Floyd Mayweather Jr. has made many enemies in boxing throughout his career, but the man he has most recently angered may be boxing's next big thing.
Mayweather spewed what could only be described as fighting words for 22-year-old Mexican star Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, who pulled himself off the undercard of Mayweather's May 4th bout with Robert Guerrero after Mayweather wouldn't guarantee Alavarez a fight in September. In an interview with Ben Thompson of Fighthype.com Mayweather said "You know, tell him [Canelo] to do his own pay-per-view show if he's such a big name. Let's see if he's going to do his own pay-per-view show. I bet he don't. Man, his red-head, freckle-faced [expletive] better just sit back and wait in line. If I feel like choosing him, I'll choose him. If you get a lottery ticket, then you step up to the plate and you get your payday. Right now, Guerrero has his lottery ticket."
Alvarez is 41-0 in his career with 30 knockouts and also did not mince words when discussing Mayweather. "I have no need for Mayweather to impose conditions....I can have my own fans, my own event and my own history. I'm tired of being accessible to fight him, since he never was real in what he was talking. The truth is he does not want to fight me. I will continue doing my own history."
Alvarez is now headlining his own event against Austin Trout on April 20th against Austin Trout, who upset Miguel Cotto at Madison Square Garden. The fight will air on Showtime.
Alvarez is not the first man to accuse "Money" Mayweather of ducking him. Mayweather has become the richest fighter in boxing history and has done so largely on the strength of his perfect 43-0 record. While he is likely one of the greatest fighters of all time, Mayweather will mostly be remembered for his failure to fight Manny Pacquiao, his top competitor for years as boxing's pound-for-pound king.
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