Mexican boxers Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr will fight at the T-Mobile Arena of the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas Nevada this Saturday to decide the best contemporary super middleweight Mexican boxer.
Although no official championship is at risk, there is no doubt that the winner will have a clearer to path to becoming an elite fighter and getting opportunities to fight in world championship fights.
Canelo Alvarez has enough boxing arguments to be called a Mexican boxing idol. Bookmaker Bovada has Canelo at -650. On the other side, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., son of Mexican boxing legend Julio Cesar Chavez, is the underdog with the line at +425.
For Canelo, this will be his third May 5 fight in Las Vegas. Canelo has won his last two May 5 fights by knockout and in total boasts a 48-1-1 career record. The only defeat for Canelo was at the hands of Floyd Mayweather Jr. in 2013.
Canelo is known as a complete boxer, very meticulous and specific when it comes to throwing punches. In that sense he’s a traditional Mexican boxer, who likes to wear down his opponents.
Chavez Jr. big advantages are his height and arm reach. Chavez Jr. reaches this bout with a record of 50-2-1, with defeats against Andrzej Fonfara in 2015 and Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez in 2015, both considered faster and technical opponents. The big problem of Chávez Jr. is that, although usually he’s the bigger boxer in the ring, he has a lousy footwork and.
As a fight featuring the two best Mexican boxers of their generation, this is an event generating big expectations. Although Canelo is the favorite to win the belt, pundits expect this to be an entertaining fight in which it would not be shocking to see one of these two boxers win via a KO.
The winner of this fight could face Kazakhstani Middleweight World Champion Gennady Golovkin next year.
