Canelo Alvarez attends a news conference at the MGM Grand, Wednesday, May 4, 2016, in Las Vegas.
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In the same way De La Hoya could not recover from the punch from the bigger fighter, he had also built an early lead through using his superior speed, and Hopkins believes Alvarez will pose his greatest threat in the second half of the fight, when Khan’s efforts may lead to him tiring.
Mayweather will pocket £100m while McGregor will pick up £7m for the Las Vegas mega-fight. “That is why I took this fight”. Khan has been stopped twice in his career, once as a lightweight and once as a super lightweight/junior welterweight…and has never once fought as a junior middleweight, let alone a middleweight. If he gets to win a shocker against the reigning champion, it will be a story similar to underdog narrative of how a small Leicester City was able to win premier league and capture the heart of the sporting world.
“Leicester were 5,000-1 on winning the Premiership and they went and won it – it shows maybe it’s the year of the underdogs. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people”. “It’s all about having belief in yourself”.
“It is unbelievable how a team like Leicester have come up from nowhere and took the title”, added Khan. The Mexican has suffered just one loss (on points against Floyd Mayweather) in 48 fights and Ndou says that won’t change.
Khan, who is 31-3, will weigh 155 pounds at Friday’s weigh-in, presumably.
Should Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 KOs) win as most expect, he has been mandated to fight unified titleholder Gennady Golovkin, the mandatory challenger by virtue of his also holding an interim belt, next.
“I would have preferred it to be a little closer to 147 (welterweight limit)”, Khan said. I just don’t want no excuse when I beat Canelo at 155.
When the fight was announced many were shocked Khan was Alvarez’s opponent.
Canelo vs Khan will be available in select theaters nationwide.
According to Daily Mail, Floyd Mayweather has been engaged in talks with some TV networks for a prize that will make him ditch his retirement and go back to boxing.
You previously said that you can fight comfortably at 167 or even 170, where do you anticipate your weight being on the night of the fight?
Alvarez is not overlooking Khan. “He wasn’t running but he made the right steps at the right time”. “My whole thing is I want to be a legend”, Alvarez said. This is the first time Alvarez is defending his WBC Middleweight title. Alvarez seems content to fight on his own terms, and the indication this week is that he’s in no hurry to meet Golovkin, despite a mandate from the WBC to fight him next.
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HBO pay-per-view ($59.99-69.99) will have the fight, which you can order through your cable or satellite company, of course.
