CANELO ALVAREZ READY TO FIGHT PACQUIAO AT 154 POUNDS
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Thu, 05 Jun 2014
Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez has responded to talk about a possible fight against eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao next year telling Luis Sandoval of boxingscene.com that a showdown at junior middleweight which is 154 pounds is possible.
Pacquiao fought as a junior middleweight against Antonio Margarito but it was at a catch weight of 150 pounds. He also faced Miguel Cotto over whom he scored a 12th round TKO also at a catchweight.
In an exclusive interview with Sandoval at Alvarez? training camp in San Diego, Alvarez turned down the idea of a catch weight bout stating ?Those days are over. I don?t fight outside my weight class. That?s the first thing I learned in my fight with Floyd [Mayweather]. I don?t fight outside my weight. If they want to fight at 154 then we can move forward and if not, I?ll continue with my career.?
Boxingscene reported that while Canelo won?t agree to come down in weight, he does like the idea of fighting Pacquiao. He feels the fight could happen down the line but he only has thing on his mind at the moment.
?I think it?s a fight that could probably happen. They are fighters that are in their moment and if that fight happens, we?re ready. At this point though, it?s just rumors and we?re ready for this fight [with Lara].?
Pacquiao?s adviser Michael Koncz told us in Macau last May 30 that a fight against Canelo Alvarez ?will be a substitute for a fight against Floyd Mayweaher Jr and will be the next biggest fight and may well rival a Manny-Floyd fight.?
Koncz said Alvarez ?is a good fighter, he?s young and he?s the top Mexican fighter and has a big fan base in America? which would make it a lucrative fight with huge pay per view numbers as proven when Canelo fought Mayweather.
The Mexican was the draw, not Mayweather but a fight against Alvarez appeared unlikely in the face of Canelo?s insistence on fighting at 154 pounds and Koncz? statement that Pacquiao ?cannot get into the ring if there is no catch weight. It's too dangerous.?
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