Floyd "Money" Mayweather vs. Saul "Canelo" Alvarez - September 14, 2013

[CZAR]

Floyd "Money" Mayweather vs. Saul "Canelo" Alvarez - September 14, 2013

Mayweather announces Alvarez fight on Twitter

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Floyd Mayweather tweeted that he will fight Mexican star Canelo Alvarez on Sept. 14 at the MGM Grand.
''I chose my opponent for September 14th and it's Canelo Alvarez,'' Mayweather said Wednesday night on Twitter. ''I'm giving the fans what they want. It will be at the MGM Grand.''
Alvarez sent a tweet in Spanish announcing the fight.
Mayweather is unbeaten in 44 fights, the last a unanimous 12-round decision over Robert Guerrero on May 4 in a welterweight title fight. Alvarez is 42-0-1. He unified the WBC and WBA super welterweight titles April 20 in San Antonio with a unanimous victory over Austin Trout.


Got Em!!

 

[:ab:]

actually juiced to see this one, might go to vegas to catch it

on a side note, god damn!

 

[VERSACERO]

If canelo don't catch mayweather with a good/lucky power shot, i think it's going to be the same old story,

 

[CZAR]

actually juiced to see this one, might go to vegas to catch it

on a side note, god damn!

See thats all I am saying. I am a big Mayweather fan but the only reason Ms. Jackson is in my sig is because she is the baddest bitch out there to me right now! Got Em!!

 

[battle619]

Canelo will KO that fool! JK... For reals, Mayweather went all out on Guerrero, meaning he pulled every trick in the book, and made Rg look stiff as fuck. But canelo loves the spotlight and I feel has a bigger fanbase than Floyd does now. With that being said, canelo will not chase Mayweather at all and will catch him slipping, he's just too strong and fast. Canelo by the 6th round. Fuck I'm stupid

 

[VERSACERO]

Cats always have a good game plan but when they get in there with Floyd they look bad, a canelo ko would be dope, we'll have to wait and see.

 

[2-0-Sixx]

B @bigface , et al you shitted on Pacquiao for "draining" Cotto when he fought him at 145.

This fight is at a catchweight of 152 pounds. Despite Mayweather being a title holder at 154.

Quote from Mayweather prior to fighting Cotto:

"I look at Miguel Cotto as an undefeated fighter because he faced Pacquiao, but Pacquiao caught him at a catch weight. He wasn't the best Miguel Cotto. He was drained. He wasn't hydrated."

"I would never want to put a fighter in a position where he's not comfortable. I want a guy when he's at his best. If he's at his best at 154 and he's strong and he's solid, then that's the fight we're fighting at. I walk around at 150, but at the end of the day - skills pay the bills.... Give me the guys where they are comfortable at their weight so there are no excuses."


With that said I think it's a good fight, I just wanted to point out the hypocracy of Mayweather and his fans (or as bigclit likes to say "double standards").

At first I fell into the Khan talk a little bit, but like I said Floyd will fight Canelo next. Too much money involved. Plus Canelo has stamina problems.

 

[CZAR]

Word Im hearing now is that Canelo's camp brought up the catchweight. Who knows but in this case its not a big deal because I was more concerned with the rehydration and I guess Floyd's not trippin off that. To me thats the bigger deal. Got Em!!

 

[2-0-Sixx]

Word Im hearing now is that Canelo's camp brought up the catchweight. Who knows but in this case its not a big deal because I was more concerned with the rehydration and I guess Floyd's not trippin off that. To me thats the bigger deal. Got Em!!

That's because Floyd wanted to fight him at 147!!! Canelo said no, and they negotiated till they settled on 152.

Keep it real though if you shitted on Pacquiao for fighting Cotto at 145 you can't suddenly flip the script and be cool with Floyd fighting nelo at 152.

 

[CZAR]

Yea but dude its not the same. Floyd was coo fighting Cotto at 154 because hes not a tru super welterweight. However Canelo should be fighting at middleweight at the least and the size difference is a big difference. Like I said fuck the weigh in weight I wouldve made an agreement on a blow up weight lol. Also it depends on how the fighter looks and whatnot. I believe Canelo is young enough to where the 2 pounds wont matter. Cotto didnt look right against Manny. Just like when Ward fought Dawson people tried to use that catchweight shit but Dawson looked fine early but he just got beat by a better fighter. It just depends but again to me this is an exception because of the huge size difference. Got Em!!

 

[Coach E. No]

Y'all already know my opinion on this, I'm in line with the point 206 is sayin. Floyd spouts off the biggest b.s. leading up to a fight then contradicts himself later and Floyd fans ignore it. It's pathetic.

Aside from all that, I'm not happy about the catchweight but I'm glad the fight was made. I still place Floyd as a pretty big favorite, something like 3.5:1 but glad the fight was made. Props on everything but the weight. Best way to me was make the fight at 154 but place a limit on how much weight can be gained overnight. Floyd knew what he was doing.

 

[surcaliman]

If canelo don't catch mayweather with a good/lucky power shot, i think it's going to be the same old story,

thats what im thinking.mayweather going for that big paycheck plus he's gettin older and why fight canelo later when canelo's more experienced.

