By Dan Ambrose: Former world title challenger Gabriel Rosado isn’t giving the soon to be 31-year-old James Kirkland (31-1, 28 KOs) much of a shot to beat former WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (44-1-1, 31 KOs) in their fight on May 2nd at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
Rosado sees it as a fight that Canelo’s promoters at Golden Boy is trying to hype up as a competitive match-up due to Kirkland having a name, but he doesn’t see it as a bout where Kirkland has much of a chance of winning it due to the extensive ring rust he has.