By Dan Ambrose: In a match-up in keeping with the kinds of opponents that WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (40-0-1, 29 KO’s) has been fighting his entire seven-year pro career, 38-year-old former two division world champion Ricardo Mayorga (29-8-1, 23 KO’s) is reportedly being considered for Canelo Alvarez’s September 15th fight on Showtime, according to Fighthype.com.
Canelo Alvarez
Santos Saul Álvarez Barragán, better known as Canelo, which translates to ‘cinnamon’ for his fiery red hair, has spiced up the boxing scene since his debut. Born in Guadalajara, Mexico, in 1990, this pugilist has clinched world championships across four weight divisions, making him a staple in the Hall of Fame pantry. Canelo unified titles in three divisions and claimed lineal championships in two, notably overpowering Miguel Cotto in 2015 for the WBC, Ring, and lineal middleweight crowns. Outside the ring, Canelo’s life is just as sweet, sharing it with his two kids, Emily Cinnamon Alvarez and Mía Ener Álvarez, and his wife, Fernanda Gómez, since 2021. According to Forbes, Canelo is worth at least $275 million!
Bundrage tweeting that he has Canelo fight on 9/15
By Allan Fox: IBF junior middleweight champion Cornelius Bundrage (32-4, 19 KO’s) is tweeting today that he’s got the September 15th fight against WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (40-0-1, 29 KO’s) in a fight that will be televised on Showtime.
Erislandy Lara looks too good for Canelo Alvarez
By Dan Ambrose: After watching Cuban junior middleweight contender Erislandy Lara (17-1-1, 11 KO’s) school Freddy Hernandez last Saturday night by a 10 round unanimous decision, I give WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (40-0-1, 29 KO’s) zero chance of beating Lara if he and his promoters at Golden Boy Promotions decides to pick him for Alvarez’s next fight on September 15th. The chances of that happening are quite low.
Mundine: I may have to beat Canelo or Cotto to get to Mayweather
By Allan Fox: 37-year-old former WBA super middleweight champion Anthony Mundine (43-4, 25 KO’s) is stubbornly convinced that he can get a fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. before he retires at some point in the future. It would seem that Mundine’s chances are pretty much zero, because he’s spent his entire career fighting in Australia against largely unknown fighters to the average American, and that has kept him in the dark for U.S boxing fans.
Bundrage: I looked vulnerable enough for Canelo, and I’m 39
(Photo: Casino/Showtime) By Dan Ambrose: IBF junior middleweight champion Cornelius Bundrage (32-4, 19 KO’s) is hoping he looked vulnerable enough in beating Cory Spinks last night to get he attention of WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (40-0-1, 29 KO’s) and his promoters at Golden Boy for a fight on September 15th.
Bundrage calls out Saul Alvarez after beating Spinks again
(Photo: Tom Casino/SHOWTIME) By Dan Ambrose: To no great surprise, 39-year-old IBF junior middleweight champion Cornelius Bundrage (32-4, 19 KO’s) stopped Cory Spinks (39-9, 11 KO’s) in the 7th round tonight to successfully defend his International Boxing Federation 154 pound title in Indio, California. Immediately after the fight, Bundrage said “I want Saul Alvarez.”
Tonight’s Bundrage-Spinks winner will likely be ignored by Saul Alvarez
(Photo: Tom Casino/SHOWTIME) By Dan Ambrose: About the only thing interesting about tonight’s fight between IBF junior middleweight champion Cornelius Bundrage (31-4, 18 KO’s) and Cory Spinks (39-6, 11 KO’s) was that the winner of the fight had a slight chance of being picked out to face WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (40-0-1, 29 KO’s) on September 15th in a pay-per-view bout.
Canelo-Quintana, Maidana-Matthysse on September 15th?
By Dan Ambrose: Fighthype.com is speculating that WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (40-0-1, 29 KO’s) will be facing former WBO welterweight champion Carlos Quintana (29-3, 23 KO’s) on September 15th in a pay-per-view bout with the co-feature possibly being a match-up between WBA light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (31-3, 28 KO’s) and Lucas Matthysse (31-2, 29 KO’s).
Maidana won’t be fighting Canelo; still scheduled for Thurman fight on 7/21
By Allan Fox: Marcos Maidana (31-3, 28 KO’s) has struck out in the Saul “Canelo” Alvarez sweepstakes for a fight on September 15th. There has been talk of Maidana fighting Alvarez next on HBO on 9/15. However, Maidana cleared that rumor up today on his twitter page by saying that he offered to fight Alvarez, but no one contacted him.
Maidana off 7/21 fight card against Thurman; Is Maidana facing Canelo?
By Dan Ambrose: Yahoo Sports News writer Kevin Iole is reporting that WBA World light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (31-3, 28 KO’s) is off the July 21st undercard of the Adrien Broner vs. Vincente Escobedo fight at the U.S Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio. Maidana was scheduled to face the big punching unbeaten welterweight Keith Thurman in a 10 round bout.