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Post by Paul Magno on Oct 15, 2009 11:43:39 GMT -5
For those dedicated haters who simply can't wait until 2010 to hate on their preferred target...
from Boxingscene.com:
We know the main players to land Floyd Mayweather Jr. in 2010. The list includes Manny Pacquiao, Miguel Cotto and Shane Mosley. During a recent interview with Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer, he advised BoxingScene.com's Bill Emes that undefeated welterweight prospect Saul Alvarez (29-0, 22KOs) of Mexico is a dark horse to land a potential fight with Mayweather in 2010.
Alvarez, 19, is a popular fighter in Mexico and he has power but he is not even close to ready for a fight with Mayweather. Maybe in a few years. Schaefer told BoxingScene that a Mayweather-Alvarez fight would a huge event if they made it in Mexico.
"There is a young fighter, 19-years-old. All of Mexico is talking about him. And he is filling up 10,000 people in venues in Mexico. He is fighting at 147; he's undefeated. He's a red head, a red head Mexican. They call him "Canelo," cinnamon head - Saul "Canelo" Alvarez. He would like nothing better than to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr," Schaefer told BoxingScene.
"You put Saul Alvarez in with Floyd Mayweather and you put it in Aztec Stadium - you sell 100,000 tickets. The guy [Alvarez] on his own sells 10 to 20,000 tickets. Floyd Mayweather is a big event fighter."
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Post by greenmachine on Oct 15, 2009 14:35:52 GMT -5
No way PBF makes this fight. Alvarez is little known in the States and there's no way to justify that fight over Mosely, Cotto or Pac. Even the most die hard fans can't say Alvarez is deserving of that shot.
It would draw big in Mexico though, maybe even in Texas or SoCal.
Seriously, I'd like to see Floyd do "bum of the month" tour like Louis did. Fight the big fights and meet the "bums" in between, he's good enough to do it and is never out of shape so why not?
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