Saul “Canelo” Alvarez today is considered by many the best pound-for-pound boxer of the moment, however, his personal history may have been totally different, as at some point, football was crossing his path.
And it is that in interview with Javier Alarcón through Youtube, the tapatío revealed that his father at first wanted that his professional race was not in the boxing and took to him to try luck to the basic forces of the Atlas, something that never ended up convincing the “Canelo.”
“I played football, in fact as a child they wanted to take me to the basic forces of the Atlas, but I already knew boxing at the time, I said ‘I want to be a fighter I don’t want to be a footballer, sometimes I just played ( football) to fight me “, Commented the boxer.
Alvarez never hesitated, he wanted to be a boxer and in case this had not materialized, another of his dreams was to be a Formula 1 driver, in addition, he adds that he is not a person who is watching football.
“I don’t have a team in itself that I’m going to. I’m not a big footballer, as long as the national team supports the national team, we’re always supporting, but I’m not about supporting a team or being attentive to football.” , pointed out the jalisciense.
AJ