40 year old v's a 21 year old =

[Kev]

It's actually a pretty decent matchup imo.

It will be interesting to see how Alvarez fares against Shane, certainly it's our best chance so far to gauge how good he is compared to the world elite.

We saw that Floyd and Manny handled Shane with ease so how Alvarez gets on will allow us to see how developed a fighter he is.

Certainly it's a massive step up for Alvarez following fights with the likes of Matthew Hatton, Ryan Rhodes and Alfonso Gomez.

Mosley is a future hall of famer and a big step up in competition.

At this stage of his career I don't expect him to have enough to beat Alvarez but it will be interesting early. Alvarez is very easy to hit, and Shane could be dangerous in those early rounds.

I expect Saul to walk through his shots like a tank however and grind Shane down for a decision win.

But it's no joke fight. Canelo is still only a kid and a name like Shane on his resume will be a decent win, even if he is old and past his best.

[shza]

It's actually a pretty decent matchup imo.

It will be interesting to see how Alvarez fares against Shane, certainly it's our best chance so far to gauge how good he is compared to the world elite.

We saw that Floyd and Manny handled Shane with ease so how Alvarez gets on will allow us to see how developed a fighter he is.

Certainly it's a massive step up for Alvarez following fights with the likes of Matthew Hatton, Ryan Rhodes and Alfonso Gomez.

Mosley is a future hall of famer and a big step up in competition.

At this stage of his career I don't expect him to have enough to beat Alvarez but it will be interesting early. Alvarez is very easy to hit, and Shane could be dangerous in those early rounds.

I expect Saul to walk through his shots like a tank however and grind Shane down for a decision win.

But it's no joke fight. Canelo is still only a kid and a name like Shane on his resume will be a decent win, even if he is old and past his best.

I mostly agree with this except that I think you're underrating the possibility that Shane is just 100% shot at this point and actually not a step up. But at this point I still doubt that Shane has deteriorated to the point that he's as bad as Alphonso Gomez or a latter-day Kermit Cintron yet. Not beyond the realm of possibility though.

And these are big names for an undercard in any case. Hopefully they're not letting Canelo pull another bitch move and this fight is actually at the MGM Grand with the rest of the card.

(This is also adds to the unfortunate likelihood that Floyd fights Canelo next instead of Martinez or Pacquiao.)

[Kev]

Yeah he may well be shot. But people said that about Eric Morales and have been saying it about Bernard Hopkins for years too. Also Tarver was supposed to be nothing after losing to Hopkins.

They have all come back to put on some great performances.

Nobody yet knows how Shane will perform but he's given enough service to the sport down the years to merit the shot.

I think he's the ideal opponent for Canelo at this stage of his career.