ARLINGTON, Texas -- In an audition for a possible Dec. 10 fight against Canelo Alvarez, middleweight Willie Monroe Jr. may have beaten Gabriel Rosado, but he did little to enhance his chances of landing the coveted money fight in a lackluster decision win on the Alvarez-Liam Smith undercard Saturday night at AT&T Stadium.
Rosado and Monroe, who were both knocked out by Gennady Golovkin in world title fights, were both under consideration to challenge British world titleholder Billy Joe Saunders in the co-feature, but when he rejected fighting both of them, as well as Curtis Stevens, Golden Boy Promotions matched Rosado and Monroe.