Pat McCormack will become a boxing great just like Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez, says Probellum president Richard Schaefer

Richard Schaefer has made the same prediction about the future of Pat McCormack as he did for a young Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez – that the Olympian will become a pound-for-pound great. Probellum President Schaefer said “nobody really believed” him when he told the boxing world that Alvarez was destined for the very top of the sport, when he began promoting the Mexican over a decade ago.

Ad/> But Schaefer was proven correct as Canelo has grown into a multi-weight world champion and the biggest fighter on the planet. /> BoxingHighlights as Edwards retains IBF flyweight world title against Waseem20/03/2022 AT 09:03 McCormack, an Olympic silver medallist, makes his professional debut in Newcastle on Friday night at Probellum Throwdown and Schaefer says the 25-year-old will become a world champion and takeover the sport – just like Canelo.

“I know I am going to be right because I was right in 2009 when I signed young fighter and I said: ‘This guy is going to be the face of the sport, he’s going to be pound-for-pound the best fighter in the world’” Schaefer said. “Nobody really believed me, they said it was promoter talk but that guy was Canelo Alvarez.

I consider myself to be extremely fortunate to work with such a generational talent. I am telling you guys, remember where you heard it first, he will be world champion, he will be a superstar, he will be the face of the sport because he has all the ingredients.

“Pat was the most sought-after talent out there, irrespective of weight, following the Olympic Games and if he stays sharp, stays focused and doesn’t listen to all of these outside influences, then the sky is the limit. It is an honour to be able to work with Pat McCormack.” /> McCormack faces Nicaragua’s Danny Mendoza over