Tag: saul alvarez

  • On Floyd Mayweather & Canelo Breaking PPV Records

    On Floyd Mayweather & Canelo Breaking PPV Records

    It’s an ongoing debate – is Boxing healthy, recovering or slowly dying? Outside of this equation, there is the Floyd Mayweather bubble, which is all about setting PPV records for his fights, with his Canelo Alvarez bout, nicknamed “the one”, possibly becoming the most watched Pay-Per-View fight in history.

  • Canelo Got in the Ring With Floyd Mayweather Too Soon

    Canelo Got in the Ring With Floyd Mayweather Too Soon

    Instead of a mega fight, all we got was another boxing clinic from Floyd Mayweather, who made Saul “Canelo” Alvarez look like someone who is too young, too inexperienced and simply way out of his depth as he lost for the first time in his career, while Mayweather kept his undefeated legacy going as he picked up another very fat check.

  • Floyd Mayweather Needed Manny Pacquiao, Not Canelo Alvarez

    Floyd Mayweather Needed Manny Pacquiao, Not Canelo Alvarez

    What could have been is no longer a question. Manny Pacquiao might never fight in the United States again, while Floyd Mayweather is headed towards the biggest fight, at least in terms of money, of the last few years, facing Canelo Alvarez which afterwards, if Mayweather wins his 45th career fight, it’s really going to get really boring.

  • Floyd Mayweather Already Thinking How to Duck Saul Alvarez

    Floyd Mayweather Already Thinking How to Duck Saul Alvarez

    The WBA is such a terrible organization that it has two boxers, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Floyd Mayweather Jr. holding the same title, the WBA Light Middleweight title. But as we know championships don’t matter, only money and PPV numbers do, there’s a very good chance we won’t get to see who is the “real” champion of yet another title belt is.

  • Aftermath of the Canelo vs Trout Title Fight

    Aftermath of the Canelo vs Trout Title Fight

    In a test of both his ability as a fighter and his growing status as a star in the boxing world, Saul Alvarez passed the test with flying colors, showing that despite his young age, he’s quite ready to continue and take on the biggest challenges left for him to conquer in the boxing world, beating Austin Trout by a unanimous decision, remaining undefeated and unifying the WBA, WBC & Ring Light Middleweight title belts.

  • Floyd Mayweather is Afraid of Saul Alvarez

    Floyd Mayweather is Afraid of Saul Alvarez

    When Floyd Mayweather announced he’s planning on fighting twice in 2013, the initial projected opponents were Robert Guerrero, which happened as predicted, and a later fight in a higher weight against Saul Canelo Alvarez, which is probably the biggest boxing match PPV money can buy these days.

  • Canelo vs Austin Trout – The Fight We Need to Happen

    Canelo vs Austin Trout – The Fight We Need to Happen

    Fights that should happen, that sound like the logical next step, often stay on the shelves with other unfulfilled plans. Austin Trout, the current WBA (Regular) light middleweight champion, deserves a shot at Saul Alvarez, but the people running the career path of Canelo don’t really want a piece of that action.

  • Floyd Mayweather – Robert Guerrero Fight Almost a Done Deal

    Floyd Mayweather – Robert Guerrero Fight Almost a Done Deal

    Still not confirmed, and probably won’t be until the first week of January, but according to multiple sources, Floyd Mayweather will step into the ring for the first time since coming out of prison against Welterweight champion Robert Guerrero, which will probably happen on May 4, 2013.

  • Floyd Mayweather – Out of Jail, Now What?

    The world of boxing just got a little bit more interesting again. The sport with Floyd Mayweather and without him isn’t the same, and after getting 30 days taken off his allotted time, not only has his bromance with 50 Cent ready to go back on track; It’s time for him to find a new boxer to fight.

  • Victor Ortiz Losing, Breaking Jaw, Moving Backwards

    Instead of getting a chance to fight Saul Alvarez in a huge night of boxing on September 15, Victor Ortiz took a huge step backwards in his boxing career with a stunning loss to Joselito Lopez, getting his jaw broken in the process. Instead of fighting for big money and title belts, Ortiz’ future is slipping away.