Mexico's Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez, who is the current World Boxing Council middleweight champion, is clocking up the miles and sparring the rounds in a rocky robust, no stone unturned preparation to defend his crown on May 7th at the Arena T-Mobile in Las Vegas, against agile and able former world champion Amir 'King' Khan in a duel organized by Golden Boy Promotions.
Khan arrives to this commitment with a record of 31-3, with 19 KO´s , while the popular champion is 46-1-1, 32 KO´s.
Canelo opened his training camp as part of the promo activities, leading up to the big fight.
“I am training very hard, and I am fully focused to win this May 7th in order to defend my WBC middleweight championship”, "Canelo" Alvarez succinctly stressed. Amir Khan is a talented boxer, but I will be the winner on May 7. I am not overconfident, as Khan represents a perceptible danger in the ring.”
According to trainer Eddy Reynoso, training camp has been going very smoothly.
"Training for this fight is off to a great start," said Reynoso. "We have been in camp for a few weeks and actually started in Mexico before the press tour. We are taking the fight against Amir Khan very seriously and want to be prepared for anything on May 7. We expect Canelo to train very effectively as he always does. He is very dedicated and serious about the sport."
Canelo won the WBC middleweight championship on November 21st after defeating Puerto Rican superstar Miguel Cotto by unanimous decision at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada. Khan comes in from a twelve round decision over former world champion Chris Algieri last May.
