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Poses for Floyd Mayweather Josh Hedges/Getty Images  Earlier
this year, it looked like Saul "Canelo" Alvarez was in line for
a fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. (via Pacquiao's website).  The
fight would have clearly been the biggest of Alvarez's career
and it's one that many boxing aficionados would have welcomed
because Alvarez, 22, is a surging fighter brimming with ability.
That fight never came about as Mayweather stepped into the ring
with Miguel Cotto and pounded out a unanimous but less-than-
impressive 12-round decision in a May 5 bout in Las Vegas.
While a fight between Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao is the one
that all sports fans—not just boxing fans—would take note of,
that fight may never come about.  If it was going to happen, it
likely would have happened already.  But both Mayweather and
Pacquiao are still fighting a