By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer has been pretty transparent about his noninterest in matching WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo”Alvarez against arguably the best fighter in the 154 pound division in WBA champion Austin Trout. Schaefer is talking about wanting to get a big fight for Canelo for his next fight in March or May.
However, there are no big fights out there for Canelo at 154 unless he’s thinking about still matching Canelo with the recently beaten Miguel Cotto. Schaefer is talking as if Canelo’s next opponent will be someone with a big enough name to make the May 4th fight card, headlined by Floyd Mayweather Jr, a highly successful one.