(Photos: Stephanie Trapp/SHOWTIME) By Dan Ambrose: Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions says his fighter WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) has the chance to show the world that he’s not just a fighter that’s built up from hype, but is the real thing by beating WBA World junior middleweight champion Austin Trout (26-0, 14 KO’s) in their unification match next month on April 20th at the Alamodome, in San Antonio, Texas, USA.
De La Hoya said “This is an opportunity for Canelo to show everyone in boxing that he is the real deal…we don’t know who is going to win.”
True it is a chance for the red-haired Canelo to prove that he belongs at the top not because of how popular he is due to his Mexican fans, but rather because of what he actually does in the ring. If Canelo can beat Trout convincingly without controversy, then he belongs among the very best at 154.
Until then, you have to look at Canelo with a lot of doubt and suspicion due to the incredibly soft matchmaking that De La Hoya and Golden Boy has done for the 22-year-old Canelo over the years. Sadly, Canelo’s toughest fight of his career came against a shot 41-year-old Shane Mosley, and Canelo looked terrible in that fight.
By Chris Williams: Golden Boy Promotions president Oscar De La Hoya sees WBC interim welterweight champion Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (31-1-1, 18 KO’s) pulling off a major upset on May 4th and beating WBC welterweight champ Floyd Mayweather Jr. (43-0, 26 KO’s) by a 12 round decision to capture his crown. 
By Dan Ambrose: In a show of support for his young red-haired star, Golden Boy Promotions president Oscar De La Hoya says he’s going to spar with WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 Ko’s) to get him ready for his unification clash against WBA junior middleweight champion Austin Trout (26-0, 14 KO’s) on April 20th at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. 
By Scott Gilfoid: Jay Deas, the trainer for the talented unbeaten heavyweight contender Deontay Wilder (27-0, 27 KO’s) wants Golden Boy Promotions to set up a fight between the unbeaten Wilder and #11 IBF Tony Thompson (37-3, 25 KO’s) so that Wilder can show off his stuff for the American boxing public as well the world. Thompson destroyed the UK’s best heavyweight in David Price by a 2nd round knockout last Saturday night in Liverpool, England.
By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions president Oscar De La Hoya is reporting that the unification bout between WBA World junior middleweight champion Austin Trout (26-0, 14 KO’s) and WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) could be off the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Robert Guerrero May 4th card. Instead, the Canelo-Trout fight could be taking place on April 20th in San Antonio, Texas.
By Dan Ambrose: WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) hasn’t received the guarantee that that he was looking for from Floyd Mayweather Jr. to fight him on September 14th this year, and because of that Canelo is prepared to fight on another date rather than fighting on Mayweather’s undercard on May 4th against WBA World junior middleweight champion Austin Trout. 
By Dan Ambrose: Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions would readily agree to a fight between his fighter WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner (25-0, 21 KO’s) and Juan Manuel Marquez if Marquez were okay with facing Broner at 135. De La Hoya says he’d make that fight, and he seems Broner taking the 39-year-old Marquez.
By Chris Williams: Earlier today, Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions was in the mood to tease Top Rank about matching WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley (29-0, 12 KO’s) against Ruslan Provodnikov (22-1, 15 KO’s) on March 16th. 
By Chris Williams: Oscar De La Hoya says that Golden Boy Promotions’ offer of $3 million to WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire and his promoters at Top Rank for a unification bout against WBC super bantamweight champion Abner Mares is totally legit. 
By Chris Williams: Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions ruled out Top Rank fighter WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley as one of the candidates for Floyd Mayweather Jr’s next fight on May 4th, and he also doesn’t see them ever fighting.