Champion in four different divisions then shake Callum Smith last December 19, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez adds merits to place among the best Mexican boxers in history, while large rivals such as Billy Joe Saunders, Edgar Berlanga O Demetri Andrade they wait their turn to have a fight with him, aware that he may be a catapult to stellar shots in boxing and big bags.
Constantly qualified as “The best pound for pound in the world”, The tapatío today he has the luxury of analyzing his options and to see who adapts better to his needs, always with the idea to strengthen his status, something contrasting with what it was called on to him to live in his beginnings, where his boldness it earned him criticism and contempt, Being very especially remembered the rubs he had with Juan Manuel Márquez, A legend to which challenge, but he was always denied.
How did the rivalry between Márquez and Canelo arise?
In 2011, prior to his fights Matthew Hatton category ‘superwelter’ of the World Boxing Council (WBC), “the Dynamite” Márquez questioned why the body dared to make this meeting even though the English “He was not in the top ten”, Which unleashed a exchange of statements which ended up putting in place the then 20-year-old.
“I put myself in the shoes of those who are classified in this ‘superwelter’ weight and I know the effort they have made to be among the top ten and it makes me absurd that ‘Canelo’ is going to fight someone who isn’t even. It makes me illogical for another boxer from another category to arrive in Europe and be able to compete for the title, having the positioned number four available, “Márquez told the” Tribunal Televisa Esports “program.
Canelo launched the challenge, Dinamita did not want to
Canelo, intelligent, took advantage of the criticism of the Dynamite to launch a challenge in order to show him his ability, Although the answer of this one left it badly stopped. Being in different divisions it was an argument that weighed heavily in a discussion that took place live on the signal of the ‘Piolín Show’, a popular radio program for Spanish-speaking audiences in the United States.
“If he doesn’t believe in my abilities I’d like him to get out of doubt, he came up to fight Mayweather, Why can’t you come up and fight me? “, Was questioned on cinnamon, To which Márquez replied: “At this time in my career we are not looking for something that cannot be. I gain weight maybe to fight Manny Pacquiao, If I’m going to take a risk let it be for something good and we will take a step forward. “
The meeting never materialized although Mauricio Sulaimán and Óscar de la Foia interceded for Canelo, then a young man who wanted to eat the greats of boxing, a category he would achieve almost a decade later.
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