Saul Alvarez signs with Golden Boy Promotions
by SC on Jan 22, 2010 8:16 PM EST
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In a move that ends plenty of speculation, Mexican welterweight prospect Saul "Canelo" Alvarez has signed with Golden Boy Promotions.
Golden Boy sent out a press release earlier with the information.
From Oscar de la Hoya:
"This is a very important moment for Golden Boy Promotions. Saul is an idol throughout Mexico because he has incredible natural boxing talent and a charismatic personality to go along with it. This signing of Saul Alvarez is something that will lead both Saul and Golden Boy to continued success in boxing in the United States, Mexico and around the world."
From Alvarez:
"I want to show everyone that I will be a World Champion and that I'm ready to fight the best fighters in the world. The opportunity to work with Golden Boy is definitely one that I could not pass up as I feel it will help me achieve my goal of reaching my full potential as a fighter and becoming a huge success in boxing."
Alvarez (30-0-1, 22 KO) is just 19 years old and has burned through gatekeepers and journeymen at an incredible rate since turning pro in 2005 at the age of 15. He's become a major star and live draw in Mexico and has a lot of potential to become a major attraction for the Mexican audience for the next decade at least. He's an exciting young fighter unafraid of challenges, as evidenced by his willingness to -- again, 19 years old -- fight Floyd Mayweather Jr., which has come up in semi-bunk rumor form a couple of times in the last few months.
There's no doubt Golden Boy sees big things here. Mexican boxing is coming to a bit of a crossroads. Morales and Barrera are as done as they're going to get, and the Marquez brothers and Israel Vazquez are nearing the end of great careers, too. They'll need new stars, and Alvarez fits the bit wonderfully. This could wind up being one of the best signings in Golden Boy's company history, and that's not hyperbole.
Golden Boy says Alvarez will soon have a date and opponent for his next fight.
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“Canelo” means cinnamon.
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by SC on Jan 22, 2010 9:00 PM EST up reply actions
Not Mexican is brown skin, brown eyes,brown eyes ;)
"Boxing is dirty," said Casamayor. " The day I’m not ready to be a dirty fighter is the day I don’t fight anymore because it will mean that I have no heart for it anymore."
Good
Given his potential for profit, I had a bad feeling in my gut that Top Rank would keep him headlining Latin Fury PPVs for a few years against the level of competition we know he can beat because it is a proven business model for them with extremely popular Mexican fighters. Eventually they’d move him up because, unlike JCC Jr, he has real talent, but why rush when the money is already there?
Golden Boy seems more likely to secure HBO dates for him and HBO dates means competition.
Not always. Andre Berto and Cris Arreola got some pretty soft pushes on HBO.
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On the other hand
Top Rank has a lot more top welters than does GBP, so if they thought he was ready soon, he’d be more likely to be able to get the top guys.
I’m surprised he went with GBP, at least a little. I wonder what they signed him with. Top Rank supposedly had a co-headline on the table for the Pacquiao-Clottey fight. I suspect, at the very least, Alvarez will be on the televised undercard of Mayweather-Mosley, and they very well may have dangled the prospect of eventually fighting Mayweather out there.
I’ve mentioned this before, but if he can develop his skills enough to become a top guy in the division, I think this kid could be one of the next big stars. The demographics are there, he seems to be charismatic, and he punches hard and with bad intent. My biggest concerns are that he won’t actually be a top guy because of his physical limitations. He doesn’t have the pure talent of Mayweather/Mosley/Pacquiao. He’s a bit on the slow side for a welter, and even though he’s only 19, he’s already at what looks to be his ideal weight (he’d be small for a junior welterweight).
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I’m surprised he went with GBP, at least a little. I wonder what they signed him with.
The Pacquiao briefcase?
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"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
by SC on Jan 23, 2010 2:01 PM EST up reply actions
Glad to see the next generation of Mexican fighters.
I found this kid on youtube a couple weeks ago and I’m looking forward to watching him live on tv. What’s up with Chavez’s younger son Omar? I here he’s better than JCC Jr. but for some reason he’s not getting any recognition like his older brother.
Omar's had the same issues as Jr.
Padded and protected record, already struggled against some people who he was handpicked to crush.
In the ’legend’s sons’ category, I like Alonso Lopez (Finito’s son) a lot better. Just made his pro debut a couple months ago, but already looked worlds ahead of either Chavez in terms of skill.
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Apparently Shane Mosley's son
is very promising in the amateurs right now. Nazim Richardson was praising his apparently considerable ring smarts.
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by Drunken cutman on Jan 23, 2010 9:00 AM EST up reply actions
That's interesting.
I didn’t know Mosley had a kid who fought.
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by Matt Miller on Jan 23, 2010 12:58 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah. He went into it because he wanted to. Shane says he never pressed him to box at all, but when he wanted to he was really eager to help out. Shane and Nazim Richardson, not bad guys to have around when you need some brains to pick.
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by SC on Jan 23, 2010 2:02 PM EST up reply actions
Oh and I have read good things about Kostya Tzu's son
But he is still very young, 14 I think, so it’s hard to tell what will become of it.
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by Drunken cutman on Jan 23, 2010 4:34 PM EST up reply actions
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