You have to joke. Canelo Alvarez against William Scull was not just dull-it was a television nap, a 12-round sleeping walk that let fans stare at their screens and wonder if anyone forgot to tell the fighters that they were in a fight. Not only did it subdue – it insulted everyone who stayed, paid or wasted a weekend night in the hope of action. And yet we are here, with Scull running his mouth and claiming he should have won. Unbelievable.
Scull’s reasoning? “If he doesn’t hit me, why should I dare?” Oh please. It’s not tactical genius – it’s hiding. It hopes to laugh by doing less than the other man. Of course, the Cuban style appreciates defense, but it is not an excuse to throw a handful of bumps over 36 minutes and pretend to master ‘the lovely science’. It is called box, not “quietly exists in the ring.”


And now, like salt in an open wound, Amir Khan jumps in. Khan – the same man who got his head through Canelo years ago – says Scull Won.
You looked at it Canelo vs. Scull disaster and got away and thought that Scull was won by two rounds? Did you fall asleep halfway and make another battle dream? Because the rest of us-painful-wake was looking at one of the slowest, most lifeless 12-rounds in recent memory.
“It was the most beautiful and it could have gone anyway.” Pretty? Nice what, Amir – pretty horrible? Fairly embarrassing? Fairly close to a Farce of a refund? Come on, man. You were in big battles. You know what a performance looks like, and it wasn’t. Scull ends up next to nothing. Canelo barely broke a sweat. The only thing the remote control had to go “was the remote control – down.
“I probably won with two rounds.” Based on what, exactly? Do you walk convincingly backwards? Smile to Canelo between rounds? Throw the occasional air in the air? It’s one thing to be generous. It is another to be completely detached from reality.
“I like Canelo, I think he’s a wonderful fighter, and I think he chose the shots better and landed the cleaner shots.” Right – You admit that Canelo ended up better and cleaner, but still you hand over to Scull? It’s not an analysis, it’s a comedy sketch.
“No matter how the fight went, it was a good performance of both fighters.” No, Amir. No. It wasn’t. It was a sluggish, dragged, uncomfortable non-event that fans muttered “never again” until the final bell even rang. To mention that ‘big’ spit in the face of every fan who sat through it in the hope that something, anything, will happen.
Let’s be clear: The price of Scull’s “performance” encourages this garbage. It tells fighters that they can kiss, embrace, dance around and still get a blow. And of a former champion, no less – it’s an embarrassment.
Here’s a suggestion, Amir: Just say that it was a dudd. Say that Scull survived, it may have come to your eyes, but do not offend box by attracting it as “wonderful”. Fans deserve honesty, not deception.


Last updated on 05/06/2025