By Mark Vester
Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya sees no reason to rush the career of undefeated welterweight prospect Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez of Mexico. Alvarez, 19-years-old, makes his debut as a Golden Boy fighter on the May 1 undercard to Floyd Mayweather Jr-Shane Mosley in Las Vegas, Nevada.
In the last few weeks, Alvarez has called for all of the big names like Mayweather, Mosley and Manny Pacquiao. De La Hoya says a Mayweather clash is a long time away.
"There's no reason to rush to 'Canelo.' I think you should first you have to make him known, but he has the potential to be a world champion. A fight with Mayweather is something spectacular, but it wouldn't happen until May or September of 2011," De La Hoya said to The Record.
De La Hoya thinks Alvarez could be the next Mexican great, the next fighter to take the torch as the man to replace Julio Cesar Chavez. Alvarez was going to fight Matthew Hatton on the May 1 date, but that fight is probably not going to happen because Hatton has an EBU title fight with Gianluca Branco on March 26.
"I believe that Saul has the potential to be the new Julio Cesar Chavez of Mexico. He is smart, young, serious, strong, but in the end the destiny is in his hands. He will determines where he goes and we will always support him," De La Hoya said.
"First we have to see how he looks in May and then we will talj about his next fight. This is a step by step process. He has a lot of time we do not want to rush him, just get him tougher tests as times goes on."
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