So his bout with Manny Pacquiao was staged in the same AT&T Center (then known as Cowboys Stadium) in Dallas instead, where the TLDR happily issued him a license to fight. I’m going to take this fight seriously and prepare like always.
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“We strongly feel this will be the event of the year. Liam Smith is a great champion”, said Canelo. Golden Boy Promotions announced the venue site Monday morning and will have a press conference at the home of the Dallas Cowboys later Monday.
British super-welterweight Liam Smith has suggested that he has full faith in his ability and fighting style ahead of his clash with Saul Alvarez.
His first was against the durable Joshua Clottey and a crowd of 50,994, witnessed the Filipino retain his WBO welterweight title in March 2010.
Liam Smith is basically a nobody whose undefeated record can be imputed to the relatively unimpressive boxers have has encountered during this short career.
Smith, 27, is taking a huge step up in class but unlike Khan who lost to Alvarez in May he is fighting him at his natural weight of 11st.
Smith vs Alvarez will be televised live in Britain on Box Nation late on Saturday night, September 17. “Having Canelo Alvarez, one of the best fighters in the world, in this stadium will be a thrill for not only the fans of North Texas but also for boxing fans around the world”. The Mayweathers, the Cottos, but I do feel Alvarez and Golden Boy have made a huge mistake. He’s going out there very much like Kell Brook is against Golovkin – as a big underdog – but Liam is very much an improved fighter and I don’t think he gets the credit that he should do.
“They’re probably looking at Liam and licking their lips”. Neither man will want to back down.
Smith added: “This is a fight I’ve been asking for for 12 months, I jumped at the chance”.
“Mission Impossible – some people are calling it, but I don’t see it that way”, Gallagher exclusively told World Boxing News.
“It doesn’t matter what he puts on size won’t be a factor in the fight”.
Alvarez, 47-1-1 33 KO’s, insisted he will not be underestimating Smith, despite heading into September’s mega-fight as the bookies clear favourite.
Unbeaten in 24 contests, with three stoppage victories as WBO champion, Reynoso said of the champion: “We have a complicated fight September 17, a very strong fighter, throws many combinations and he’s got a very good chin, not only that but he has some power”.
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The hard nosed British fighter is now trained by Ring Magazine’s “2015 Trainer of the Year”, Joe Gallagher, who has cultivated an impressive and versatile skill set in his young champion.
