Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez Is Targeting a Fight with Floyd 'Money' Mayweather, Jr.
It appears as though current WBC super welterweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez isn’t even considering an all-Mexican showdown with fellow Mexican icon Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. anytime in the near future.
According to a recent story by Miguel Rivera of boxingscene.com, the redheaded wonder boy has his sights set on pound-for-pound king Floyd “Money” Mayweather instead. Alvarez was quoted as saying the following:
"For the time being, a fight with Julio is not in our sights. But if it happens one day—we are ready for that. The day that happens is when we are going to start discussing what would happen in such a fight. I'm a lot more interested in facing Mayweather. I would be the happiest man in the world if I received this fight.
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A fight with Mayweather would be a huge step up in class for the undefeated Mexican Alvarez, more commonly referred to as Canelo.
Before any fight with Mayweather can possibly be considered, Canelo first must get past the upset-minded Jose “Josesito” Lopez.
Lopez will be a huge underdog going into the bout with Canelo, but will be looking to make lighting strike twice after his big knockout win over Victor Ortiz which landed him the bout.
Canelo’s promoter Oscar De La Hoya has stated in the past that he doesn’t believe that Canelo is ready for Mayweather at this point in his career. If the redheaded phenom is successful this weekend, that may help sway the opinion of his promoter about a potential Mayweather matchup.
A fight with Mayweather would be a huge pay-per-view attraction as the Mexican fighter has a rabid fan base in his boxing crazed native country.
