Canelo-Kirkland

Canelo knows Kirkland won’t run, De La Hoya said

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canelo44By Dan Ambrose: Former WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (44-1-1, 31 KOs) will be fighting soon to be 31-year-old James Kirkland (32-1, 28 KOs) in his next fight at a still to be determined date and venue.

Oscar De La Hoya says Canelo is pleased to be fighting Kirkland because he wants a guy that won’t be running from him in the ring when they square off. Canelo, 24, wasn’t pleased in his fights against Floyd Mayweather Jr and Erislandy Lara because he feels that these two fighters ran from him in the ring.

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Canelo vs. Kirkland is done, says De La Hoya

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kirkland22By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions president Oscar De La Hoya says the fight between Golden Boy promoted Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (44-1-1, 31 KOs) and the one-time popular James Kirkland (32-1, 28 KOs) is a done deal. There still isn’t a specific date for the fight, but it’s well-known that the red-haired Canelo wants the fight to take place on May 2nd, the Mexican holiday Cinco de Mayo.

Whether Canelo gets that date depends largely on if Floyd Mayweather Jr fights Manny Pacquiao next or not. The venue for the Canelo-Kirkland fight that is being talked about is the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.

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Canelo vs. Kirkland in the works for May 2nd in San Antonio on HBO

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canelo112By Dan Ambrose: A fight between former WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (44-1-1, 31 KOs) and James Kirkland (32-1, 28 KOs) is in the works for May 2nd on HBO from San Antonio, Texas, according to Lance Pugmire of the Los Angeles Times.

The Canelo-Kirkland negotiations are in the advanced stages. This is an obvious move by the red-headed Canelo to get the May 2nd date before Mayweather wraps up negotiations with Mayweather for the same date.

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De La Hoya says Kirkland a possibility for Canelo in December

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canelo001010101By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions president Oscar De La Hoya is saying that James Kirkland (32-1, 28 KOs) is a potential opponent for former WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (44-1-1, 31 KOs) for his fight on December 6th at the Alamodome, in San Antonio, Texas, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN.

Kirkland was thought to be out of the picture for the 24-year-old Canelo after he’d agreed to fight Gabriel Rosado. But with that fight falling part due to Kirkland not happy with the money for the fight, it now leaves him as a possibility for the red-haired Canelo to fight.

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Kirkland’s manager talks Canelo or Cotto fight in November or December

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kirkland334By Dan Ambrose: Michael Miller, the co-manager for popular but seldom active James Kirkland (32-1, 28 KO’s), is reportedly up for the idea of Kirkland facing Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (44-1-1, 31 KO’s) or WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto this year.

Either of those guys are fights that he wants to set up for the 30-year-old Kirkland. Canelo is the one that they really one. No doubt they smell blood in the water after seeing Canelo struggle to a controversial win over Erislandy Lara, lose to Floyd Mayweather Jr, and beat Austin Trout by a far from impressive decision.

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Is Kirkland vs. Canelo a toss up?

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canelo45By Bob Smith: Obviously, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (44-1-1, 31 KOs) is a very skilled and talented boxer who has had an impressive string of wins, and just barely did enough to outpoint Trout and Lara. His only loss is to Floyd Mayweather Jr, but really who can fault him for that, and after all, he is still learning and is only 24 years old.

Canelo is also a naturally big junior middleweight, who rehydrates to the mid-160s or even the low 170s on fight night, and has not only tremendous power, very skillful combinations, and in addition a decent jab and good inside game. Kirkland, by contract, is a typical brawler, who goes non-stop in attack mode after round 1, and is relatively easy to hit. So how could a fight between Canelo and Kirkland be a toss up? Should a contest between them not be a clear Canelo victory?

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