By Miguel Rivera

WBC junior middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (39-0-1, 29KOs) is still targeting a May 5th clash with Floyd Mayweather Jr. (43-0, 26KOs), the welterweight king of the WBC. Alvarez, who fought four times in 2011, doesn't plan to be as active in 2012 because he plans to take much bigger fights which require longer training periods. He plans to sit down with Golden Boy Promotions in the coming days to discuss potenial opponents for his first fight in 2012. If he can't get Mayweather, he would also have in interest in facing WBA champion Miguel Cotto (37-2, 30KOs) of Puerto Rico.

"Next year were are aiming to do just three fights at the most. A lot can happen but that is our initial plan. At the moment I have no opponent. We want to have a good rest. In the coming days I will sit down and talk with [Golden Boy President] Oscar De La Hoya to see what is next, but we're very happy with where we are going to and being world champion. A name that I'm interested in fighting is Cotto because he's one of the best. Obviously I would be very happy to make that fight. At the moment I want to challenge Floyd Mayweather Jr. I want to face the best and we're going to talk to Golden Boy to see what happens," Canelo said.