Canelo Alvarez won’t argue with you. In fact, he agrees with his critics. For roughly a year now, Alvarez hasn’t looked quite like himself. His check left hook hasn’t forced his opponents to take a step back and his right hand hasn’t turned out anyone’s lights recently. Not known as the quickest fighter around, Alvarez has looked slower than ever.
Mexican legend Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. - unlike some others - was impressed with last month's performance of Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (49-1-2, 34 KOs). Canelo made his official move to the middleweight division, challenging IBF, IBO, WBA, WBC champion Gennady Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs). The two boxers clashed on September 16th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, with the three official judges rendering a twelve round split draw. There were a lot of post fight controversy over the wide 118-110 score in favor of Canelo, with the other two judges having it 115-113 for Golovkin and 114-114 for the draw.
Gennady Golovkin (37-0) will defend his WBC, WBA, IBA and IBO titles against Canelo Alvarez (48-1-1) at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday. The pressure will be on Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez to ensure his superfight with Gennady Golovkin goes down as of the greatest middleweight bouts of all time, says Abel Sanchez.
NEW YORK – Other than a huge purse, Canelo Alvarez didn’t take much away from his easy victory over Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. A confident, aggressive Alvarez dominated the son of Mexico’s most accomplished boxer, but Chavez’s unwillingness to engage disappointed Alvarez when they met May 6 in Las Vegas. Alvarez anticipated much more from his Mexican rival in their 12-round fight at T-Mobile Arena, especially since it was so meaningful among millions of prideful people in their homeland.
The Canelo Alvarez vs. Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. fight on Cinco De Mayo weekend will generate more than one million buys on HBO Pay-Per-View, locking in Canelo's status as the brightest light in boxing, Golden Boy Promotions announced today.
According to Hall of Fame trainer Ignacio "Nacho" Beristain, there is no reason for Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. to retire from the sport. On May 6th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, the former WBC middleweight champion was dominated over twelve rounds by country rival Saul "Canelo" Alvarez. The fight was severely one-sided with Chavez Jr. offering up little to no offense in the majority of the contest. All three judges scored every round for Canelo.
Several Mexican legends are fuming over last week's performance by former champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., and the boxer's post-fight antics. Chavez Jr. was dominated over twelve rounds by Saul "Canelo" Alvarez at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Canelo won every single round on all three of the official scorecards.
Even the people who knew didn’t really know until they saw it. There was always a healthy skepticism about the Saul Alvarez-Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. fight. There was a strong (proven accurate) cadre that saw the fight a farce; another that saw Chavez making a show of it while losing (present company included, and couldn’t have been more inaccurate); and a small handful of folks who picked Chavez who should never…
Former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. has been subjected to a wave of criticism for last Saturday's performance against Saul "Canelo" Alvarez. At the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Chavez Jr. took a beating for twelve rounds in a very one-sided fight. All three judges scored every round for Canelo.
BoxNation and BT Sport viewers will have been in need of an extra shot of Expresso in order to go the distance in the early hours of Sunday morning. The battle to keep eyes wide open was probably a more closely-fought contest than the one-sided drubbing Saul Alvarez inflicted on his countryman Julio Cesar Chavez jnr in Las Vegas.