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By Jake Donovan - Showtime continues to go all in with its coverage of “The One” pay-per-view extravaganza between Floyd Mayweather and Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez, which takes place September 14 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Saturday night featured the premiere of the four-part “All Access” series dedicated to the even. The prologue takes us back to the most in-ring achievements of both fighters. The first scene reveals the final moments of Mayweather’s dominant points win over Robert Guerrero this past May.
“Still undefeated…” is belted out by Hall-of-Fame ring announcer Jimmy Lennon Jr as Mayweather picks up the 44th win of his career, now unbeaten through 17 years as a prizefighter
“Right now I just can’t be beat,” insists Mayweather, a statement both with merit and without much room for debate.
The man tabbed with the best chance to threaten that current standing will be staring him down in Las Vegas next month. Setting up the fight, we go back in time two weeks further, where the cameras take us to San Antonio where Alvarez picked up the biggest win of his career with a 12-round points win over Austin Trout in a matchup of unbeaten super welterweight titlists.
From the win, time is immediately fast forwarded to the point in which both fighters agreed to face the other. Alvarez insists that history will be made, although there are contradictions to be found in his actual statement on the subject.
“All of Mexico will never forget that day. They will never forget. It’s time for a new champion,” says Alvarez, either forgetting that he – and not Mayweather – is the defending titlist in the fight, or revealing his place as a rare B-side in the promotion. [Click Here To Read More]
Saturday night featured the premiere of the four-part “All Access” series dedicated to the even. The prologue takes us back to the most in-ring achievements of both fighters. The first scene reveals the final moments of Mayweather’s dominant points win over Robert Guerrero this past May.
“Still undefeated…” is belted out by Hall-of-Fame ring announcer Jimmy Lennon Jr as Mayweather picks up the 44th win of his career, now unbeaten through 17 years as a prizefighter
“Right now I just can’t be beat,” insists Mayweather, a statement both with merit and without much room for debate.
The man tabbed with the best chance to threaten that current standing will be staring him down in Las Vegas next month. Setting up the fight, we go back in time two weeks further, where the cameras take us to San Antonio where Alvarez picked up the biggest win of his career with a 12-round points win over Austin Trout in a matchup of unbeaten super welterweight titlists.
From the win, time is immediately fast forwarded to the point in which both fighters agreed to face the other. Alvarez insists that history will be made, although there are contradictions to be found in his actual statement on the subject.
“All of Mexico will never forget that day. They will never forget. It’s time for a new champion,” says Alvarez, either forgetting that he – and not Mayweather – is the defending titlist in the fight, or revealing his place as a rare B-side in the promotion. [Click Here To Read More]
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