Josesito Lopez

Josesito Lopez needs to use movement against Saul Alvarez on Saturday

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Image: Josesito Lopez needs to use movement against Saul Alvarez on Saturday(Photo credit: Ester Lin/Showtime) By Jason Kim: WBC Silver welterweight champion Josesito Lopez (30-4, 18 KO’s) needs to plan on using a ton of movement this Saturday night against WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (40-0-1, 29 KO’s) at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. By now, Lopez will have scouted out Alvarez’s past fights and noted what his weaknesses are.

But Lopez can’t afford to get brave or macho against Alvarez, because at the end of the day he just does not have the power or the legitimate size to match Alvarez in the power department. If Lopez tries the brave toe-to-toe style of fighting that he did in his last fight against Victor Ortiz last June, Lopez is going to be in for a world of hurt. That kind of gung-ho type stuff might work against flawed fighters like Ortiz, but it’s not going to work against a young and solid fighter like Alvarez.

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Canelo Alvarez to get $2 million, Josesito Lopez $212,500 for their fight on Saturday

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Image: Canelo Alvarez to get $2 million, Josesito Lopez $212,500 for their fight on SaturdayBy Dan Ambrose: The young 22-year-old WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (40-0-1, 29 KO’s) is going to be getting a huge payday of $2 million by his promoters at Golden Boy Promotions for his title defense against welterweight Josesito Lopez (30-4, 18 KO’s) on Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Lopez, 28, will be receiving $212,500 for the fight, according to Steve Kim. Both Alvarez and Lopez are getting very good pay given that this isn’t even a pay per view fight on Showtime. That’s extremely good money when you consider that Alvarez’s fights have only recently been televised in the United States. Last year I believe was when Alvarez started having his fights shown in the U.S, and he’s still not faced anyone even halfway good. There hasn’t been one exciting fight where Alvarez was matched against a competitive opponent, and I don’t see that changing on Saturday night against welterweight Lopez.

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Josesito Lopez in for a beating against Saul Alvarez this Saturday

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Image: Josesito Lopez in for a beating against Saul Alvarez this SaturdayBy Jason Kim: Golden Boy Promotions has picked out the perfect opponent for their young star in the making WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (40-0-1, 29 KO’s) to beat up on Showtime this Saturday at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Alvarez, 22, will be facing a welterweight slugger in Josesito Lopez (30-4, 18 KO’s) and this fight reeks of the same kind of mismatch as when Golden Boy matched Alvarez against another welterweight in Matthew Hatton last year.

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Saul Alvarez’s power will be too much for Josesito Lopez on Saturday

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Image: Saul Alvarez's power will be too much for Josesito Lopez on SaturdayBy Allan Fox: Golden Boy Promotions has done a good job of pulling an opponent for their fighter WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (40-0-1, 29 KO’s) up from the depths of the welterweight division in Josesito Lopez (30-4, 18 KO’s) to face the 22-year-old Alvarez this Saturday night on Showtime at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The WBC has even given the 28-year-old Lopez a ranking of #4 in the 154 pound division so Alvarez won’t take as much heat for fighting a guy from a division below him.

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Canelo Alvarez vs. Josesito López: Is it a fair weight gap?

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Image: Canelo Alvarez vs. Josesito López: Is it a fair weight gap?(Photo: Gene Blevins/Hogan Photos) By Gerardo Granados: Weight divisions were made to protect fighters so that there were even fights; also rankings were made to avoid dangerous mismatches. Or is it the result of the greedy promoters so that they can put on numerous championships title bouts? One pound can be too much of a difference, if it is to make the weight division limit or to allow your opponent to go heavier in to the fight.

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WBC elevates Josesito Lopez to #4 in 154 lb ranking for Saul Alvarez fight

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Image: WBC elevates Josesito Lopez to #4 in 154 lb ranking for Saul Alvarez fightBy Allan Fox: The World Boxing Council has done something about welterweight Josesito Lopez (30-4, 18 KO’s) not being ranked in the junior middleweight division, and they’ve decided to give him a #4 ranking in the 154 pound division. Lopez can now go into his September 15th fight against WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (40-0-1, 29 KO’s) with a legitimate ranking so that boxing fans can’t say that Alvarez is cherry picking an opponent from a division below him to defend his title against.

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Lopez could take down Alvarez and ruin Golden Boy’s gem before it strikes gold

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Image: Lopez could take down Alvarez and ruin Golden Boy's gem before it strikes goldBy Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions has done a great job of matchmaking with their fighter WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez 40-0-1, 29 KO’s), matching him against old and smaller guys as he was coming up, and then continuing with the soft matchmaking even in having him pick up a paper title against a welterweight fighter in Matthew Hatton last year. We’re not taking junior middleweight here, we’re talking welterweight.

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