Saul Alvarez will fight Alfonso Gomez on the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Victor Ortiz pay-per-view broadcast on Sept. 17, Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer said.
Bob Arum said Julio Cesar Chavez could fight Brian Vera next, and eventually, Andre Ward.
Alvarez to fight Gomez on Sept. 17
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Saul Alvarez will fight Alfonso Gomez on the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Victor Ortiz pay-per-view broadcast on Sept. 17, Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer said. The Alvarez-Gomez fight will take place at Staples Center in Los Angeles, where Alvarez has a large fan base. The Mayweather-Ortiz fight will take place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. "It will be a at the Staples Center and a split site (doubleheader)," Schaefer said. "It's a huge, huge, huge event." Alvarez (37-0-1, 27 knockouts) stopped Ryan Rhodes in the 12th round on June 18 in his first defense of the WBC junior middleweight title he won by outpointing Matthew Hatton in March. Gomez (23-4-2, 12 KOs), a former participant in "The Contender" reality series, has won five consecutive fights since he was stopped by Miguel Cotto in 2008 but has fought primarily as a welterweight. |