(Photo credit: Esther Lin/Showtime) By Michael Turturice: On every blog, sport writers website and talk show the only topic this week is WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez’s (42-0-1 with 30 KO’s) weight for Saturday’s fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. (44-0, 26 KO’s) at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Hell it was even streamed on an electronic billboard in Times Square. Hear me folks this is just a distraction! Floyd Mayweather Sr. has come out and said this morning that he “knows” Alvarez is still trying to make weight to today’s weight-in at the MGM Grand.
This doesn’t pass the smell test and it is my opinion that “The Money Team” is just stirring the pot. Might even be a sign of concern…
Let’s look at the facts – #1 Saul Alvarez was 166.8 at the 30 day weight-in. This shows that his training was coming along well and that he wasn’t going to peak to early in camp. #2 Alvarez was 157.4 at the 7 day weight-in. So in 7 days he needed to cut 5.4 pounds to make the limit. And reportedly as early as Wednesday he was a ready 153 pounds.
Saul Alvarez is the WBC, WBA Champion with a perfect record and close to 12 million reasons why he needs to make 152. He has been a professional fighter for years, not once has he missed the weight limit and I don’t expect him to start now.
Will he be in perfect form for the fight? I can only say we will see.
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