Trout: I’m going to take Canelo out of his game

Web-P3142242By Dan Ambrose: WBA World junior middleweight champion Austin Trout (26-0, 14 KO’s) says he’s going to take WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) out of his element on April 20th and expose him in their fight at the Alamo Dome in San Antonio, Texas.

Trout is going to force Canelo to use his wheels in this fight, and make him move more than he ever has before. If you’ve looked at Canelo’s previous fights you’ll see that he’s a pure plodder and can’t move well at all around the ring.

Trout said to Fightnews.com “I don’t think he has his man strength yet. I will impose my will on him. I am going to take him out of his comfort level…I have the tools with my jab and foot work.”

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Merchant: I won’t be surprised if Canelo loses to Trout

Web-P3142309By Dan Ambrose: Former HBO analyst Larry Merchant says he wouldn’t be surprised in the least if WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) gets beaten next month by WBA champion Austin Trout (26-0, 14 KO’s) on April 20th in their Texas based fight.

Merchant understands fully why Canelo’s promoters at Golden Boy Promotions were dead set against putting their fighter in with Trout because he’s a clever boxer and there’s a good chance that Canelo ends up getting beaten in this fight.

Merchant said to esnewsreporting.com “I like Canelo…It’s a dangerous fight, and if he lost it wouldn’t be the biggest shock in the world.”

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The Mexican Style of Boxing: Canelo Alvarez

Web-P3142506By Hector Gonzalez: To discredit Mexican Boxers or their style of fighting is like chopping off a whole part of a body. Boxing’s rich history has depended on Mexican fighters for over 100 years, in that time providing a rich and aesthetically pleasing style of fighting. Most Mexican boxers are described as boxer-punchers, some of them are extremely technical while some unorthodox.

While the many styles that come from Mexico vary there is one thing that stand out in Mexican fighting, it tents to be a very proud style of fighting often leading to dramatic fights.

It’s been interesting reading some of the build up to Alvarez vs. Trout. I see many fans commenting on Alvarez’s style making references to Alvarez’s Mexican style of fighting, calling him a ‘brawler’, and how a technician like Trout will dismantle the Mexican body puncher.

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Trout: The crowd can’t help Canelo in the ring on April 20th

austin2By Dan Ambrose: WBA World junior middleweight champion Austin Trout (26-0, 14 KO’s) believes WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) is going to be in deep, deep trouble on April 20th when they meet up in what could be a nearly packed Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.

Already close to 30,000 tickets have been sold for the fight, and most of them no doubt are Canelo’s loyal fans. You can guess that these same fans will be making themselves heard on April 20th as they attempt to cheer the 22-year-old Canelo on to victory.

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Canelo-Trout: Less than 2,300 tickets remaining for April 20th fight

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERABy Dan Ambrose: It looks like Golden Boy Promotions and the staff at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas are going to need to restructure the stadium because there reportedly is less than 2,300 tickets remaining for the April 20th unification bout between WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) and WBA champ Austin Trout (26-0, 14 KO’s).

Initially they configured the 72,000 Alamodome stadium to fit 30,000 boxing fans for the Canelo-Trout fight, but when 20,000 tickets were quickly scooped up by eager fans jumping at the chance to purchase the low cost $10 and $20 tickets, they quickly restructured the stadium to fit 40,000 fans.

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Why do some of Canelo’s fans have a hard time accepting that he may lose to Trout?

Web-P3142517By Dan Ambrose: I’ve noticed that when you discuss the possibility of WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) losing his April 20th fight against WBA junior middleweight champion Austin Trout (26-0, 14 KO’s) Austin Trout, some of Canelo’s fans start to lash out and name call. Is it because Canelo has orange hair that his fans react some bitterly?

It’s hard to understand what makes Canelo’s loyal fan base get testy when you point out he’s in trouble in the Trout bout. It’s better to tell the truth about Canelo than to build him up based on nothing. You don’t see this when other Mexican fighters are critiqued like Juan Manuel Marquez, and it makes you wonder what exactly it is about the red-haired Canelo that causes some of his fans to want to insult when you point out the possibility that he may lose and lose badly to Trout in this fight.

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Trout: I’m glad the public forced Canelo to fight me

austin1(Photos: Stephanie Trapp/SHOWTIME) By Dan Ambrose: WBA junior middleweight champion Austin Trout (26-0, 14 KO’s) believes it was only through the boxing public’s help that he was able to land a unification fight against the fighter he’s dubbed Golden Boy Promotion’s “Golden Goose” WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) on April 20th at the Alamodome, in San Antonio, Texas, USA.

Trout feels that Canelo wasn’t going to take the fight, and his promoters at Golden Boy certainly weren’t going to allow him to take the fight until the public pressure got to be so much that Canelo had to take the fight in order to not be seen as afraid.

Trout said to lscun.com “I’m glad the public was loud enough to force Canelo to put his fought down.”

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Canelo must cut off the ring on Trout and force him into a brawl

SanAntonio_0U9C2265_send(Photo: Stephanie Trapp/SHOWTIME) By Dan Ambrose: In a lot of ways the April 20th fight between WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) and WBA champion Austin Trout (26-0, 14 KO’s) is a lot like the last September match-up between former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Sergio Martinez.

Canelo is the same type of flat-footed brawler that Chavez Jr. is, and he’s facing the same problems that he experienced in dealing with a mobile fighter with excellent hand speed and boxing skills.

As we know already, Chavez Jr. was unable to cut off the ring often enough to be competitive with Martinez. Each time Chavez Jr. would attempt to trap Martinez and force him into a brawl, Martinez would effortlessly glide laterally to foil Chavez Jr.

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Trout capable of out-boxing Canelo for long stretches

SanAntonio_0U9C2337_send(Photo: Stephanie Trapp/SHOWTIME) By Dan Ambrose: WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) really is in a situation where he’s going to need to KO WBA junior middleweight champion Austin Trout (26-0, 14 KO’s) on April 20th if he wants to get the win without controversy because he simply doesn’t have the boxing skills to beat Trout by a 12 round decision at the Alamodome, in San Antonio, Texas, USA.

If this was a three-round fight, then I’d give Canelo a good chance of winning because he could turn it into one of those Prizefighter type of fights where the most aggressive guy for three rounds wins the fight. But this isn’t a three round fight; it’s for 12 rounds, and Canelo will need boxing skills in order for him to be able to win a decision over Trout unless he’s somehow able to KO him. I don’t see that happening.

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