Josesito Lopez
Canelo to get big December fight if he gets past Josesito Lopez on September 15th
By Dan Ambrose: WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo Alvarez (40-0-1, 29 KO’s) is poised to get a big money pay-per-view fight in December against possibly Floyd Mayweather Jr. or Miguel Cotto if the 22-year-old Alvarez gets past his next opponent WBC Silver welterweight champion Josesito Lopez (30-4, 18 KO’s) on September 15th on Showtime at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Shouldn’t Canelo Alvarez be facing a top 10 ranked 154 pound contender rather than Lopez?
(Photo: Golden Boy Promotions, Ramiro Gonzalez, German Villasenor) By Dan Ambrose: It’s more than a little off putting to see how WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (40-0-1, 29 KO’s) is being allowed by the World Boxing Council to face a fighter that’s not even ranked in the top 15 in the 154 pound division in Josesito Lopez (30-4, 18 KO’s) on September 15th rather than an actual contender that’s worked hard to try and get a title shot.
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez turns 22 today!
(Photo credit: Golden Boy Promotions, GOLDEN BOY PROMOTIONS, Ramiro Gonzalez, German Villasenor) By Dan Ambrose: WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (40-0-1, 29 KO’s) turned 22-years-old today as he prepares for his September 15th title defense against Golden Boy Promotions picked opponent Josesito Lopez (30-4, 18 KO’s) at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Josesito Lopez: Canelo Alvarez will be easy to find in the ring; I can take his punches
(Photo credit: Golden Boy Promotions, GOLDEN BOY PROMOTIONS, Ramiro Gonzalez, German Villasenor) By Dan Ambrose: The way that WBC Silver welterweight champion Josesito Lopez (30-4, 18 KO’s) tells it, he won’t have any problems having to hunt down WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (40-0-1, 29 KO’s) on September 15th, because Alvarez will be right there for him to land his shots in this Showtime televised bout.
De La Hoya says “Look at what Pacquiao did to me – he destroyed me”, in hyping Alvarez-Lopez fight
By Dan Ambrose: Just to show you how desperate Golden Boy Promotions president Oscar De La Hoya has become to try and get boxing fans excited about the September 15th mismatch between WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez and the slender light welterweight Josesito Lopez that has been hand-picked by Golden Boy, De La Hoya has resorted to bringing up how he was thrashed by the much smaller Manny Pacquiao back in 2008 to show that size doesn’t matter. Unfortunately it does matter.
Schaefer: Josesito Lopez has earned the right to fight Canelo Alvarez
By Dan Ambrose: While a lot of boxing fans are turned off by the idea of Golden Boy Promotions deciding to match light welterweight Josesito Lopez (30-4, 18 KO’s) up against WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (40-0-1, 29 KO’s) on September 15th, Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer is perfectly fine with the fight, and he feels Lopez deserves to be in with Alvarez despite the fact that Lopez is basically just a 140 pound fighter being asked to move up two entire divisions to make fight happen.
Maidana-Soto Karass on 8/15 on Canelo-Lopez undercard
By Dan Ambrose: A fight between Marcos Maidana (31-3, 28 KO’s) and former welterweight contender Jesus-Soto Karass (26-7-3, 17 KO’s has been added to the Golden Boy Promotions undercard of the September 15th fight headlined by WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez vs. light welterweight Josesito Lopez at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Josesito Lopez: Canelo Alvarez is in for a real fight; I’m going to shock people
By Dan Ambrose: WBC Silver welterweight champion Josesito Lopez (30-4, 18 KO’s) isn’t worried in the slightest about his fight against WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (40-0-1, 29 KO’s) on September 15th at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Lopez, 27, will be moving up from welterweight to take this fight, and more than a few boxing fans feel he won’t have the size to compete.
Can Josesito Lopez upset Saul Canelo Alvarez?
By Gerardo Granados: He was losing his last fight until he broke Victor Ortiz´s jaw. Lopez won the fight and the chance to upset another organization Champion, but does he has what it takes to become the new World Boxing Council (WBC) light middleweight Champion or is he destined to take a brutal beating next September 15th?