Glenn McCrory: "Saul Alvarez looks destined for the top"

A lot of people are saying that Adrien Broner will be the next big star of boxing, but Saul Alvarez looks destined for the top, too.

The Mexican, who is still just 22, has won 40 and drawn one of his 41 fights and now he has made a name for himself he is going to be in huge matches.

I had my reservations about Alvarez in the past because, despite his unblemished record, he wasn't facing the greatest fighters in the world and had trouble getting rid of Matthew Hatton, someone you would expect a potential superstar to destroy.

But he has upped his game recently in bouts with Kermit Cintron and Josesito Lopez and is improving with every fight; he is getting stronger, punching harder, developing his defence and becoming a better all-round performer.

Alvarez looks like a Hollywood heartthrob but he fights just like the great Mexican boxers of yesteryear; he wants to get at his opponents and pick up wins, but most of all he wants to impress his passionate boxing nation and knock people out.

The WBC light-middleweight champion will meet unbeaten WBA counterpart Austin Trout in a unification bout on April 20 - and I would love him to face Floyd Mayweather should he come through that match in Texas unscathed.

It would be a perfect match for both men as it would allow us to see whether Alvarez is all he is cracked up to be and give Mayweather the opportunity to show that he is an all-time great - something I was ridiculed for questioning in this column a few weeks back.

Mayweather - who will kick off his big Showtime contract with a duel against Robert Guerrero in May in his first fight in a year - obviously has a load of fans who think he is a boxing legend, and he could very well become one.

But he needs to face guys of the calibre of Alvarez, Lucas Matthysse and Manny Pacquiao to prove it and not rely on wins over Ricky Hatton and a sub-par Oscar de la Hoya, who was nowhere near the fighter of old when Mayweather met him.

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