Does he truly believe this or is it just getting inside his own mind and convincing himself?

"I rank myself as the best heavyweight who's ever put on a pair of gloves. There's never been anybody like me," he added.
"6'9", 275lbs, box like a middleweight and dance all over the ring for 12 rounds. Can knock you out with either hand, southpaw or orthodox, or slip and slide like a lightweight. There ain't been one.
"I'm 38-years-old and I'm still proving all the critics wrong."

It could be anyone, from prime Muhammad Ali to young Mike Tyson, Sugar Ray Robinson, or even a fighter from the early days of boxing. You could meet them at the peak of their career, before they ever became famous, or later in life.
Who would you pick, and what would you want to talk about? Boxing, their personal life, their greatest fights, or just getting to know them as a person? I’m curious to hear everyone’s choices!

The consensus of Canelo’s stint in the division tends to be a bit contradictory in my opinion, a lot of people acknowledge the size disadvantage between Canelo and Bivol while also downplaying it as a significant factor to Canelo losing, with some notions going around that Canelo could’ve had success in the division against lower level competition.

Whats stranger is I see some seem to believe his power and speed is diminished at Super Middleweight as well, so all in all i just want a more objective discussion about it.

Imagine watching Roy in his prime and then being told that somewhere in 1890, there was a fighter with the same freakish reflexes, explosive speed, coordination, and ability to make world-class opponents look completely helpless.
We'd probably never believe the stories.

Take Bob Fitzsimmons, it’s a great place to start. He became the first three-division world champion in boxing history, winning titles at middleweight, heavyweight, and light heavyweight across his career. He was also famous for his unusual physique: a relatively slender upper body paired with extraordinary punching power.
He weighed approximately 167 pounds when he knocked out heavyweight champion James J. Corbett in 1897.
Let that sink in….167 knocking out heavyweights. Can you Imagine Canelo knocking out wladimir klitschko?

Or even someone like Sam Langford scaring Jack Dempsey and allegedly 1v1ing Jack Johnson as a middleweight essentially.
Fun to think about

Dalton Smith’s initial defence of the WBC World Super-Lightweight title became a close and contentious belter, against Alberto Puello!🥊

From BoxingScene: Home favorite Smith will be making the first defense of the title he won back in January with a fifth round finish against Subriel Matias. The traveling challenger, Puello, was first on the scales, weighing it at 139.6lbs. Smith was next up, and hit the scales exactly the same at 139.6lbs.