"Well, I've been in there with both guys. Austin Trout was my sparring partner when I was getting ready for Luis Collazo. He was chief sparring partner; him and Gato [Figueroa]. Those were the two I really used when I was getting ready for Luis Collazo. Austin Trout is very deceptive," stated multi-division world champion and future Hall of Famer "Sugar" Shane Mosley, who shared his thoughts in this weekend's showdown between fellow undefeated jr. middleweight champions Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and Austin "No Doubt" Trout. Unlike the majority of "boxing experts", Mosley has had the unique opportunity to actually be in the ring with both fighters, so check out what he had to say about their strengths, their weaknesses, and their chances of winning on fight night.



SHANE MOSLEY ON ALVAREZ VS. TROUT:



Austin Trout is a big kid. Even when I was sparring with him, he wasn't a small 54-pounder back then. He was like 164. He was always coming down to 54. Canelo's kind of short and Austin is a real 54-pounder who can fight at 60. It's going to be harder than Canelo and Oscar and all of them think. Trout is tall, and he doesn't really seem that tall, but his arms are longer than what his height is. If he's 5'11", then his arm length is like a 6'1" person. He's different. That's what gave Cotto problems and that's what's going to give Canelo a lot problems. He could underestimate Austin Trout because he doesn't look like he's doing much. He does have decent power and he's got good speed. He's good. I'm kind of leaning a little more towards Austin Trout, but then you have to even it out because of the masses.



Canelo is a superstar. You know, Canelo's got good speed and good power, but what I think the problem is going to be is that Canelo's got to be busy. If he waits for the last 30 seconds like he was kind of doing with me, then Austin Trout is going to beat him, because Austin Trout is not going to be there. Canelo's going to have to put on pressure, and lot's of pressure, and it's going to be hard for him to do that because of the way Austin fights.



Austin Trout, I kind of lean a little towards him because I know Austin. I know Canelo too, but Austin is real good. He's a real good boxer. In my opinion, I kind of see it like when Winky fought Felix Trinidad, where he jabbed him to death and just outpointed him. There's nothing that Canelo can do if he's not able to get inside. It's going to be a good fight. I'm interested to see what happens.

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