Canelo: I know how to fight Trout

alvarez45By Dan Ambrose: WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) says he’s done his research on WBA junior middleweight champion Austin Trout (26-0, 14 KO’s) by watching his fights, and he figures he knows enough to beat him when they face each other on April 20th at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.

Canelo said to RingTV “He [Trout] knows to hold you. He’s a southpaw and he has a lot of tricks. But I’ve been working on those things…I’ve been ringside and seen him fight a few times, in person, so I know how to fight him.”

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Canelo vs. Trout tickets to sell as low as $10

alvarez43By Dan Ambrose: The starting point for tickets for the April 20th fight between WBA junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Austin Trout is a mere $10 for their fight at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. The low cost is something that Canelo wanted, according to Steve Kim.

Canelo wants families in the area to be able to afford to get everyone in for the fight in the large 72,000 seat stadium. Of course, it also makes sense for Canelo because if they lower the price of the tickets then a lot more people will show up to watch him fight.

There were estimates that Canelo-Trout will sell perhaps 20,000 tickets a best, but if they lower the price, then they might be able to draw a few more thousand.

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Canelo still hoping to make Mayweather fight on September 14th

canelo342By Eric Thomas: WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) plans on trying to start up negotiations with WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (43-0, 26 KO’s) for a pay-per-view bout on September 14th if the two of them win their next fights.

Canelo faces WBA junior middleweight champion Austin Trout (26-0, 14 KO’s) on April 20th, whereas Mayweather will be battling WBC interim welterweight champion Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (31-1-1, 18 KO’s) on May 4th.

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Canelo vs. Trout tickets go on sale Monday, March 11th

trout23By Dan Ambrose: The tickets for the April 20th unification bout between WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) and WBA junior middleweight champion Austin Trout (26-0, 14 KO’s) will be going on sale this Monday, March 11th. This is the fight to determine who the best fighter is at 154, and it’s one of those bouts that you don’t want to miss because we could see a real surprise in this fight with someone getting badly exposed.

Canelo, 22, badly wants to avenge the loss of his brother Rigoberto Alvarez, who Trout easily beat by a lopsided 12 round by the scores of 119-108, 119-108 and 119-108.

Rigoberto has the same kind of fighting style as Canelo except that he’s a bigger version at 5’11” compared to 5’9”. It was too easy for Trout, as he picked Rigoberto apart in easily out-boxing him.

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Nelson: Canelo makes too many mistakes; Trout will beat him

canelo11By Dan Ambrose: Junior middleweight contender Willie Nelson, #5 WBC, says he sees WBA junior middleweight champion Austin Trout (26-0, 14 KO’s) out-boxing WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) next month in their fight on April 20th. Nelson believes that Trout is just too skilled for the mistake-prone Canelo, and he’s predicting that Trout will win this fight by a 12 round decision.

Speaking with thaboxingvoice.com, Nelson said “I don’t think too much of Canelo. He’s a young fighter; he has lots, lots and lots of bad habits that he makes in the ring. I see Austin Trout winning a 12 round decision.”

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De La Hoya: I’m going to spar with Canelo for Trout fight

dela hoya324By Dan Ambrose: In a show of support for his young red-haired star, Golden Boy Promotions president Oscar De La Hoya says he’s going to spar with WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 Ko’s) to get him ready for his unification clash against WBA junior middleweight champion Austin Trout (26-0, 14 KO’s) on April 20th at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.

De La Hoya said on his social media site, “For Canelo’s fight against the Dangerous Trout, I’m going to spar with Saul. I’ll send video soon. Let’s go San Antonio.”

De La Hoya must really worried for Canelo if he’s volunteering to do some sparring with him because a loss for who Trout calls Golden Boy’s Golden Goose [Canelo] would be disastrous in terms of slowing down Canelo’s progress into turning into a pay-per-view star along the lines of Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao.

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Canelo would have to fight Sergio Martinez at 160, says adviser Lewkowicz

martinez544By Dan Ambrose: WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) says he’s considering a bout on September 14th against one of the following opponents: Sergio Martinez, Alfredo Angulo or Miguel Cotto. According to Steve Kim, Canelo would have to move to 160 if he plans on fighting Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez (50-2-2, 28 KO’s), at least that’s what Martinez’s adviser Sampson Lewkowicz is saying.

Would Canelo be interested in moving up six pounds to face someone slightly bigger than him in Sergio Martinez or would Canelo flat out say no, that he prefers to fight guys in his own weight class or smaller? It’s unknown, but what is known is that Canelo has fought an awful lot of fighters in the division below him since he picked up the WBC junior middleweight title against welterweight Matthew Hatton in 2011.

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Canelo to use left hooks to try and beat Trout on April 20th

canelo56By Dan Ambrose: WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 KO’s), who WBA champion Austin Trout (26-0, 14 KO’s) sees as a slightly larger version of Miguel Cotto, plans on using some of Cotto’s ideas to try and beat Trout in their fight on April 20th at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.

Specifically, Canelo thinks Trout is vulnerable to left hooks because Cotto was able to land those kinds of shots from time to time early in the fight before Trout adapted to what he was doing and dominated him badly for the last six rounds of the fight.

Canelo said to RingTV “I think it’s [throwing left hook’s] going to be one of the main points as I train for this fight.

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Canelo, Mayweather, Pacquiao all want September 14th date

canelo 07By Dan Ambrose: September 14th looks to be a really busy night with Floyd Mayweather Jr, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Manny Pacquiao all planning on fighting on that date. It’s the Mexican Independence day holiday, and it looks all three huge stars have booked that date and thus far none of them appear to be budging from that date.

Mayweather was the first to put dibs on the date earlier in the year, and Canelo and Pacquiao quickly followed up with their own plans on fighting on that date as well.

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Trout: I want Mayweather after I beat Canelo

trout5423By Dan Ambrose: WBA World junior middleweight champion Austin Trout (26-0, 14 KO’s) wants to be next in line to face unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. on Showtime/CBS if or when Trout beats the highly hyped but untested Golden Boy promoted WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) on April 20th in San Antonio, Texas.

Trout said to Fighthype.com “I know he’s [Mayweather] got a six-fight deal, and I would love to land on one of those spots. If he wants to make me wait, I’m not opposed to taking on other champions, the people with the belts [at junior middleweight].”

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