Don't miss the 'fight of the year'

It’s fight week for “The One: Mayweather vs
Canelo” and SuperSport will continue its big
build-up all the way until the opening bell
early on Sunday morning (SS6 and 6HD, from
3am, CAT, SA, GMT+2).
With the popular 24/7 All Access showing all
week, the fourth and final episode will be
broadcast on Saturday night (SS5 and 5HD,
10pm), just hours before one of the biggest
bouts in boxing history.
Floyd Mayweather jnr, 36, is the greatest
fighter of his generation, an unbeaten (44-0)
phenomenon who has contested 21 world
championship fights and won them all. In all,
he has defeated 18 world champions who
include Oscar De La Hoya, Arturo Gatti, Zab
Judah, Miguel Cotto, Shane Mosley, Diego
Corrales, Juan Manuel Marquez and Genaro
Hernandez.
He’s also the richest fighter of all time,
earning $41,5-million for this fight alone.
Little wonder they call him “Money”.
The best pure boxer of his era, Mayweather
brings a great skills set to the Las Vegas fight.
His defence, counter-punching and fluid
movement are excellent, but when this is
blended with his fighting instinct and power, it
makes him almost unbeatable.
For many, Canelo Alvarez, 23, presents
Mayweather with his greatest test. The flame-
haired Mexican is bigger and stronger than the
American and also has power and speed in his
arsenal.
Alvarez turned pro at 15 and despite his youth,
he has already had 43 fights. He, too, is
undefeated, although the calibre of his
opponents doesn’t come close to the quality of
Mayweather’s.
“He’s not the future,” Mayweather says of
Alvarez. “But he’s still going to be a star after
he loses on Saturday. When I’m in a fight like
this I’m not losing.
“He’s young and I’ve seen guys 22 and there’s
a guy 25 and . . . 30 and 0, a guy 26-0, but
you’ve never seen a guy 44-0 versus a guy 42
and 0. Like I said before, in Mexico he’s a
young rock star and everybody that they put in
front of him he was able to go out there and
do his job.
“He’s done it in a tremendous fashion. He’s a
good, strong, solid boxer and I mean, it’s a
very intriguing match-up. Me not even being a
boxing fan, I would want to see two
undefeated fighters at the top competition
against one another.”
The live gate will produce almost $20-million,
beating the previous record Mayweather
established when he fought De La Hoya in
2007.