Mayweather made the right decision by not agreeing to fight Canelo in September

alvarez432By Chris Williams: Floyd Mayweather Jr. failed to agree to fight WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez in September, and Canelo has now pulled out of Mayweather’s May 4th pay-per-view card in response. If this was supposed to bother Mayweather I think it’s a fail because Mayweather isn’t going to be bothered by not having Canelo on his undercard.

I think Mayweather made the fight decision by not agreeing to fight Canelo on September 14th because is not a junior middleweight. He’s barely a welterweight, and having to fight someone that is going to have a big weight and power advantage over him isn’t worth the trouble.

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Canelo-Trout will be a non-PPV bout on April 20th on Showtime

trout76By Dan Ambrose: It’s official, the fight between WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) and WBA World junior middleweight champion Austin Trout (26-0, 14 KO’s) is OFF the May 4th Floyd Mayweather vs. Robert Guerrero fight card. Instead, the Canelo-Trout fight is going to be moved to April 20th, and it WILL NOT be Pay per view. It’ll be televised on regular Showtime, according to Dan Rafael.

That’s got to hurt Canelo because not only will his fight not be seen by the millions of people that would have saw it had he agreed to fight on Mayweather’s May 4th undercard, but his fight with Trout won’t even be PPV. Talk about shooting yourself in the foot.

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De La Hoya: Canelo vs. Trout possibly moving to April 20th in San Antonio

canelo7By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions president Oscar De La Hoya is reporting that the unification bout between WBA World junior middleweight champion Austin Trout (26-0, 14 KO’s) and WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) could be off the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Robert Guerrero May 4th card. Instead, the Canelo-Trout fight could be taking place on April 20th in San Antonio, Texas.

De La Hoya said on his twitter “Canelo vs. Trout possibly heading to San Antonio, April 20.”

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Adrien Broner a good replacement for Canelo on May 4th card

broner3By Dan Ambrose: By Dan Ambrose: If WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) chooses not to fight on what figures to be a highly successful May 4th pay-per-view card on Showtime/CBS, Golden Boy Promotions is likely going to position WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner as the replacement for Canelo on the card.

I don’t know about you, but I think Broner is a more than adequate replacement for Canelo if he chooses to not to fight on the card.

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Canelo to meet with De La Hoya to decide on next fight date

canelo44By Dan Ambrose: WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) hasn’t received the guarantee that that he was looking for from Floyd Mayweather Jr. to fight him on September 14th this year, and because of that Canelo is prepared to fight on another date rather than fighting on Mayweather’s undercard on May 4th against WBA World junior middleweight champion Austin Trout.

According to Esto, Team Canelo will be traveling to Los Angeles to meet with Golden Boy Promotions president Oscar De La Hoya about what options Canelo has for fight dates and possible opponents if Mayweather refuses to agree to fight Canelo in September.

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Mayweather doesn’t need Canelo for his May 4th card for it to be HUGE

canelo95By Dan Ambrose: WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) may choose not to fight on Floyd Mayweather’s May 4th fight card unless Mayweather agrees to fight him on September 14th as a part of a deal for Canelo to fight on May 4th. In other words, it’ll be a tit-for-tat type of thing instead of Canelo happily fighting on Mayweather’s May 4th undercard in order to increase his own popularity.

Thus far, Mayweather isn’t giving Canelo the agreement that he wants for September 14th fight, and Golden Boy Promotions is trying to work out a situation where Canelo can still fight on Mayweather’s May 4th card without an agreement.

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Canelo threatening to pull out of May 4th fight unless Mayweather agrees to fight him on September 14th

canelo42By Dan Ambrose: WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) is reportedly threatening to pull out of the May 4th undercard of the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero fight unless Mayweather agrees to fight him on September 14th, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN.

There are whispers that Mayweather is thinking of facing IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander this September instead of Canelo, and it looks Canelo wants a guarantee that he’s going to get the Mayweather fight before he’ll agree to help make Floyd’s May 4th pay-per-view fight on Showtime/CBS a bigger fight in terms of money.

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Schaefer hopes to find out if Canelo-Trout is possible in next 24 hours

alvarez923By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer still isn’t sure if the unification bout between WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) and WBA champion Austin Trout (26-0, 14 KO’s) will be taking place on the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Robert Guerrero undercard on May 4th.

According to Steve Kim, Schaefer is hoping to find out in the next 24 hours if the Canelo-Trout bout is possible for the undercard or if Canelo will be facing another opponent instead. We could see Canelo facing another beatable fighter in order to keep the Canelo training going long enough for him to get a fight against Mayweather.

So what’s the hold up? It’s got to be money related because Trout is a champion and he’s likely not going to be as cheap as the weak fodder opposition that Golden Boy has been matching against Canelo for a number of years.

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Cotto to fight three more times before retiring; Canelo & Trout head the list

cotto5By Dan Ambrose: Former three division world champion Miguel Cotto (37-4, 30 KO’s) has decided to fight only three more times before he permanently retires from boxing, according to espn deportes. The top of the list for Cotto’s last three fights are Austin Trout and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez. The third opponent is still unknown.

Cotto said to espn “I can say I have three fights to retire from boxing and devote myself to my children.“

Cotto will be fighting in October or November, and then look to finish out his career with two fights in 2014.

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Trout: Canelo will fight me the same way Cotto did

alvarez777By Dan Ambrose: WBA World junior middleweight champion Austin Trout (26-0, 14 KO’s) sees WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) using the same fight strategy Miguel Cotto tried against him when he meets Canelo on May 4th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Trout said to RingTV “I think, for his part, that Canelo’s going to try to use the same game plan that Cotto did, which he is welcome to try.”

Cotto tried using a lot of left hooks, jabs and pressure to get to the taller and longer-armed Trout. Canelo is also giving away height and reach against the 5’10” Trout, and this could be just as much of a problem for Canelo as it was for Cotto.

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