By Tom Marshall, Guadalajara Reporter
Jalisco Governor Emilio Gonzalez this week dropped into the gym where boxer Saul “Canelo” Alvarez trains to wish him luck for his upcoming May 1 Las Vegas fight and invite him to be an ambassador of the Pan American Games 2011.
In a statement directed at Canelo, the governor said: “We’ve come, Canelo, to see you train a little and tell you that it fills us with pride to see you representing the state of Jalisco so honorably.”
Continued Gonzalez: “We want to invite you to become an ambassador for the Pan American Games Guadalajara 2011.”
Canelo, 19, the WBC Youth World Champion, joins GP2 race driver Sergio Perez and golfer Lorena Ochoa as ambassadors of the games.
“I’m happy, it’s a great responsibility,” answered Canelo. “It’s something I’ve earned little-by-little, but there’s still a lot of work to do.”
Canelo is currently in Las Vegas for his first fight on U.S. soil.
The young Tapatio is set to square up against Puerto Rican Jose Miguel Cotto on the undercard of the Floyd Mayweather Jr. against Shane Mosley showdown on May 1.
It’s the biggest fight of Canelo’s short career but it’s a chance to show the big dollar U.S. boxing market that the pale, red-headed, freckled Mexican really is the next potentially great fighter to come from south of the border.
The fight will be shown on Televisa on Saturday, May 1, with the program starting from 10:30 p.m.
Source: guadalajarareporter.com
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