The Cinnamon Division By M.DeTyrone

The Cinnamon Division

By M.DeTyrone

The Cinnamon division is a subdivision of the middleweight division, which is anything above 154 lbs. to the 155 lbs. limit. It was established in March 2015 by Saul “Canelo” Alvarez in a way to call himself a Super welterweight and not middleweight. Ignoring that anything above 154 lbs. is the middleweight division a fact ignored conveniently by some network commentators and promotional company. According to Alvarez and his trainers, he’s not a middleweight although he just recently won a vacant WBC middleweight title at 155 lbs. and has fought at 154.5 to 155 lbs. in his last four fights. This is from a boxer that is 25 years old that weighs more at the 30 day weigh in than the IBF, WBA Super world middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin.

Team Canelo’s game is cutting weight within 4 months of a fight and he makes 155 lbs. then rehydrates 20 plus lbs. to gain a physical advantage and endurance over boxers. At the night of the fight Canelo is around 175 lbs., which is a Light Heavyweight, fighting blown up welterweights or outmatched opponents. Team Canelo due to their PPV status and ability to generate fans due to his ethnic demographics fan base he’ll lure welterweights up or middleweights to 155 lbs. In addition, these boxers will not have the power to hurt Canelo nor will they win a decision in Vegas or Texas.

I expect Alvarez to continue fighting at 155 lbs. the Cinnamon Division boxers lured into a big payday in Cinco de Mayo (May 7, 2016) or the September Mexican Independence celebrations. The first likely victim will be WBO World welterweight champion Timothy Bradley Jr. 33-1-1 (13KO) coming off a TKO in nine rounds victory over Brandon Rios. Bradley fights in the same network and his promoter is on friendly terms with Canelo’s promoter. The causal fans won’t know the difference they only remember Bradley defeating Rios with a well-known and popular trainer.