By Fernando Schwartz, notifight.com

Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar de la Hoya is convinced that WBC/WBA junior middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (42-0-1, 30KOs) can beat Floyd Mayweather Jr. (44-0, 26KOs) on September 14th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The two fighters are taking part in ongoing eleven city promotional tour. De La Hoya disagrees with Mayweather's recent comments that Canelo built his name, and his fan base, by fighting on Mayweather's pay-per-view events. Acccording to De La Hoya, most of the fans who are attending the public promotional tour - are fans of Canelo.

"When Canelo looks me in the eye and tells me that he beat Floyd Mayweateher Jr., I believe it. Julio Cesar Chavez is hero throughout Mexico, people would follow him and continue following him. I'm seeing the same trend with Saul. It started in New York...there were more people there for Canelo. Then we went to Mayweather's birthplace in Grand Rapids and most of the fans were for Canelo, and the same thing happened when we went to Chicago," De La Hoya said.

Tickets for closed circuit telecasts of "THE ONE: Mayweather vs. Canelo" at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, at ARIA, Mandalay Bay, Mirage and Monte Carlo go on sale today at 7:00 p.m. ET/4:00 p.m. PT. Tickets for the closed circuit telecast at New York-New York will go on sale on Monday, July 1 at 3:00 p.m. ET/Noon PT

General admission tickets for the closed circuit telecasts are priced at $100, not including handling fees, and will be available at each individual property's box office outlets and also will be available for purchase by phone with a major credit card at 866-799-7711.  Closed circuit ticket sales are limited to eight (8) per person.  Tickets for closed circuit viewing also are available through Ticketmaster by calling (800) 745-3000 or online at www.ticketmaster.com.

"The next best thing to being inside the MGM Grand Garden Arena on fight night is to watch the fight with other boxing fans on closed circuit in Las Vegas," said Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe. "We urge boxing fans from across the country and around the world to get their tickets quickly as we anticipate that these closed circuit telecasts will sell out just like the fight itself did."

"With every ticket at the MGM Grand Garden Arena sold out for 'THE ONE,' the next best way for those in Las Vegas or wishing to travel there for the big-fight experience is seeing it via closed circuit," said Richard Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy Promotions. "Fans can arrive early in the week, go to all the pre-fight events that are open to the public and then watch the fight on Saturday night. It's a great way to experience a mega-event like this."