By Bob Smith: Dear friends and readers of Boxing News 24: for the past 14 months, I have developed a respectable if not impressive track record of both boxing analysis and predictions.
Some of the highlights were my recognition of the bias against Klitschkos among American fans and commentators; predicting the rise of Gennady Golovkin in the middleweight division; predicting that Adrien Broner would defeat Paulie Malignaggi, but then find that the welterweight division was too difficult for him and that his power would not come up with him; that Floyd Mayweather Jr would totally dominate Saul “Canelo” Alvarez; and that Manny Pacquiao would clearly win the rematch with Tim Bradley.
By Dan Ambrose: Oscar De La Hoya, the president of Golden Boy Promotions, is in a position where his fighter Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (43-1-2, 31 KO’s) absolutely cannot afford to lose his fight next Saturday night against Erislandy Lara (19-1-2, 12 KO’s), because Canelo has already been badly exposed by Floyd Mayweather Jr from his loss last year, and Canelo’s life and death struggle to defeat Austin Trout a year ago further took a huge chunk out of Canelo’s status as the future of boxing.
By Dan Ambrose: Erislandy Lara (19-1-2, 12 KO’s) insists that there is no way that Golden Boy Promotions “Pretty Boy,” as he calls Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (43-1-2, 31 KO’s), will be able to come away with a victory in their Showtime pay-per-view bout next Saturday night, July 12th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
By Dan Ambrose: Former WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (43-1-1, 31 KO’s) thinks he’ll have some temporary problems at the start of his catch-weight fight against Erislandy Lara (19-1-2, 12 KO’s) on July 12th, but after that he feels he’ll make the needed adjustments to defeat the Cuban fighter.
By Francisco Gurrola: It has been sensed that perhaps in 2015 things will arrange themselves in a way that history could possibly be made. 
(Photo credit: Esther Lin/Showtime) By Daniel Hughes: Next weekend the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada hosts a real genuine 50-50 fight when Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (43-1-1, 31 KO’s) faces Erislandy Lara (19-1-2, 12 KO’s) in a light-middleweight contest at the catch-weight limit of 155lb. The fight eagerly anticipated and just over a week away, and will be a contest boxing fans and writers have been looking forward to ever since the ink on the contracts were signed.
(Photo credit: Esther Lin/Showtime) By Chris Williams: Golden Boy Promotions president Oscar De La Hoya says that he’s been given “strict orders” by 23-year-old Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (43-1-1, 31 KO’s) to schedule him for the Mexican holidays in September on the Mexican Independence Day weekend and in May on Cinco de Mayo. 
(Photo credit: Esther Lin/Showtime) By Dan Ambrose: In an ominous sign for what could spell another disaster for Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (43-1-1, 31 KO’s), an unnamed camp insider is saying that Canelo’s training camp is being run in a disorganized manner with the 23-year-old Canelo calling the shots and not training the way he should be for his July 12th fight against WBA junior middleweight champion Erislandy Lara (19-1-2, 12 KO’s).
(Photo credit: Esther Lin/Showtime) By Dan Ambrose: Former WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (43-1-1, 31 KO’s) made a startling confession on Tuesday in a media workout from the House of Boxing Training Center when he revealed that he plans on staying in the 154 pound division his entire career rather than moving up to middleweight so that he can fight guys that are close to being the same weight as him. I guess this means that Canelo has an excuse for not fighting Gennady Golovkin if someone asks about that fight. 
By Dan Ambrose: Trainer Buddy McGirt sees WBA junior middleweight champion Erislandy Lara (19-1-2, 12 KOs) beating Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (43-1-1, 31 KOs) in their fight on July 12th. McGirt likes the blend of boxing skills and punching power that Lara has in this fight, and he also sees his southpaw stance as being a factor in this fight. Canelo says he’s been training with southpaw sparring partners, but it’s not likely that they have the kind of talent that Lara has.