3 Boxers Who Should Consider Moving up in weight

can44343311. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr

Arguably, the biggest case for a boxer to move up in weight is Chavez Jr. He is not just a big middleweight, but a boxer who should really be fighting a couple of divisions at least above middleweight. It is getting to the point where it is not just affecting his performance in draining 20-30 pounds before fight night but also his overall health and boxing career. I would like to see Chavez Jr. make the step up to 168 permanently after Vera and go after a world title. He has the talent and those extra few pounds will help

2. Andre Ward

Andre Ward really has no business left at 168. He has proven to be the no.1 at the division beating all the top names.  Andre is also a big super middleweight, having started out as a light heavy in the 2004 Olympics. Beating Dawson, who at the time was the best light heavy, proved that Andre can easily move up and conquer another division.

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De La Hoya: Canelo must force Mayweather to fight more

can443433123513(Photo credit: Esther Lin/Showtime) By Dan Ambrose: Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions believes the key to his fighter WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (42-0-1, 30 KO’s) beating Floyd Mayweather Jr. (44-0, 26 KO’s) is to outwork him by forcing him to fight hard for three minutes of every round.

De La Hoya is convinced that Mayweather fights hard for less than one minute of every round, and he believes that this is the key to his red-haired fighter Canelo to beat Mayweather by simply throwing a lot of punches to force Mayweather into using up energy.

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Tyson picks Mayweather to defeat Canelo

mayweather4532By Dan Ambrose: Another popular boxing figure is picking Floyd Mayweather Jr. (44-0, 26 KO’s) to beat WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (42-0-1, 26 KO’s) in their fight on September 14th. Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson believes Mayweather will come out on top in his match-up with the young but still very green 23-year-old Canelo Alvarez at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Tyson told Dan Rafael of ESPN “It’s gonna be tough…I gotta go towards Floyd a little bit…we don’t know because Floyd is older. This guy [Canelo] is gonna hit him, but it’s just difficult to bet against Floyd…he’s been so superior over all the fighters during the duration of his career.”

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Floyd Mayweather Jr: Greatness!

mayweather3422By Tom Drury: Floyd Mayweather Jr, a phenomenon, pugilistic master, marketing genius, P4P best, undefeated and future hall of fame boxer. Time and time again I find myself defending the skills and prowess of a man who does not need defending.

Once again a recent article on this site wrote by lets say a devoted boxing follower to say the least, the article claims Floyd Mayweather is realizing his own fighting style is “boring” and he was pressured into fighting Saul “Canelo” Alvarez due to poor pay per view numbers in his last fight.

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Ellberbe says “NO” Austin Trout vs. Erislandy Lara bout on Mayweather-Canelo fight card

By Dan Ambrose: Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe is saying that there will not be a fight between interim WBA light middleweight champion Erislandy Lara (18-1-2, 12 KO’s) and former WBA light middleweight champion Austin Trout (26-1, 14 KO’s) on the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Saul “Canelo” Alvarez card on September 14th fight card from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Trout: Canelo needs to rough Mayweather up

canelo6By Dan Ambrose: Former WBA junior middleweight champion Austin Trout thinks WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (42-0-1, 30 KO’s) is going to have to change his fighting style if he wants to beat Floyd Mayweather Jr. (44-0, 26 KO’s) in their fight on September 14th in Las Vegas, Nevada. Trout thinks Canelo is going to have to get physical and throw more punches than he’s done in the past to get the win.

Trout said to Fighthype “If he [Canelo] can be busy and try to bully Mayweather, he’ll have a better chance of success.”

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Mayweather: Canelo tries to box like me; he’s a fan

canelo22111By Dan Ambrose: Floyd Mayweather Jr. (44-0, 26 KO’s) sees WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (42-0-1, 30 KO’s) as just one of many of his legions of fans. I sees the young 23-year-old red-haired Canelo as someone that has been influenced by his boxing style and tries to copy parts of it.

Mayweather said to Yahoo Sports, “He’s a fan and he tries to box like a little bit. Of course, I know he’s a fan, but I can’t take anything away from him. I can’t do nothing but respect him.”

Obviously, Canelo can’t use all parts of Mayweather’s fighting style because he lacks the hand speed, slim built, defensive, reflexes, footwork and over all talent, but he does seem to be trying to use the shoulder roll defense.”

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Mayweather: The Ultimate Test!

floyd300By Tom Drury: Hype, Hype, and Hype; that is what surrounds WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo Alvarez (42-0-1, 30 KO’s). The hype is now over and the time has come to see if Saul Alvarez is as “special” as the boxing world believes. Alvarez in my opinion is not special. However, he is a world class fighter. Nothing in Alvarez’s style or career has made me or many boxing enthusiasts believe he is the guy to dethrone Floyd Mayweather Jr. (44-0, 26 KO’s). Josesito Lopez, Austin Trout, Matthew Hatton and Ryan Rhodes are not the kind of opposition that prepare you for a fight against greatness (Mayweather).

Another point I will make; Mayweather beat Shane Mosley and Manny Paquiao beat Shane Mosley. Canelo’s job was not to beat Shane Mosley but to beat him by doing something they couldn’t.

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Trout vs. Lara not being added to Mayweather-Canelo card

trout888By Dan Ambrose: If you were hoping to see former WBA junior middleweight champion Austin Trout vs. Erislandy Lara on the undercard of the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Saul “Canelo” Alvarez fight card on September 14th, you can forget it. It’s not happening, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN. He’s saying that Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer isn’t considering that fight for the Mayweather-Canelo undercard.

Rafael said in his chat today, “That fight [Trout-Lara] is not being added to the card, according to Richard Schaefer. He told me it is not even a fight for which he has any discussion for whatsoever with either side. He said it merely one fight that was thought up at the office but there has been no real conversation about making it at this point.”

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Mayweather-Canelo, “The One” – My prediction

floyd#001By Paul Walsh: When the announcement was made for Floyd Mayweather Jr vs. Saul “Canelo” Alvarez I couldn’t contain my excitement.  Finally a fight the fans want to see.  The two biggest and best names in the sport putting their unbeaten records on the line for the coveted crown of pound for pound king.  It has all the makings of a classic.

Many of you did not expect Mayweather to take this fight so soon into his 6 fight deal with CBS as he has a reputation of “ducking” opponents, case in point would be Manny Pacquiao.  Mayweather however would argue that he made the right decision based on Pacquiao’s last two outings but no one can say the same about this fight with Canelo.

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