Canelo vs. Chavez Jr

Canelo in training camp, showing speed for Chavez Jr. fight

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Image: Canelo in training camp, showing speed for Chavez Jr. fight

By Dan Ambrose: Saul Canelo Alvarez is working out in camp to help sharpen up for a potential fight against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. In looking at Canelo throw air punches at his pudgy-looking trainer, he seems to be pretty fast – and quite big for someone who supposedly is a true 154lb pounder as his promoter Oscar De La Hoya maintains.

In the video, Canelo is throwing a lot of speedy punches and moving in circles. Canelo looks more than fast enough to fight the slow, and lumbering Chavez Jr. It’s a mismatch on paper unless Chavez Jr. can make huge improvements in his game from what we saw in his last fight against Dominik Britsch this month.

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Canelo-Chavez Jr. fight hurts potential GGG match

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By Dan Ambrose: It’s generally agreed that the fight the boxing world wants to see is Saul Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennady “GGG” Golovkin in September 2017. That’s the fight that the fans have been talking about for the past year, and it’s the number 1 fight in all of the sport. However, with Canelo and his promoters at Golden Boy looking to take a detour by fighting the still popular Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. on May 6, they could be ruining the chances for a much bigger fight between Canelo and GGG next year.

The reason why is simple. Canelo vs. Chavez Jr. is going to make truckloads of money for both fighters with it likely pulling in more than 1 million buys on HBO pay-per-view, and potentially selling out the 80,000 seat AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

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Chavez Sr. says Canelo vs. Julio Jr. will break records

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By Eric Baldwin: Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. is pretty excited about a potential record-breaking fight between his son former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (50-2-1, 32 KOs) and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (48-1-1, 34 KOs). The negotiations are going on for a fight between the two Mexican stars on May 6 at a still determined location in the United States. The weight for the fight will be at catchweight of 165 pounds.

Chavez sees the Canelo vs. Chavez Jr. fight as one that will break attendance records. For that to happen, it will need to take place at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. There aren’t any other larger venues than that for the fight to take place in the U.S.

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Chavez Jr. to start training for Canelo fight in mid-February

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By Dan Ambrose: According to coach Memo Heredia, he will start training camp with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (50-2-1, 32 KOs) in early to mid-February to get him ready to make the 165 pound catchweight for his fight against Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (48-1-1, 34 KOs) if the fight gets made for May 6.

Negotiations are still underway between the management of Chavez Jr. and Canelo. Chavez Jr. has been given a $6 million offer that he and his management must make a decision on by this week for them to get the fight against the 26-year-old Canelo Alvarez on Cinco de Mayo on May 6.

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Chavez Jr. given 1-week deadline for Canelo fight offer

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By Dan Ambrose: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. has received a reported $6 million offer from Golden Boy Promotions for him to fight Saul Canelo Alvarez on May 6 for a catchweight fight at 165 pounds on Cinco de Mayo.

It’s now up to the 30-year-old Chavez Jr. whether to accept the offer or not. He has only until next week to agree to it or get out of the way so that Canelo (48-1-1, 34 KOs) can challenge WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders (24-0, 12 KOs) on May 6 instead. Chavez Jr. has turned down huge fight offers in the past, so it’s possible he could turn down this one too.

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De La Hoya says Mexico eager for Canelo-Chavez Jr. fight

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By Dan Ambrose: Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions says that he hears that Mexico is “salivating” over a fight between Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (48-1-1, 34 KOs) and former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (50-2-1 32 KOs). De La Hoya claims that negotiations haven’t started for the Canelo vs. Chavez Jr. fight despite the talk that they have.

De La Hoya says talk of negotiations having started for that fight is nothing but rumors. However, Chavez Jr. is saying that he’s already been given an offer by Golden Boy for a Canelo fight.

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Canelo vs. Chavez Jr. to take place at 165lb catchweight

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By Jeff Aranow: Saul Canelo Alvarez and his promoters at Golden Boy Promotions have reportedly agreed to a 165 pound catchweight for a proposed fight against former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. for the Cinco de Mayo holiday weekend in May 2017. It hasn’t gotten to the contacts yet, as Canelo and Chavez Jr. and their management is still in negotiations.

Chavez Jr. has given Golden Boy a counter offer for the fight. The fight will be HBO pay-per-view. There’s talk of a check weight after weighing in, rematch clause.

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Golden Boy planning Canelo vs. Chavez Jr. for early 2017

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By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions are working on putting together a clash between Mexican fighters Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (48-1-1, 34 KOs) and former WBC 160lb champ Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (50-2-1, 32 KOs) for the first half of 2017. Golden Boy Promotions president Eric Gomez says they’re in talks with Chavez Jr. for the fight against Canelo. He’s pretty excited about the possibility of making the Canelo-Chavez Jr. fight, because he believed it would be a huge one in the boxing world. Gomez says that Chavez Jr. is interested in the Canelo fight. It would be at a catchweight of possibly 163 or 164, a weight that Chavez Jr. would likely struggle to make.

Canelo-Chavez Jr. wouldn’t do much to build up a fight between Canelo and Golovkin later in the year. Chavez Jr. looks worse now than James Kirkland. Golovkin will be doing his part to make a fight against Canelo big by facing Daniel Jacobs, but Canelo would be taking the easy path once again by taking on Chavez Jr.

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Canelo vs. Chavez Jr. possible for early 2017

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By Dan Ambrose: A fight between Mexican stars Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (48-1-1, 34 KOs) and former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (50-2-1, 32 KOs) in reportedly in negotiations for a big mega-fight between them in either February or May 2017, according to ESPN Deportes. The negotiations between Canelo’s promoters at Golden Boy and Chavez Jr’s promoters are for a fight at a catchweight fight at 164 or 165lbs.

Canelo vs. Chavez Jr. is a fight that should have been made four years ago when Chavez Jr. was still the WBC 160lb champion and popular with a portion of the U.S boxing population. It’s a fight that might not bring in the same kind of interest now due to Chavez Jr’s career having gone downhill since his loss to Sergio Martinez. H

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