Undisputed super-middleweight champion Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez has seemed again at a few of the greats of the game to create what he believes to be the proper fighter, together with himself for a type of attributes.
Canelo has struggled to appease his demanding followers throughout his final 4 contests, struggling a primary defeat in virtually 9 years when he was outpointed by Dmitry Bivol at light-heavyweight, earlier than dropping again to super-middleweight and going the gap with every of Gennady Golovkin, John Ryder and Jermell Charlo – all of whom he was anticipated to knock out.
Alvarez now finds himself combating a fellow Mexican for the primary time since he confronted Julio César Chávez again in 2017, gearing as much as face the undefeated Jaime Munguia, who many imagine is the inheritor to the throne when it comes to Mexican boxing and doubtlessly the person to show that the super-middleweight legend is over the hill.
Forward of the competition, Canelo Alvarez spoke with PPV.com, the place he drew up an final fighter, using the most effective belongings of the icons seen in boxing over time and even included himself and a former opponent within the fantasy creation.
“Proper-hand – Tommy Hearns, I feel it is among the finest right-hands that I’ve ever seen.
Left-hand – Julio César Chávez [Sr.].
Energy – [Roberto] Durán or [George] Foreman.
Footwork – Footwork, I feel [Pernell] Whitaker.
Chin – I feel me.
Boxing IQ – I feel [Floyd] Mayweather, [he had] an excellent IQ.”
Canelo Alvarez has by no means been knocked down as knowledgeable regardless of starting his profession at 16-years-old and participating in 64 skilled bouts, dealing with the likes of Floyd Mayweather, Golovkin and Sergey Kovalev.
Nevertheless, solely Golovkin and Shane Mosley have had extra knockout wins than Munguia when dealing with Alvarez, no matter the truth that he’s simply 27-years-old and paired with the obvious decline of the champion – that makes this contest an especially intriguing one.
Munguia’s high-octane method to combating versus the stalking nature of Alvarez possible implies that whoever dictates the tempo will come out on high however with Canelo going the gap 4 occasions in a row and showing to lose his killer intuition, Munguia might push the tempo and march ahead undeterred.
The showdown makes for a salivating match-up in all facets and tops an undercard that includes a WBA welterweight title conflict between Eimantas Stanionis (14-0) and Gabriel Maestre (6-0-1), in addition to two interim title bouts for the WBC’s featherweight and welterweight divisions respectively.
The complete card shall be out there to look at reside on DAZN and Amazon Prime pay-per-view on Saturday Might 4th, as Canelo units out to show his greatness yet again.
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