Alfonso Gomez was chosen to face WBC junior middleweight titlist Saul Alvarez this Saturday night on the Staples Center portion of the ?Star Power? pay-per-view card. Like most of ?Canelo?s? foes, this is a carefully calculated bit of matchmaking designed to make the young icon shine without much risk. Gomez, best known for being a contestant on the first season of ?The Contender,? understands what role he plays here.
It?s to be the ?opponent? or the B-side.
“So far, out of my [29] fights, 25 of [my opponents] have made a mistake, so I don?t think this is going to be the exception. It?s just the story of my life. It makes the victory even more sweeter,” Gomez said last week during a hot, sweltering day at the Azteca Boxing Gym, where he shook out for a group of reporters.
