Saul "Canelo" Alvarez vs. Austin Trout - Saturday night fight/chat thread

[Violent Demise]

Cotto doesn't even try and get up. Quits. Guess it runs in the family

[IamInuit]

Impressive by Figueroa

[Mars_ax]

Officially a 1st round KO for Figueroa, killer body work, Cotto never in the fight. Figueroa is 'player', who has a great future.

[Kirkland Laing]

Told you this fix was in. I believe I may have said that Austin would need to shot him to get the decision.

Are you ready.......Lawrence freakin Cole is the ref and the judges are all WBC home boys. Stanley Christodoulou, Rey Danseco and Oren Schellenberger.

Its bullshit and I wont blame Trout for pulling out. The moment Alvarez crowds him Cole will call the tko. Its pathetic and Jose was practically cheering for Alvarez at the press conference. Still cant figure out how the WBA has stayed silent here.

Stop lying. Anybody that knows boxing, knows that Stanley Christodoulou has always a WBA boy. He and Mendoza are homies. Christodoulou is even on the WBA fucking Committee. So how the fuck is he gonna be loyal to the WBC? That's just straight stupidity right there. If Trout is complaining it's cuz he's getting cold feet. It's that simple

What difference does it make either way? Alvarez has sold 40 000 tickets for the fight tonight and is potentially a gigantic PPV star for years to come. I'm guessing the WBA would prefer 3% of Alvarez's purse for his future fights rather than 3% of Trout's purses. All sanctioning bodies are the same when it comes to money.

The chances of Alvarez keeping both belts for any extended period are very slim. And if he's dropping one belt it'll be the WBA title. And the WBA knows it.

He won't keep it long but after being slaughtered for fighting weak opposition he'll be "the unified champion" for at least one fight. Then the WBA can pick two guys to fight for the vacant belt who offer them the biggest possible paydays for their 154 belt.

Who the fuck is commentating on the international feed tonight anyone? Somebody I can't place is the main guy and it sounds like Larry Merchant as colour commentator. Weird.

[Violent Demise]

Figuerroa is gonna be hard to beat

[CFH]

The shoulder-kisser behind Figueroa reminds me of Charlie's uncle from It's Always Sunny...

[Mars_ax]

Cotto doesn't even try and get up. Quits. Guess it runs in the family

You never quit do you VD,

[Hulk]

I'm picking Trout to spoil the applecart and outbox the ginger. He is a strong kid though so its gonna be rough. Trout's confidence is at an all time high so he should prevail. He knows what he's up against.

[Spicoli]

With all the conspiracy they had to recap Chavez v Whitaker? Great. Gets lost that it was a 'catchweight'

[Violent Demise]

Cotto doesn't even try and get up. Quits. Guess it runs in the family

You never quit do you VD,

Maybe it's just me but he didn't look like he wanted to get up

[Mars_ax]

I'm picking Trout to spoil the applecart and outbox the ginger. He is a strong kid though so its gonna be rough. Trout's confidence is at an all time high so he should prevail. He knows what he's up against.

True, Trout isn't going to be an easy fight for Canelo, he's going to have to be seriously "discouraged".

[Mars_ax]

I love fights like Trout-Alvarez, because neither guy is going to back down, and we should see a quality fight.

[Mars_ax]

Showtime has really improved their programing since Floyd got on-board, too bad their announcers are still shit.

[Mars_ax]

Cotto doesn't even try and get up. Quits. Guess it runs in the family

You never quit do you VD,

Maybe it's just me but he didn't look like he wanted to get up

Just saying, you're consistent when it comes to dissn' PR fighters, aren't you.

[Kirkland Laing]

Larry Merchant is doing my colour commentating tonight. Either that or I've managed a cannabis overdose on 4/20.