By Allan Fox: WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. said he’s not sure who he’ll fight in September, but he’s not ruling out a fight with WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, a fighter that many boxing fans want to see Mayweather fight.
Mayweather said this to ESPN in response to whether he’d be interested in fighting Saul Alvarez: “They’re always throwing names at me. Like I said before, everyone wants to fight Floyd Mayweather. It’s like a lottery ticket.
By Dan Ambrose: WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia sees WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez is being too big in terms of weight to be facing WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the near future.
Garcia points put that Mayweather fights at around 150, while Canelo rehydrates up to 171 lbs and more for his fights at junior middleweight. Garcia sees that as being too much weight for Mayweather to deal with.
(Photo credit: Naoki Fakuda) By Dan Ambrose: At Saturday’s post-fight press conference following his gem of a 12 round unanimous decision victory over Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (31-2-1, 18 KO’s) in Las Vegas, Nevada, WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (44-0, 26 KO’s) shutdown talk of him stepping up in weight to face the heavier and younger WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (42-0-1, 30 KO’s) by saying he’s going to meet with his team plus his father Floyd Mayweather Sr. to decide on what’s the best direction to take for his September 14th fight in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Mayweather said “I’m not going to duck or dodge anyone, but I’m at the pinnacle of my sport and I’ve earned my stripes. I worked hard for 17 years to get to this point and I’m not going to rush.”
By Robert Elmore: When Floyd Mayweather took on Oscar De La Hoya in 2007, Floyd had to concede everything in order to make the mega fight happen. The weight, gloves, ring size, and purse where all stacked in the Golden Boy’s favor. Mayweather didn’t complain one bit. He understood that in order to crossover and become pay per view king, he would have to put his pride aside to end up where he is today.
I would dare to say, Floyd was looking at years down the road, rather just right then. The gamble paid off. The fight became the highest grossing fight in boxing history in pay per view buys and in total revenue. Mayweather has gone on to break records and collect huge pay days since that time. But Oscar was the key to his success.