By Lem Satterfield
Mexico's 20-year-old Saul "Canelo" Alvarez will return to the ring on March 5, perhaps in Los Angeles, and, potentially against WBA welterweight champ Vyacheslav Senchenko, according to Golden Boy Promotions' CEO, Richard Schaefer. Eight-division titlist Manny Pacquiao will defend his WBO welterweight belt against three-division, five-time champion, Shane Mosley on May 7 in at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
If Alvarez continues to win, and Pacquiao continues to fight, a potential unification showdown could be in the cards for the future. Pacquiao has beaten a who's who of Mexican boxers, including Oscar De La Hoya, Marco Antonio Barrera, Juan Manuel Marquez, Erik Morales, Jorge Solis and Antonio Margarito.
A winner of 31 consecutive fights during a run that has included 11 knockouts in the past 13 bouts, Alvarez was asked by FanHouse how he would do against Pacquiao. The young star believes that Pacquiao's biggest advantage, which is speed, can be taken away by using movement and switching up your angles.
"What I would have to work on is to be fast. I might not be as fast as him, but I would have to be fast as well. Basically, styles make fights," said Alvarez. "So Manny Pacquiao's very fast against a guy who stands right in front of him. Alvarez. "But if you give him angles and box him, he doesn't look quite as fast."
Lem Satterfield is the boxing editor at AOL FanHouse and the news editor at BoxingScene.com. To read more from Lem Satterfield, go to AOL FanHouse by Clicking Here.
