JULIO CESAR CHAVEZ JR will fight Canelo Alvarez at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegasย on Saturday (May 6). But first Chavez Jr must make weight, 164 1/2lbs. Although that is a catchweight Chavez has not been that low since 2012.
But, speaking to Boxing News on the eve of the weigh in, Caneloโs trainer Eddie Reynoso is still expecting Chavez to be a formidable opponent and is not banking on him being depleted by a battle with the scales. โItโs difficult, itโs difficult to come down to a division that you havenโt fought in for a while. I canโt really predict that. Weโll see, weโll have to wait and see,โ Reynoso cautioned.
Canelo was a big super-welterweight but now has to move beyond even the middleweight limit. His team however consider that to be an advantage. โHeโs doing very good,โ Reynoso continued. โHeโs feeling great and he didnโt get drained this time so itโs a good feeling.โ
Alvarez is a known power-puncher and his team havenโt been focusing on that specifically, working on โeverything that we always work on, attacking counters, defence, everything, just adding on to itโ.
Reynoso is expecting Saturdayโs fight to turn into a war, saying, โWe are facing a tough Chavez. Heโs going to be big, heโs going to be strong, a lot of resistance. What can I say about his style? Itโs the same style. Heโs going to be aggressive, heโs going to be coming forward and looking for the fight.โ