 

[Coach E. No]

Yea but dude its not the same. Floyd was coo fighting Cotto at 154 because hes not a tru super welterweight. However Canelo should be fighting at middleweight at the least and the size difference is a big difference. Like I said fuck the weigh in weight I wouldve made an agreement on a blow up weight lol. Also it depends on how the fighter looks and whatnot. I believe Canelo is young enough to where the 2 pounds wont matter. Cotto didnt look right against Manny. Just like when Ward fought Dawson people tried to use that catchweight shit but Dawson looked fine early but he just got beat by a better fighter. It just depends but again to me this is an exception because of the huge size difference. Got Em!!

I disagree. Cotto rarely came in at 147, he was usually lower in weight when he fought at WW. I still hated the catchweight though. Floyd talked all this b.s. saying he wanted to fight Cotto "at his best weight" yet pulled that. Also pulled the situation with Marquez. Plain and simple, Floyd is a bitch. He's a lying, wife-beating bitch. He's a great fighter in the ring, but he pulls so much ho stuff that I can't believe people defend this dude.

Dawson was stupid for trying to make 168. The weight was going to affect him. You may not see it in his body but I'm pretty sure he could feel it in his legs. Spend some time in a gym with pro fighters and you're bound to meet a pro that gets conned into taking a lower weight or catchweight fight and they insist they're fine in camp then the weigh in comes and they all talk about their legs being dead on fight night. They look ripped up, in good shape etc... but it kicks your butt man.

 

[surcaliman]

whats cinnamons weight fight night?

 

[2-0-Sixx]

Yea but dude its not the same.

Man, you are hilarious. How is not the same or similar?

Floyd is a two time 154 pound champion and current title holder at 154. He's currently #1 at 154.

Cotto was a champion at 147 while Pacquiao was a champion at 140. It made more sense for them to have a catch weight being that Pac was moving up, plus Cotto weighed 146 pounds his fight prior.

Cotto didnt look right against Manny.

What are you talking about? Cotto was the exact same Cotto he was doing good work and busted manny's ear and face, he was looking good until Manny knocked him down twice and hurt him, then Cotto went on his bike for the next 5 rounds.

Just like when Ward fought Dawson people tried to use that catchweight shit but Dawson looked fine early but he just got beat by a better fighter. It just depends but again to me this is an exception because of the huge size difference. Got Em!!

It's not comparible because Dawson moved down from 175 to 168. Dawson never fought at 168 before and was weighing 190 pounds on fight night at 175. Dawson's trainer John Scully went into a huge amount of detail about how poorly Dawson lost the weight. So this isn't comparable.

Two pounds for Canelo aint going to make a difference, nor was 1-2 pounds for Cotto against Pac.

But you have to keep it real man. Read Floyd's quotes above and tell me that's not hypocritical. You can't without looking foolish.

 

[CZAR]

Y'all already know my opinion on this, I'm in line with the point 206 is sayin. Floyd spouts off the biggest b.s. leading up to a fight then contradicts himself later and Floyd fans ignore it. It's pathetic.

Aside from all that, I'm not happy about the catchweight but I'm glad the fight was made. I still place Floyd as a pretty big favorite, something like 3.5:1 but glad the fight was made. Props on everything but the weight. Best way to me was make the fight at 154 but place a limit on how much weight can be gained overnight. Floyd knew what he was doing.

I knew it I just knew it. So Canelo fans already setting up their excuse in case Floyd wins LMAO! Its cool man I aint gonna debate the catchweight shit all day long. If u want to blame someone blame boxing for that and the rehydration bullshit that your boy Canelo & Chavez Jr be trying to pull. Its really boxings fault. Floyd said all of that Cotto shit just to bget under Manny's skin. It is what it is. Yea if u want to say Floyd contradicted himself then so be it. Bottomline is catchweights happen all the time so yall should be used to it. Now dont say Canelo will win and then when Floyd wins try to blame the catchweight or down play Canelo lol. Say your piece now and make your prediction and leave it at that. To me the advantages are now even between the two. Floyd has the catchweight while Canelo can rehydrate to any weight he wants to. Simple as that. Got Em!!

 

[Coach E. No]

I actually think it will have some effect. It's mostly psychological. A lot of thought starts to go into how to lose the weight properly and less on technique. Pac was using this angle for quite awhile, it started against Morales going into the 3rd fight. Morales had never been more ripped up and there was some absurd penalty for coming in overweight, like a million per pound I think. Morales was having a lot of trouble making weight. He was doing football workouts to lose the weight and stuff, did almost no boxing training compared to normal. Not to say it's the reason he lost, he would've lost anyways, but all of your focus needs to be on boxing, not the weight.

 

[Coach E. No]

I'm not even a Canelo fan. I knew you were going to say that. I don't have anything against him, I'm just not really a fan of his. I said I place Floyd as a 3.5:1 favorite regardless.

 

[2-0-Sixx]

There is already a rehydration limit since the WBC belt is on the line which states a fighter cannot rehydrate more than 10%.

 

[battle619]

mayweather is always flopping on what he says, but I'm not tripping on that, but the fighters do let it bother them. If Canelo agreed on it, then all is fair from here on out. Floyd from here on out will not be considered as the greatest P4P, not top ten at least, because he knows what he's doing and he is playing HIS FANS! He is a smart talker and knows what to say to win an arguement and the media doesn't dig in more cuz they want to be able to continue to do interviews with him. But Canelo agreed and I hope he whoops him.