By Steve Kim

In 47 professional outings, Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez has a lone loss, which came against Floyd Mayweather Jr. on September 14th, 2013 where he lost a clear cut decision over twelve rounds at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. At the age of 23, Alvarez went up against the era's best boxer.

The question is: was he ready to handle such a task?

"No, no he wasn't ready, at all," opined Oscar De La Hoya on Thursday afternoon at the House of Boxing in San Diego, which hosted a media day for the Mexican star who faces Miguel Cotto on November 21st at the Mandalay Bay.

"I mean, I can go on forever on what exactly took place with that fight, with the negotiations and with certain people but I'm not going to do it."

It's obvious that 'the Golden Boy' is referring to the former CEO of his company, Richard Schaefer, who clearly aligned himself with Mayweather and his adviser, Al Haymon.

De La Hoya continued - "He wasn't ready at all, and I know that. But look, it's a learning process, nothing was lost, he obviously didn't come out hurt, didn't get knocked down. So he improved from it, he learned from hit, he grew from it and now he's a better fighter."

Steve Kim is the news editor for BoxingScene.com