Interviewed WBA junior middleweight champion Austin "No Doubt" Trout this week and just finished up my piece on him. Trout fights Saturday against unbeaten in six years David Lopez in a fight that won't be televised in the United States for a week after the fight. Trout had things to say about Canelo, a fight with IBF champ K9 Bundrage, as well as his experience fighting Canelo's brother in Mexico in my article. Trout also sparred with Sergio Martinez, Antonio Margarito, and Lucas Matthysse. This content is protected No Doubt in Trout Mark Ortega, lead writer leave-it-in-the-ring.com If you asked even the most hardcore of boxing fan what important junior middleweight bout is happening in Mexico this weekend, the likely response would be “Bro, the Canelo fight is next weekend I thought?” It's hard to blame any astute fight aficionado for getting it wrong; the WBA junior middleweight title tilt between the defending Austin “No Doubt” Trout [22-0, 13 KOs] of Albuquerque, New Mexico and hard-nosed David “The Destroyer” Lopez [40-12, 23 KOs] of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico has flown under the radar as it won't appear on American television until a week later, which coincides with the HBO broadcast of the WBC junior middleweight title fight between emerging Saul “Canelo” Alvarez [36-0-1, 26 KOs] and Brit Ryan Rhodes [45-4, 31 KOs] in an expected packed house in Jalisco, Mexico. Contrasting the two 154 pound beltholders is interesting. Both turned professional at the end of 2005 yet Alvarez has been fast tracked to superstardom while Trout's career has taken a slower trajectory. Alvarez, famous for his unusual red locks, caught on with the American audience in his HBO pay-per-view debut against Jose Miguel Cotto on the undercard of the megafight between Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Shane Mosley. Alvarez was buzzed badly by a fighter who had campaigned four weight classes lower earlier in his career. Alvarez showed grit for a young kid only 19 years old at the time and began pounding away the remainder of the bout, ultimately earning a ninth-round stoppage. Click here to read the rest...
Thats the next Cash cow right there. Imagine a Canelo-Chavez bout in a year or 2. If they both stay undefeated it would be huge. Both of them are already doing huge numbers and they are new champions.
If I was anywhere from 135-175 I would be calling out Canelo or Chavez Jr. Most beatable marketable names in boxing.
Is Trout related to Mike? Best prospect in baseball outside of Bryce Harper. An amazing athlete. Think Mickey Mantle with more speed if that is possible.
All that weed must have affected his short term memory because he seem to have forgotten his place in line.
