MGM Grand, Las Vegas - Floyd Mayweather Jr. landed 24 power punches in round four, the last two dropped the unsuspecting Victor Ortiz for the count. Mayweather wins the WBC welterweight title.
Staples Center, Los Angeles - WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (38-0-1, 28KOs) stopped Alfonso Gomez (23-5-2, 12KOs) in the sixth round to retain his title.
WBC Super Welterweight World Champion Canelo Alvarez (Left), President of Golden Boy Promotions Oscar de la Hoya (Center) and super welterweight contender Alfonso Gomez (Right) pose on September 16, 2011 in Los Angeles, California at the weigh-in for Canelo and Gomez’s September 17, 2011 world title fight at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles which will be televised live on HBO Pay-Per-View as part of the dual-site “STAR POWER: Mayweather vs. Ortiz” mega-event also taking place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Saul Alvarez 153.6 vs. Alfonso Gomez 152.6
The prevailing opinion is that Alfonso Gomez simply doesn’t possess the power or speed to make his fight against Saul Alvarez much different from his lopsided loss to Miguel Cotto.
WBC Super Welterweight World Champion Canelo Alvarez (Left) and super welterweight contender Alfonso Gomez (Right) pose on September 13, 2011 in Los Angeles, California at the final press conference for their September 17, 2011 world title fight at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles which will be televised live on HBO Pay-Per-View as part of the dual-site “STAR POWER: Mayweather vs. Ortiz” mega-event taking place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photos by Carlos Delgado/Hoganphotos.
(Left to Right) Undefeated super lightweight contender Jessie Vargas, WBC Super Welterweight World Champion Canelo Alvarez, Six-Time World Champion Floyd Mayweather, WBC Welterweight World Champion Victor Ortiz, super welterweight contender Alfonso Gomez, undefeated super lightweight contender Pablo Cesar Cano and super lightweight contender Josesito Lopez pose at Universal Studios CityWalk in Universal City, California at an appearance in advance of the dual-site “STAR POWER: Mayweather vs. Ortiz” mega-event on which Mayweather will face Ortiz, Cano will face Five Time and Three Division World Champion Erik Morales and Vargas will face Lopez at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada while Alvarez will face Gomez at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California on September 17, 2011 and all of which will be televised live on HBO Pay-Per-View. Photos by Gene Blevins/Hoganphotos.
WBC junior middleweight world champion Saul ‘’Canelo’’ Alvarez is ready to fight, he is eager to duke it out with Alfonso Gomez on Saturday at Staples Center. He displayed his speed and power in a public training session at the Westside Boxing Club in Los Angeles, California.
LOS ANGELES, California - WBC junior welterweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz, and their promoter Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions, were mobbed by thousands of people at the famous Plaza Olvera. Alvarez and Ortiz were joking, singing and having fun with their Hispanic fans. Both fighers are in action this Saturday, with Alvarez defending his title against Alfonso Gomez at Staples Center in LA, while Ortiz defense at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas against Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Junior middleweight Alfonso Gomez looked great during a recent public workout at the Azteca Boxing Club in California. This coming Saturday at Staples Center in California, Gomez will challenge Saul "Canelo" Alvarez for the WBC championship. The fight will be broadcast in a split-feed format on the Floyd Mayweather-Victor Ortiz HBO pay-per-view, which takes place in Las Vegas. Gomez wants to take the fight into the late rounds to test the young champion's worth.
Super welterweight contender Alfonso Gomez (Center) speaks with members of the media on September 8, 2011 in Los Angeles, California prior to a media workout in preparation for his September 17, 2011 world title fight against WBC Super Welterweight World Champion Canelo Alvarez at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles which will be televised live on HBO Pay-Per-View as part of the dual-site “STAR POWER: Mayweather vs. Ortiz” mega-event which will also emanate from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photos by Gene Blevins/Hoganphotos