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The mane men in Vegas
AS the main protagonists from Saturday’s Las Vegas showdown said their last(ish) words at the final press conference in a ballroom inside the MGM Grand, the over-riding question was a simple one: What animal could beat a lion? You see, Jermell Charlo had described himself as a “motherfucking” one.
Canelo responded by conceding that he could not think of an animal that could beat a lion, but whatever could, he is it. Disappointingly, neither man acknowledged that such a showdown is totally dependent on terrain, of course. A crocodile, for instance, would probably do the business in a swamp but would come unstuck on the savannah. The point is, Canelo and Charlo said they were going to win and everyone went home happy. For clarity, these two will be fighting
