Canelo: I will be facing Austin Trout on May 4th

[Kirkland Laing]

I find this hard to believe. His management have taken zero risks with Alvarez and he's been let's say carefully matched on his road to a defining fight. Up to now the best boxer he's fought has been Archie Solis. So they're now one fight away from a gigantic Mayweather payday and they're going to risk it by facing Trout? Hard to see.

Hats off to him if it's true.

[DavilaJones]

if Canelo wins this one then I'll will give him a lot of prop for beating an actual solid opponent, if he loses I'll still respect him for actually doing what a champion is suppose to do.

That being said, I'll put down 300 on Trout soon as I see the odds.

[bzkfn]

Up to now the best boxer he's fought has been Archie Solis.

By all accounts though, he beat the crap outta Solis.

[Beanz]

Trout frustrated Cotto who does not have the legs he used to, Canelo is young quick and hungry. His left hook is big and at some point Alvarez will figure Trout out and drop him with it. Canelo may not up until know have had the hardest of opponents, but he also has not walked through them. He has learnt in Every fight, from getting tagged by Jose Cotto to dealing with a cut against Mosely he has thought and adapted, improving with every fight. He knows when to finish people off, when to stand and trade, how to cut down the ring and how to box from a distance. Trout's gameplan against Cotto was a stroke of genius but he will not be able to pop in and out against Saul without sustaining much more serious punishment. Cotto ain't completely finished, but Floyd took his fifth gear away and Trout capitalised on that.

[Kirkland Laing]

Up to now the best boxer he's fought has been Archie Solis.

By all accounts though, he beat the crap outta Solis.

Slight difference in weight though.

I think Trout wins the fight and Alvarez gets the decision.