Mayweather-Canelo: Who Will Win And Why
36-year-old Floyd Mayweather (44-0) will be facing undefeated 23-year-old Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, the WBC/WBA world champ (42-0-1) Saturday night in "The One," from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
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36-year-old Floyd Mayweather (44-0) will be facing undefeated 23-year-old Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, the WBC/WBA world champ (42-0-1) Saturday night in "The One," from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
He'd like you to believe it. He may even convince a few out there that he's right, and they believe him. He may even believe it himself, despite the thin, diluted version of boxing today.
Alvarez and Mayweather are fighting at a catch-weight of 152 pounds, which, if you're looking for an edge, would probably point to Alvarez, the naturally larger man. But Mayweather has a way of making larger men look small.
The MGM Grand is bristling with activity. Media from all over the world fill rows of the press room, and they're all waiting for the kid from Philly whose name was once bypassed after he won amateur tournaments.
He sits there and does nothing. Like the words and all the hyperbole surrounding him doesn't exist. Like Saul "Canelo" Alvarez is impervious to Floyd Mayweather's words, taunts and anything else verbal Mayweather could find to throw at the 23-year-old Mexican junior middleweight world champ.
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