HamAndEgger
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The official announcement of Canelo Alvarez's fight on Dec. 6 had not even happened yet and now the fight is already off. Alvarez will be sidelined for about six weeks due to a persistent left ankle injury, Golden Boy Promotions announced on Monday night.
On Sept. 29, Alvarez, Golden Boy president Oscar De La Hoya and HBO Sports president Ken Hershman gathered in Los Angles and announced with fanfare that the network had signed the 24-year-old Mexican superstar to an exclusive, long-term contract, taking him away from rival Showtime in the process.
The first bout of the agreement was supposed to take place on Dec. 6 against former welterweight titleholder Joshua Clottey (38-4, 22 KOs) at Minute Maid Park in Houston with the bout to air on regular HBO, which was a significant part of the agreement because Alvarez's last three fights had been on pay-per-view.
Official announcement of the bout was expected this week, but now it will not come.
According to De La Hoya, Alvarez's ankle has been giving him problems since before he faced Alfredo Angulo in March. The ankle began to bother him much more two weeks before he faced Erislandy Lara in his last fight on July 12, but despite the discomfort, he went through with the fight and won by split decision.
Alvarez's ankle acted up again last week when he went for a six-mile run. The ankle hurt so badly and was swollen that he had to stop in the middle of the workout.
"I just spoke to Canelo and he said, 'Look, my ankle has been bothering me since the Lara fight, way before the training camp started' and then he said, 'I just have to get this taken care of. I'd rather do it now because 2015 is going to be huge for me,'" De La Hoya said.
De La Hoya added that Alvarez had begun to train a few weeks ago for the December fight and that although the ankle was bothering him, he tried to "tough it out, but he can't bounce on it, he can't run the five or six miles a day he usually does. So he made the decision to take care of it. He finally got it looked by the doctor and the good news is that there is nothing broken, nothing torn. He has, like, a muscle strain."
De La Hoya said the doctor recommended that he stay off his ankle for about six weeks and go through physical therapy to strengthen it.
"We never officially announced the Dec. 6 fight and now we have to regroup in the next few days or the next few weeks and see what we're going to do but we will pursue what Canelo has wanted and that is to fight on Cinco de Mayo (weekend)."
De La Hoya said he thinks that with Alvarez (44-1-1, 31 KOs) done for 2014, his next fight will be on May 2, the Saturday before the Cinco de Mayo holiday, which is a traditional weekend for a major Mexican fight.
The December fight was always viewed as a stay-busy fight before a possible mega HBO PPV showdown with middleweight world champion Miguel Cotto, who initially was going to fight Dec. 13 but announced several few weeks ago that he would not fight again until 2015.
"Going right to a Cotto fight is a big possibility," De La Hoya said. "I will be talking to Canelo and his management team in the next couple of days to see what they want to pursue. This is a minor setback. I am more than positive Canelo will have the opportunity to fight live on HBO (even if it's not next). But I hear in Canelo's voice the enthusiasm about fighting on Cinco de Mayo weekend."
Alvarez had been blocked from that date, as well as the major Mexican holiday date in September, on Showtime because those are the dates that pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been fighting on even when he has not faced a Mexican opponent, although Alvarez fought on the September date last year when he lost a junior middleweight unification fight to Mayweather in the biggest grossing fight in boxing history.
http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/11655713/canelo-alvarez-sidelined-six-weeks-left-ankle-injury
On Sept. 29, Alvarez, Golden Boy president Oscar De La Hoya and HBO Sports president Ken Hershman gathered in Los Angles and announced with fanfare that the network had signed the 24-year-old Mexican superstar to an exclusive, long-term contract, taking him away from rival Showtime in the process.
The first bout of the agreement was supposed to take place on Dec. 6 against former welterweight titleholder Joshua Clottey (38-4, 22 KOs) at Minute Maid Park in Houston with the bout to air on regular HBO, which was a significant part of the agreement because Alvarez's last three fights had been on pay-per-view.
Official announcement of the bout was expected this week, but now it will not come.
According to De La Hoya, Alvarez's ankle has been giving him problems since before he faced Alfredo Angulo in March. The ankle began to bother him much more two weeks before he faced Erislandy Lara in his last fight on July 12, but despite the discomfort, he went through with the fight and won by split decision.
Alvarez's ankle acted up again last week when he went for a six-mile run. The ankle hurt so badly and was swollen that he had to stop in the middle of the workout.
"I just spoke to Canelo and he said, 'Look, my ankle has been bothering me since the Lara fight, way before the training camp started' and then he said, 'I just have to get this taken care of. I'd rather do it now because 2015 is going to be huge for me,'" De La Hoya said.
De La Hoya added that Alvarez had begun to train a few weeks ago for the December fight and that although the ankle was bothering him, he tried to "tough it out, but he can't bounce on it, he can't run the five or six miles a day he usually does. So he made the decision to take care of it. He finally got it looked by the doctor and the good news is that there is nothing broken, nothing torn. He has, like, a muscle strain."
De La Hoya said the doctor recommended that he stay off his ankle for about six weeks and go through physical therapy to strengthen it.
"We never officially announced the Dec. 6 fight and now we have to regroup in the next few days or the next few weeks and see what we're going to do but we will pursue what Canelo has wanted and that is to fight on Cinco de Mayo (weekend)."
De La Hoya said he thinks that with Alvarez (44-1-1, 31 KOs) done for 2014, his next fight will be on May 2, the Saturday before the Cinco de Mayo holiday, which is a traditional weekend for a major Mexican fight.
The December fight was always viewed as a stay-busy fight before a possible mega HBO PPV showdown with middleweight world champion Miguel Cotto, who initially was going to fight Dec. 13 but announced several few weeks ago that he would not fight again until 2015.
"Going right to a Cotto fight is a big possibility," De La Hoya said. "I will be talking to Canelo and his management team in the next couple of days to see what they want to pursue. This is a minor setback. I am more than positive Canelo will have the opportunity to fight live on HBO (even if it's not next). But I hear in Canelo's voice the enthusiasm about fighting on Cinco de Mayo weekend."
Alvarez had been blocked from that date, as well as the major Mexican holiday date in September, on Showtime because those are the dates that pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been fighting on even when he has not faced a Mexican opponent, although Alvarez fought on the September date last year when he lost a junior middleweight unification fight to Mayweather in the biggest grossing fight in boxing history.
http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/11655713/canelo-alvarez-sidelined-six-weeks-left-ankle-injury
:cottoBaine:
this bullshyt ass excuse
Glad im not the only breh who sees the writing on the wall. Better have no excuses if Cotto K's his ginger ass. 
I try to root for some of these boys & they fuk it up 
Should've lost to Lara(Nelo improved) now this