Canelo Could Debut in NYC on December 10, MSG is On Hold

By Steve Kim

While Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez still has to get past WBO junior middleweight titlist Liam Smith (23-0-1, 13KOs) on September 17th at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas - part of Golden Boy Promotions' task it to look forward.

And with that, they have put a hold on New York's Madison Square Garden for December 10th. Should Alvarez come out victorious, he could be making his New York debut.

Eric Gomez, the newly appointed president of Golden Boy Promotions told BoxingScene.com - "He's said it since the beginning of the year he wants to fight three times this year. So we reserved the date. A lot of it comes down to how he comes out of the Smith fight. Hopefully he wins first of all, second... there's no injuries, no cuts and then we can move forward."

Golden Boy - like all other promoters - must figure out a way to navigate through New York's new insurance regulations, which now raises the cost of doing business in the state.

Alvarez (47-1-1, 33 KO's) fought on May 7th when he stopped Amir Khan in six rounds at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The last time Alvarez fought more than twice in a calendar year was 2011 when he defeated the quartet of Matthew Hatton, Ryan Rhodes, Alfonso Gomez and Kermit Cintron.

Steve Kim is the news editor for BoxingScene.com.