By Miguel Rivera
Former world champion and promoter Jesse James Leija is hoping that Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez vs. James Kirkland lands on May 2nd at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas - where, he said, could summon 65,000 fans. Leija's promotional company stages shows in San Antonio and works closely with Golden Boy Promotions, who have Canelo.
The fight is being targeted for that date and venue, but they are waiting to see what happens with Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao negotiations for May 2nd. If the fight gets made for that date, then Canelo-Kirkland moves to May 9th on HBO.
"Las Vegas has a lot of money but they do not have as big of a stage like San Antonio. We can get at least 60,000 fans for that fight. Canelo-Kirkland is what we want [in San Antonio] and we are working on it. I think if we only had five weeks [to work with] before Austin Trout vs. Canelo and we generated 40,000 [fans], now with two months we could easily get to 65,000," Leija said to ESPN Deportes.
