MIAMI -- For a long, sapping 50 minutes after the barnstorming press conference was supposed to start, the scene in Bayfront Park on Friday afternoon acted as a metaphor for boxing's big events of late: Nothing happened as we waited and started feeling burned in the electronics. Just as some began pondering how well oven mitts would work with smartphone touch screens, something happened. Finally, stately strutting up in a white suit as cool and clean as fans and media weren't after 90 minutes in South Florida summer afternoon weather, came Mexican Canelo Alvarez. Alvarez, the super welterweight world champion, had just finished modeling his suit and hair as near perfect as his 42-0-1 (30...
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