nakatani benefited from Canelo’s dip as he rose from No.7 to No.8.
The rest of the pound-for-pound list remains unchanged, with Oleksandr Usyk, Naoya Inoue, and Terence Crawford still leading the pack.
Canelo’s former promoter, Oscar De La Hoya, was one of many to bash the Mexican superstar’s lacklustre performance after a weekend of boxing to forget.
“Canelo, Jesus, lord. Come on,” De La Hoya said during a video posted to his Instagram account on Sunday.
“You’re getting paid all this money to fight against a runner, who we all knew was gonna run.
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“The Cuban style, you chose him, and now you say you hate fighting runners.
“Well, then, don’t fight runners. We all know who we wanna see you in against.
“That’s [David] Benavidez. Go up against Benavidez. Fight Benavidez. He won’t run.
“What’s wrong with that? It’s a good fight. But it’s sad. It really is.”
He might not have won many fans against Scull, but by beating the Cuban, he has secured a lucrative super fight with Terence Crawford.
The pair will square off for Canelo’s undisputed super middleweight crown on September 12 at Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium.
