Saul Alvarez likely Mayweather opponent for May 5th

By Boxing News - 01/30/2012 - Comments

Image: Saul Alvarez likely Mayweather opponent for May 5thBy Chris Williams: WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (39-0-1, 29 KO’s) is being mentioned as the next opponent for WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. for May 5th, the Mexican holiday Cinco de Mayo at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Alvarez, 21, wants the fight and negotiations are rumored to be taking place. “Canelo” Alvarez is perfect for the date of the fight so that Mayweather can take advantage of the Mexican fans celebrating the holiday.

It’s also an easy fight to make, because Alvarez fights for Golden Boy Promotions and Mayweather also does business with them as well. Alvarez will be way over his head in this fight due to the huge gap in experience between the two fighters.

However, Alvarez is young and might be able to make up for what he lacks in experience by his youth and power. It’s going to be tough for him, though, because Mayweather Jr. is a lot faster and is hard to hit. Alvarez is more like a bigger slightly slower version of Juan Manuel Marquez.

We already saw what Mayweather was able to do with Marquez three years ago when he beat him by a decisive 12 round decision in 2009. Alvarez is a bigger puncher than Marquez, so he’ll have a punchers chance of beating Mayweather but that’s about it. He’ll have to take a lot of hard shots and will have to be able to apply a ton of pressure if he wants to somehow beat Floyd. I can’t see it but I think it’ll make for a good fight and will bring in a lot of pay per view buys.



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