By: Sean Crose
“Yes, I’ve said I don’t want to fight Mexican fighters,” the one and solely Canelo Alvarez admitted Tuesday at a Beverly Hills press convention for his upcoming struggle towards the undefeated Jaime Munguia. “But someone respectful like Munguía, someone who has earned this fight, it’s something that I’m glad we were able to make happen.” Indeed, Canelo – who can be defending his undisputed tremendous middleweight championship towards Munguia this May fourth in Las Vegas, claimed the struggle “is a great source of pride for me because it’s Mexico all over. I’m proud of Munguia to come all the way he has.”
Canelo shouldn’t be solely Mexico’s hottest fighter, he’s one of many biggest fighters to emerge from the legendary boxing nation. Still, Canelo is now considered to be on the draw back of his good profession. While solely 33 years of age, the person has been a serious ring attraction for over a decade, somebody who has confronted a laundry checklist of his friends. Floyd Mayweather, Gennady Golovkin, Miguel Cotto, and Sergey Kovalev are only a few of the highest names the person has battled.
And now comes Mungia, a fellow Mexican with a thunderous punch and sufficient coronary heart to to climb Everest. While Canelo will clearly be the favourite getting into the ring this May, nobody would name the 27 12 months outdated Munguia a tune up struggle. The reality is that the match ought to comprise a good diploma of motion whereas it lasts. It’s not unattainable to see this one going the space, however there’s greater than a fairly good probability that it received’t. Although boxing followers could be a few of the extra cynical followers in all of sports activities, no goal have a look at Canelo would lead one to consider he isn’t a person keen to tackle all comers.
While there are those that say the purple haired star needs no a part of high contender David Benavidez in the intervening time, it’s price remembering the identical has been mentioned about others Canelo has ended up going through – and besting. In the meantime, nonetheless, Canelo must give attention to Munguia, a person keen to tackle the very best, as he himself has been. “I want my legacy to be about making the greatest fights possible,” Munguia mentioned at Tuesday’s press convention. “That’s what I want to continue doing – defend my belt and bring the greatest fights to the fans.”
Famed coach Freddie Roach, who now trains Munguia, claimed Canelo-Munguia is “the biggest fight in the world right now.” That could also be an overstatement – however actually not a lot of 1.
