By: Sean Crose
I’ve had the pleasure of talking to Canelo Alvarez on a number of events. He’s at all times struck me as well mannered and dignified. Therefore, the undisputed tremendous middleweight champion’s actions at a Thursday press convention to advertise Saturday’s battle with Jaime Munguia got here as one thing of a shock. While it’s true Canelo and his former promoter Oscar De La Hoya have been at odds for a while, Thursday’s press convention noticed issues come to a head. Indeed, a few of De La Hoya’s phrases led Canelo to get out of his seat and head straight in the direction of him, an act that led to others getting between the 2 males.
“I would be remiss if I did not respond to the man I used to promote,” De La Hoya, who now promotes Munguia, had said. “To be clear I have nothing but respect for Canelo Alvarez as a fighter…but he has spent much of the last two months insulting me rather than promoting this fight.” But that wasn’t all. “Yes,” De La Hoya continued, “I have faced a lot of challenges in my life. Yes, I’ve been to rehab several times. Yes, there were some really low points in my life and yes, there were times that work was not my priority based on my mental health, which I had neglected for so long.”
De La Hoya then targeted on his former fighter. “But that doesn’t change the fact that Golden Boy built Canelo Alvarez, period,” he stated. “The company you fought under has always had one name, and it’s mine, so put some fucking respect on it.” When it was Canelo’s flip to speak, De La Hoya interjected. “You know who your daddy is,” he stated to Canelo. Afterward, Canelo determined to talk his thoughts in English. “He’s a fucking asshole, that is what I said,” he claimed in reference to De La Hoya. “He steals from his fighters. That’s what he do. Fucking pussy. Mother fucker.”
Well, then. Again this has certainly been a very long time coming. Still, seeing Canelo, who has usually carried himself as a consummate skilled through the years, turn out to be visibly pissed off in public just isn’t a standard incidence. Suffice to say, Munguia, the person Canelo will truly be combating in Las Vegas this weekend stored issues low key, as is his nature. Perhaps unsurprisingly, “Canelo” was the highest United States development on X (previously Twitter) afterward Thursday. For those that consider any consideration is sweet consideration – the press convention was unqualified success.
