World welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather will put his undefeated record on the line when he fights Mexican champ Saul "Canelo" Alvarez on September 14 in
"I
chose my opponent for September 14th and it's Canelo Alvarez," the
36-year-old Mayweather tweeted Wednesday night. "I'm giving the fans what
they want."
Mayweather
fought May 4 and remained unbeaten with a unanimous decision over Robert
Guerrero to keep his World Boxing Council welterweight belt.
The
two will meet at the MGM Grand Hotel where Mayweather (44-0, 26 KOs) will try
to wrestle more belts from World Boxing Council and World Boxing Association
light middleweight title holder Alvarez.
Alvarez
posted a 12-round unanimous decision over Austin Trout on April 20 to unify
those titles.
Mayweather
is moving up in weight to face light middleweight boxer Alvarez, who is 14
years younger than the veteran American.
Manny
Pacquiao has been trying for several years to get Mayweather into the ring but
the Filipino and Mayweather's feisty camp couldn't come to an agreement on how
to split the revenue from what would be one of the biggest fights in boxing
history.
So
Alvarez (42-0-1, 30 KOs ) is a bigger, more
powerful and younger opponent for Mayweather who is coming off a win over
hand-picked opponent Guerrero.
"I
will be the first to beat Floyd," Alvarez tweeted.
Source: ph.sports.yahoo.com
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