Canelo vs Shane Mosley reportedly a done deal for April 21.

[amat]

Agreed. I actually thought that was good matchmaking because I do feel that Alvarez would have eventually stopped Gomez but gomez would still frustrate him early. As far as Mosley has fallen, he is 100 times the fighter of Gomez still. I think I would pick Mosley here.

[Spicoli]

I want nothing more than to see Mosley turn back the clock and expose the holes in Canelos game...taking jabs, fast hands with volume, and someone who is brought in to not play a foil...etc, but I just don't know with Mosley anymore with his mentality over last three. Style wise Canelo is not the boxers boxer Mayweather and Pac are but I didn't like Shanes level of 'acceptance' in there. He didn't pounce on a shook and drunk Mayweather, instead he settled and tried to box or out speed him, with Manny he just settled and while I'll never question his heart...I'll most certainly question his fire & volume at this point in career, not to mention the chatter of getting out at some point in corner?! His jab is MIA and has that ever so present pattern of step in, step in, throw away jab, loaaad up! His chin is intact, he still has pop but this is the epitome of a massive crossroads fight with great name past stars vs overly pushed prospects/investments and one big promotional family event. You may actually see Canelo put on a boxing show early of his own with some substantial body work keeping an aged and somewhat predictable Mosley stationary and feeling it as it goes. I just don't think Mosley has the combo hand speed and feet anymore to school a kid who still looks to be there for it at times. Chin...check....experience....check but in this rare case, I favor youth

[Rantcatrat]

Agreed. I actually thought that was good matchmaking because I do feel that Alvarez would have eventually stopped Gomez but gomez would still frustrate him early. As far as Mosley has fallen, he is 100 times the fighter of Gomez still. I think I would pick Mosley here.

What has Mosley done to earn this shot? He has lost or drew in his last three fights and in two of those fights many fans complained because Mosley just came to survive. Recall that Pacquiao got a ton of crap for facing Mosley after Mosley's performance against Mayweather and Mora. So, now it is ok for Canelo to face him? It doesn't make sense.

[ElTerribleMorales]

Agreed. I actually thought that was good matchmaking because I do feel that Alvarez would have eventually stopped Gomez but gomez would still frustrate him early. As far as Mosley has fallen, he is 100 times the fighter of Gomez still. I think I would pick Mosley here.

What has Mosley done to earn this shot? He has lost or drew in his last three fights and in two of those fights many fans complained because Mosley just came to survive. Recall that Pacquiao got a ton of crap for facing Mosley after Mosley's performance against Mayweather and Mora. So, now it is ok for Canelo to face him? It doesn't make sense.

I'm not really excited about this fight at all but are you seriously putting Canelo on the same level as Pacquiao and Mayweather? there's a big difference in Pacquiao picking Mosley as an opponent and Canelo doing the same, only thing in common is that neither guy should get much credit for the win and neither will

[Rantcatrat]

Agreed. I actually thought that was good matchmaking because I do feel that Alvarez would have eventually stopped Gomez but gomez would still frustrate him early. As far as Mosley has fallen, he is 100 times the fighter of Gomez still. I think I would pick Mosley here.

What has Mosley done to earn this shot? He has lost or drew in his last three fights and in two of those fights many fans complained because Mosley just came to survive. Recall that Pacquiao got a ton of crap for facing Mosley after Mosley's performance against Mayweather and Mora. So, now it is ok for Canelo to face him? It doesn't make sense.

I'm not really excited about this fight at all but are you seriously putting Canelo on the same level as Pacquiao and Mayweather? there's a big difference in Pacquiao picking Mosley as an opponent and Canelo doing the same, only thing in common is that neither guy should get much credit for the win and neither will

I'm not putting him on that level at all. I don't think Canelo or anyone on that level of popularity should be facing Mosley at this point until Mosley has a good outing. My main point was that Mosley hasn't earned this shot. He hasn't made good fights recently. In fact, the opposite is true.

[Spicoli]

This is more a case of competitive promotion rather than competitive match making. It's maketing...that's it, and it's a case of all parties being far too familiar. Canelo is getting a name scalp here and he'll have ties and mentions among greats and elite. I think Mosley has excepted the role of stepping stone. I'm not slagging him but this is about making bank and packaging. Cynical, yeh maybe.

[El Kabong]

Great match for Canelo....just the right amount of age on Shane. Alvarez may be the 2nd to drop and 1st to stop Shane.....IF he fights correctly. Shane is still dangerous, sure he lost big time to Floyd and Manny but those guys are 1 &2 P4P, let's not act like Shane is all of a sudden a total bum.

It should be a good competitive fight, have we seen Canelo take a punch from anyone like Shane yet? Deal with handspeed? A good solid vet with a solid chin? It will be a good fight.

[Rantcatrat]

I just don't see this as a competitive fight and think there were better options out there. I see this as just a bigger promotion and a name to get on Canelo's resume.

[Maravilla2012]

Great match for Canelo....just the right amount of age on Shane. Alvarez may be the 2nd to drop and 1st to stop Shane.....IF he fights correctly. Shane is still dangerous, sure he lost big time to Floyd and Manny but those guys are 1 &2 P4P, let's not act like Shane is all of a sudden a total bum.

It should be a good competitive fight, have we seen Canelo take a punch from anyone like Shane yet? Deal with handspeed? A good solid vet with a solid chin? It will be a good fight.

he'd be the 3rd to drop him. Forrest was 1st Pacquiao was 2nd