Tonight's big PPV card of boxing with three championships on the line,two of them for the top fighter in their division is one I have looked forward to for a while!
The main event features the top fighter in the sport putting a title that he has held hostage for two years (WBA Jr.Middleweight title) on the line in a unification bout with the WBC champion at the weight in Mexico's Saul "Canelo" Alvarez.
Alvarez has been surrounded by hype,but other than his most recent win over Austin Trout,has not really impressed me.
There is more buzz surrounding this bout than any in quite a while,which is always a good thing for the sport.
I look for this one to be a close fight,similar to Mayweather's win over Oscar De La Hoya,but maybe not the most exciting of bouts,which is pretty typical of Floyd Mayweather affairs.
The real fight of the evening features the WBA and WBC Jr.Welterweight champion Danny Garcia against the Argentine buzzsaw Lucas Matthysse.
Matthysee has never fought a bout that has not seen him win or drop his opponent,as he dropped both Devon Alexander and Zab Judah in bouts that saw Matthysse lose split decisions (that I thought he won) to both in their respective hometowns.
Garcia will try to box Matthysse,but will likely try swapping punches as he did in wins over Zab Judah,Erik Morales and Amir Khan.
Garcia is a fine champion against a powerful challenger in what should prove to be a terrific fight.
Ishe Smith is a Floyd Mayweather protege and holds the third of the three 154 pound belts (IBF) and defends against mandatory challenger Carlos Molina,who finally gets a deserved title shot.
Molina,who whipped Erislandy Lara and was rewarded with a draw and a DQ loss by an idiotic ref in a fight he was controlling against James Kirkland,worked his way to the bout with some elimination wins.
Smith has to be uneasy against the unorthodox style of Molina and has to know a win might mean some money for him.
Molina's style means he'll never fight Floyd Mayweather,but a Smith win might get him a fight against his mentor as Floyd (with a win tonight) might want to hold all three major belts,especially as he would have a glorified sparring session to add the belt..
Looks like a fun night in Vegas.
Our picks
Mayweather unanimous winner over Alvarez
Matthysee KO7 Garcia
Molina unanimous winner over Smith
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