Written by Scott Gilfoid at BoxingNew24.com
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya has finally found a big enough name for his franchise fighter WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 KOs) to fight on May 7 on HBO pay-per-view. As it was just announced moments ago, the 25-year-old Canelo will be facing 147lb contender Amir “King” Khan (31-3, 19 KOs) on May 7.
The fight will be at a catch-weight of 155lbs, and Canelo’s WBC middleweight title will be on the line for the fight.
This is a controversial move by De La Hoya to have Canelo fighting a welterweight in Khan, because the weight difference between the two of them is going to be HUGE. Canelo appeared to rehydrate into the 180s for his last fight against former WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto, and he will likely have a big weight advantage over Khan by the time the two fighters step into the ring on May 7 on the Mexican holiday Cinco de Mayo.
Unless Khan can get Canelo to agree to a rehydration clause, which would seem unlikely, he could EASILY be outweighed by 20 to 25 pounds by Canelo in this fight. To be sure, Canelo has pooled from the lower weight classes for opponents in the past. We saw him fight light welterweight [140lb] Josesito Lopez in 2012. Lopez moved up two divisions to fight Canelo at junior middleweight.
While Lopez did bulk up to take the fight, he just looked like a flabby 140lb fighter and was quickly knocked out in five rounds by Canelo after getting dropped three times. The Khan vs. Canelo fight is more or less the same thing as the Canelo-Lopez fight. Khan will be expected to bulk up to put on enough size to compete with the much heavier light heavyweight-sized Canelo. If Khan stubbornly chooses not to bulk up for this fight, then you can expect Canelo to basically squash him with a tremendous weight advantage of up to 25 pounds.
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