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At a packed press conference in New York earlier this week, the fight between Floyd Mayweather and Canelo Alvarez was formally announced. The tickets went on sale on Tuesday and promptly sold-out within 24 hours!
At the Press Conference, Mayweather began by thanking his opponent:
“Canelo, I appreciate you for taking this fight. Let’s give the fans what they want to see on September 14.
“Mexico has produced some legendary champions. I take my hat off to them. I respect the country of Mexico, but something I’ve always enjoyed about the sport of boxing is that my fans can’t fight for me and his fans can’t fight for him.
He [Canelo] is a true champion, a young, strong champion and he’s earned his right to be up here with me. He’s done something right to get to this level.
“It has truly been an amazing ride. I’m blessed to be in the sport of boxing and be at the top for 17 years.
“Come September 14, it’s the best versus the best. ‘The One.’ He’s a guy I know I can’t overlook, but I’ve been here before. I have a lot of experience. One thing I don’t do is play into the crowd. I understand that this is my job.
“I know what it takes in a fight of this magnitude and I’m going to continue to dedicate myself to my craft and be the best that I can be. I dedicated my whole life to be at the pinnacle and to face the best.”
Canelo Alvarez said:
“With this fight, everybody’s going to win. In boxing everybody has their time, and this is my time. Everybody knows that Floyd’s the best without question, but it’s my time. We’re going to win.
“I’m younger and bigger, which are very important keys, but you must remember that Floyd is a very intelligent fighter, but I’m going to have the right game plan.
“Obviously, this is my biggest fight, but I’ve visualized it and I’ve prepared my mind for it for a while.
“I appreciate all the fans for all of their incredible support. I always have. I’m very gratified to be here today [at this press conference], to see this turnout and to have so many fans supporting for me. I’ll be ready on September 14 and give them all what they want to see.”
Richard Schaefer, CEO, Golden Boy Promotions, finished off by saying:
“This is the one fight everybody wanted. The one fight everybody waited for. Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather is the one…he is highest-paid one, he’s the best one, he’s the pound for pound one, he’s the one in a generation and maybe the one in a lifetime, but will he be ‘The One’ at the end of September 14 or will we have the next one, the new one, Canelo Alvarez?
“This is without doubt the single biggest fight we have promoted. This is a record-breaker and if you have watched boxing before, I know you’ll watch this fight and if you haven’t make sure you don’t miss it September 14. The fight will be shown in movie theaters across the nation as well on over 400 screens which is something that is exclusive to Mayweather fights.”
“The One: Mayweather vs Canelo” is a compelling collision of two unbeaten, popular prizefighters with the WBC, WBA Super and WBA Super Welterweight Championships all on the line. Mayweather (44-0, 26 KO’s) is the sport’s No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter and an Eight-Time and Five-Division World Champion.
Mexican superstar and Super Welterweight World Champion Alvarez (42-0-1, 30 KO’s) is the sport’s No. 1 rising star. The winner of the scheduled 12-round bout on Saturday, Sept. 14 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, live on Showtime PPV, will definitely be “The One” in boxing.
The event is promoted by Mayweather Promotions, Golden Boy Promotion and Canelo Promotions, sponsored by Corona, O’Reilly Auto Parts and Valvoline and will be produced and distributed live by Showtime PPV at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT. It can be heard in Spanish using secondary audio programming (SAP).
