Carlos Molina is not the household name Canelo Alvarez is, but that hasn't stopped him from calling out pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. Molina isn't any joke--he is the IBF 154-lb. champion, and has his reasons for calling "Money" out.
"Mayweather should be fighting me to unify 154. He has the other two titles, and I have the IBF. Let's unify," Molina said. He acknowledges, though, that his meager name recognition place him as a distant thought in the back of Floyd's mind. Therefore, he's targeted Canelo Alvarez as a means to getting Mayweather to notice him.
"It's just the big name they're looking for," Molina said. They're all about the PPV numbers, so beating Canelo will get me Mayweather.
"I always want the biggest fights, and since the Mayweather fight isn't gonna happen right now, you always go for the next biggest and that's Canelo. Beating Canelo will get me Mayweather and more recognition. I want Canelo."
When asked how be believed Canelo fared against Mayweather in September of 2013, he gave the Mexican superstar some credit. "Canelo was given the puncher's chance, but he didn't put too much pressure on Mayweather. He didn't embarrass himself; he just got schooled and lost to a better boxer. He's young and should learn from that."
Molina said that he would attack Mayweather in a different fashion than Alvarez, utilizing feints and staying busy. Before he can think about that though, he must worry about Alvarez and convincing them to choose him over Alfredo Angulo. Molina is confident he'd emerge from a date with Canelo a victor.
"I would make it my fight like I always do; Canelo is no different. I will win the fight."
He's not alone in wanting Alvarez vs. Molina to happen. Once Miguel Cotto made the decision to look elsewhere from Alvarez, Canelo's camp identified Molina as a good backup plan.
""Lara is a better option [than Angulo] but the ideal opponent is the champion Molina. He has all of the merits and people saw him on pay-per-view in September, and that is something that we would be looking for," said Alvarez's manager and trainer Eddy Reynoso.
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