Canelo: Guerrero can beat Mayweather with pressure and by outworking him

guerrero123By Eric Thomas: WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez thinks Robert Guerrero (31-1-1, 18 KO’s) will beat Floyd Mayweather Jr. (43-0, 26 KO’s) on May 4th if he puts steady pressure on the 36-year-old Floyd and if he is able to outwork him by throwing more punches than him in every round.

It’s obviously said than done because this strategy has been tried by other fighters and it’s always failed, yet it continues to be the plan that many fighters and trainers talk about when explaining how to beat Floyd.

Canelo said to esnewsreporting.com “Be intelligent and use constant pressure. Also, outwork Floyd but with intelligence because Floyd is great at counter-punching. I think with pressure and constant punching Guerrero can win.”

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Canelo vs. Trout: 43,000 fans expected for April 20th clash at Alamodome

canelo 07By Allan Fox: There are three weeks to go before the April 20th fight between WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) and WBA champ Austin Trout (26-0, 14 KO’s) and already 31,500 tickets have been sold for the fight. Mike Battah of Battah Promotions is expecting 12,000 tickets to be sold by the time the fight takes place at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.

That’s well short of the 58,891 that Julio Cesar Chavez drew for his 1993 fight against a prime Pernell Whitaker, but then again Canelo is no Chavez Sr. in terms of popularity as of yet and Trout is not at the talent level or popularity of Pernell Whitaker.

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Golovkin vs. Macklin possible for June

golovkin22By Scott Gilfoid: WBA World middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (26-0, 23 KO’s) and #2 WBC, #11 WBA, #14 IBF Matthew Macklin (26-4, 23 KO’s) are being talked about for a fight that will take place in June, according to Steve Kim. Macklin has been given an offer for the fight.

The word is he’s concerned about inactivity because he hasn’t fought since last September when he blew out Joachim Alcine in one round in a mismatch. Macklin has since had nose surgery to repair a problem with his nose.

Before that, Macklin hadn’t fought since being stopped in the 11th round in March of last year. The fight against Alcine was a mismatch going in and it’s not surprising that Macklin stopped that guy because he was blown out by the slow as molasses Alfredo Angulo in 1 round a couple years earlier.

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Chavez Jr. targeting Barker for 6/22 fight on Mexico

chavez5434By Scott Gilfoid: With limited options for his next fight on June 22nd in Mexico, former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (46-1-1, 32 KO’s) is kicking around the idea of fighting British middleweight Darren Barker (25-1, 16 KO’s). Chavez Jr. likes Barker’s talent and sees him as a top level fighter that he’d be interested in facing in his tune-up fight to get him ready for a much more important rematch with WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez later on this year.

Barker himself is making a comeback of sorts after having injured his hip a year ago. Barker has fought twice since the injury healed against weak opposition. This will be a big step up for Barker if he gets selected for the fight.

Chavez Jr. may not be a highly skilled fighter at 160, but he’s a cruiserweight sized fighter that somehow is still able to melt down to 160 to fight at middleweight. I expect Chavez Jr. to win this fight on his size advantage alone to get a knockout.

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Jeff Mayweather not impressed with Robert Guerrero

guerero11By Dan Ambrose: Floyd Mayweather Jr’s uncle Jeff Mayweather doesn’t see anything special in WBC interim welterweight champion Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (31-1-1, 18 KO’s) and he thinks the 29-year-old Guerrero is going to have major problems against Mayweather Jr. on May 4th in their Las Vegas, Nevada-based fight on Showtime.

Mayweather is sparring with guys that are bigger than Guerrero and equally good at putting pressure on him, and Mayweather is easily handling them.

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The Gennady Golovkin inquiry

golovkin34By Gerardo Granados: A friend of mine asked me about WBA middleweight champion Kazakhstani Gennady “GGG” Golovkin, but he was not fully satisfied with my answers. After seeing how Golovkin knocked out Nobuhiro Ishida in only three rounds last Saturday night in Monte Carlo, he wanted to know if he is really that good.

Is he the next Marvin Hagler? It is too soon to know but there is no doubt he is getting attention by the boxing sports media.

Can he hit as hard as Mike Tyson? Some experts think he hits hard, you can see he has power in both hands and probably he is the most powerful middleweight out there.

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Who has had the greater success against Floyd Mayweather?

floyd45342By Craig Hilton: It’s difficult for any trainer to devise a strategy for beating Floyd Mayweather Junior (43-0) as he adjusts to his opponents’ every move. Recently, I’ve taken time to watch the most competitive Mayweather fights. I’d like to discuss his opponents’ level of success under four key areas: Jab, Combinations and Hand Speed; Head Movement; Footwork and Endurance.

Jab, Combinations and Hand Speed

It has been well documented that Mayweather’s style requires opponents to mount attacks with the jab. The jab keeps a counter puncher like Mayweather occupied, denying him time to think and counter as easily.

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Hearn doubts Bellew is ready for Chad Dawson after poor performance against Chilemba

bellew33By Scott Gilfoid: Eddie Hearn, the promoter for WBC Silver light heavyweight champion Tony Bellew (19-1-1, 12 KO’s), questions whether the 30-year-old Bellew is ready to challenge for the title against WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson when and if the opportunity presents itself.

Bellew fought to an unimpressive 12 round draw with #3 WBC Isaac Chilemba (20-1-1, 9 KO’s) last Saturday night at the Echo Arena.

Hearn said to the dailystar.co.uk “On that performance, maybe he [Bellew] is not ready for a Chad Dawson, so maybe it’s a blessing in disguise. Maybe he needs to build again, learn more and come back better because I don’t think on that performance he may have been able to deal with Dawson.”

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