Canelo Alvarez is a world boxing superstar, multi-weight champion and veteran of over 60 professional contests.
But he admits this weekend’s showdown with Gennady Golovkin will be the most personal match of his career.
“Yes, I think so,” Alvarez said. “It’s going to be so sweet to me.”
Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez poses with his super middleweight title.
Alvarez and Golovkin have fought twice in middleweight unification. Their first contest in 2017 was a highly controversial draw. The rematch was postponed due to
When the second fight finally took place in 2018, the Mexicans won by majority vote.
As far as both fighters are concerned, their business is unfinished. When Alvarez arrived in Las Vegas for his third fight at the now undisputed champion super-middleweight, Golovkin declared: [it’s] for sports. I want my boxing position back, I want a clean sport.”
Comments questioning his integrity infuriated Alvarez, who said: “In our history, after the second match, he talked a lot about me, so I’m not sure if I’m going to be the best.” I accept this personally.
“Everybody remembers this trilogy, so it means a lot to me.”
Their feud runs deep. Even his mother “hated Golovkin”.
Despite two controversial results, Golovkin has never recorded a victory over Alvarez. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
“You’re going to hear a lot of bad words from my mother in the arena,” Alvarez said with a smile. “But that’s what it is, it’s my mother.”
Golovkin has never been stopped, but Alvarez will go for the knockout. “Look, that’s my goal,” said Champion.
“But in boxing you don’t know anything. That’s my goal. I’m ready for it. But you never know. I’m going to jump in the ring and fight with my head. That’s it.” is my goal.I’m going to try everything’fight to finish the fight before the 12th round.But you never know.
Mexican is a terrifying body puncher, and there he goes for Golovkin. “I think he’s hurting his body badly, so I’m going to practice a lot on Saturday,” he said of Kazakhstan.
“He’s still strong and it’s going to be a good match,” Alvarez added. “I think this fight will be the best of the three.”
He still holds all four major super-middleweight titles, which Alvarez has lost. In May he was stepped up to light heavyweight and was outboxed and outpointed by WBA champion Dmitry Bivol.
Canelo Alvarez suffered a shock loss to Dmitry Bivol in May’s WBA light heavyweight title bout
“Everything counts. I want to win every fight. It’s important to me, to my legacy,” he said. “I have learned a lot [from the Bivol defeat]I just learned what not to do in training camp and games. I learned a lot, you learn from everything. “
He had been fighting regularly before that match. One of the lessons he learned from his last fight is to not be too active. After Golovkin, he won’t be boxing again this year.
“I’ve fought four times in 11 months, so I think my body needs a little rest between matches.” To do.”
However, Alvarez insists his position in the sport was not compromised by the loss to Bivol.
“I have nothing to prove. In my position, no one takes risks like I do,” he declared.
“In my position, I don’t have to take risks. But I love boxing, so I take risks. I love my job and I love challenges. I don’t have to prove anything.”