Money Mayweather -vs- Canelo Alvarez | (September 14, 2013)

[Motownkid]

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FLOYD "MONEY" MAYWEATHER TO FACE SAUL "CANELO" ALVAREZ IN JR. MIDDLEWEIGHT UNIFICATION ON SEPTEMBER 14 | FIGHTHYPE

I chose my opponent for September 14th and it's Canelo Alvarez. I'm giving the fans what they want. It will be at the MGM Grand. - @FloydMayweather

[bleedingboi]

My bet goes to Canelo "The Calm Redhead". Undefeated 42-0. Very nice opponent for FMJ.

[naGgeR]

both sila duha undefeated?

[Motownkid]

Good that they've settled on 152 lbs catchweight..

FMJ wanted to meet at 147 lbs & Alvarez first said he won't go any lower than 154 lbs

[lhorenzoo]

finally , mayweather stepping out and chooosing Canelo and face more criticisms. good move by Floyd.

[doi]

[Bongoton]

disappointed at the catchweight. tsk!

Floyd is smart to fight Canelo now rather than later. Canelo can be dangerous for Floyd, but I don't seen him beating Mayweather at this point of his career

[Bongoton]

Well, this email and answer sums it up for me

Dougie's Friday mailbag | RingTV

CATCHWEIGHT?

Dougie,

Hope all is well my friend. I have to say that I'm really confused.......I saw Floyd Mayweather is fighting Saul “Canelo” Alvarez at a catchweight and I said to myself that can't possibly be true because in Floyd's own words he said he “never fights people at catchweights because he is the best so he always wants his opponents to be fighting at their best weights.”

There has to be some mistake right? Floyd isn't a hypocrite is he? And if this is true, will Floyd still consider Canelo undefeated even after Floyd beats him? Because he considered Miguel Cotto undefeated because his two losses were to a cheater and at a catchweight, which he said didn't count.

Anyway, as much as I don't like the p___k, I can't ignore the skill. Canelo in my opinion is still two fights away from beating Floyd. If he beat a guy that's defensive and awkward like Erislandy Lara and maybe Devon Alexander then I'd say he's ready but here's to hoping he's more advanced then he appears. I see another Floyd boxing lesson. 117-111. Maybe a couple rough spots but nothing he can't handle. With his dad back in his corner, he's refocused on his defense which makes him better but also less exciting. – Brendan, Philly

True. I agree that Canelo is about two fights away from being “ready” for Mayweather (if anyone is every truly ready for Floyd’s style and ring IQ/mentality). I think Mayweather saw that the young man is learning added technique in the Austin Trout fight and is getting Canelo before he develops any further.

I favor Mayweather by a close decision. 116-112 and 115-113. I don’t think it will be a boxing clinic like the Robert Guerrero fight because Alvarez is more versatile and powerful than The Ghost. He’s also a smarter boxer than the smaller southpaw. Alvarez can make Mayweather miss and he can hurt him with one punch. That makes him dangerous, which leads us to the catchweight.

Weight was an issue in this fight, even though Mayweather has twice fought at junior middleweight (vs. Oscar De La Hoya and Cotto) and currently holds the WBA’s “super” 154-pound title. In a very clear way, Mayweather is paying Canelo the ultimate compliment by having their fight contested two pounds under the junior middleweight limit. He’s basically telling the boxing world that he views Canleo as more of a threat than the two future first-ballot hall of famers.

Yes, Mayweather is flip-flopping his so-called stance against catchweights that he used to promote last year’s Cotto fight (and to take digs at Manny Pacquiao). That shouldn’t come as a surprise to fans. He fought Juan Manuel Marquez at a contracted 144 pounds at a time when the Mexican veteran had never fought above 135 pounds – and then he came in at 146.

However, something that Mayweather’s very vocal and extremely sensitive fans fail to grasp is that it’s not the catchweight that most fans are criticizing; it’s the hypocrisy.

[doi]

We know Mayweather is too small for Jr. Middleweight and Canelo is big at that weight class. So I'm not really disappointed with this fight being in a catchweight bout of 152lbs rather than make Canelo go down a full weight class to 147lbs.

Let's just be happy that this fight happening,

[juck401]

We know Mayweather is too small for Jr. Middleweight and Canelo is big at that weight class. So I'm not really disappointed with this fight being in a catchweight bout of 152lbs rather than make Canelo go down a full weight class to 147lbs.

Let's just be happy that this fight happening,

bitaw lets be happy that this fight is happening