Canelo-Khan

By Dan Ambrose: Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions believes he’s got boxing’s number one star in WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 KOs) in his Golden Boy stable, and he’s already crowning the Mexican as the top fighter in the sport without even having bothered to match him against the best fighter at 160 in Gennady “GGG” Golovkin or the top fighter at 154 in IBF champion Jermall Charlo.

Canelo still needs to beat those guy, and he also must prove that he’s better than tonight’s bulked up opponent Amir Khan (31-3, 19 KOs), who Canelo will be facing on HBO pay-per-view from the 20,000 seat T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By Michael Montero: On an unseasonably chilly May afternoon in Las Vegas, hundreds of fans gathered outside the new T-Mobile Arena to catch the weigh-ins for tomorrow’s Canelo-Khan PPV card. A few rain drops fell onto the crowd but that didn’t scare folks away, as both a significant Mexican and British fan contingency made for a fun, rowdy atmosphere. All-time greats Roberto Duran, Evander Holyfield and Lennox Lewis were among the boxing celebrities on stage.

by: Shaun La – Tomorrow evening, in Las Vegas, at the T-Mobile Arena, Amir Khan (31-3 with 19 knockouts) will be entering into a boxing ring for a chance to earn the Ring Magazine belt, the WBC middleweight title and a lineal prestige. Agreeing to box Canelo Álvarez (46-1 with 1 DRAW, 32 knockouts) at a catch-weight of 155 pounds, the boxing world has been passionately explaining, it will be the heaviest weight that Amir has ever carried into a professional boxing ring; it will be a glimpse of his elevation through the weight classes, ever since winning the WBA International Lightweight (130 pounds) title with his 20th pro bout against Oisin Fagan in 2008.

By Jeff Aranow: Amir Khan (31-3, 19 KOs) is fighting in the biggest match of his 11-year pro career on Saturday night against the bigger and stronger WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 KOs) in a catch-weight of 155lbs.

Khan’s trainer Virgil Hunter sees this fight as a dangerous one for Khan due to the size and punching power that Canelo has. While Khan and Canelo have both looked around the same size in the lead up to this fight, Canelo is going to transform himself like a magician on Saturday night and come into the fight looking like a light heavyweight in the ring by rehydrating to the 170s and possibly the 180s.

By Patrick McHugh: At today’s final press conference, challenger Amir Khan (31-3, 19 KOs) reminded the boxing fans that he’s coming to beat WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 KOs) in this Saturday’s fight on HBO pay-per-view, take his WBC title and then bring it back with him to the UK to show it off.

Khan says he’s not worried about being outweighed by 10 to 12 pounds by Canelo in this fight, because he feels his superior hand speed will take away Canelo’s power by not giving him the ability to land his shots.

By Yannis Mihanos: When Amir “King” Khan (31-3, 19 KOs) signed for the fight against WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (46-1-1, 21 KOs) for May 7 on HBO PPV, many heads turned, as it was a surprise move that very few expected. We are now only a few days away from this very important fight at the new 20,000 seat T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Both fighters have completed their preparation and are in peak condition.