Photo taken by Joshua GarciaBy: Joshua GarciaFans lined up and down Wilshire Blvd. in the glitzy Beverly Hills neighborhood Aug. 16 to catch a glimpse of two boxing superstars, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez of Guadalajara, Jalisco and Jermell Charlo of Lafayette, Louisiana and Houston, Texas.The sports world will witness a momentous occasion of these two incredible champions colliding in their prime on Sept. 30.The championship belts glistening in the hot sun at the Beverly Hills Hilton were nostalgic of the history of the sport, as the future of the middleweight championship of boxing was in debate on the scorching day in Central Los Angeles.These undisputed champions from separate weight classes will face each other. Middleweight champion 168 lbs Alvarez (59-2-2, 39 KO) will go toe to toe with junior middleweight champion Charlo(35-1-1, 19 KO), who usually boxes at 154 lbs. Despite what some would call a mismatch, this bout will pair two fighters who have accomplished everything in their respective divisions and now seek to challenge themselves to take another champions’ success, during 12 hard-fought rounds on the Las Vegas Strip.Alvarez’s entrances and ring walks have become famous over the years, and Wednesday afternoon at the Beverly Hills Hilton was no exception. Alvarez confidently walked out to tunes to face his opponent. Charlo, who exhibits the talent and charisma as his twin brother Jermall, and looks to become an Undisputed Champion in two weight classes met him face to face in front of the podium at the press conference.This bout might take a Herculean effort from the one-loss King of the Light Middleweight division. Charlo has four wins, one loss and a draw in his last six fights, which has caused questions of his worthiness to get the big “payday” as Alvarez has called it in the past. The comment was in reference to the amount of money boxers make when fighting on pay-per-view events. Charlo has worked his way back up the ladder after his first and only loss Dec 22, 2018, when he lost his WBC Light Middleweight title. Yet he recaptured it as he defeated the same foe who took it, Tony Harrison.Although, Alvarez has had five wins and one loss in the last six fights. He was asked if he felt he had something to prove after the loss to Dmitrii Bivol, a win over near retired Gennadiy Golovkin and a questionable opponent in John Ryder, to which he replied that the media will never be satisfied. Alvarez went on to say that the respect between him and Jermell Charlo is real and he feels no need to smack talk and do antics in press conferences and standoffs because his pay-per-views sell themselves. He doesn’t need a gimmick.After the press conference Alvarez described what makes this particular fight at the T Mobile Arena in Las Vegas special. It’s two undisputed fighters from nearby weight classes facing off in one big mega showdown for all the hardware. Eight championship belts and two Ring Magazine Belts were the exhibited by the two young headliners, to which Canelo replied, “It’s a pretty *expletive* cool picture”.
