Although Canelo Alvarez’s refusal (or his promoter’s refusal) to broker a fight with unified middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin has been well documented, the fact that Golden Boy Promotions and Team Canelo have descended into the risky realm of insulting the intelligence of boxing fans is worth emphasizing.
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“If I came back in three years’ time and beat someone here (in Dallas), then yeah but I’m gutted”.
“I fear nobody”, he told HBO. We’ll see what weight we want to go and what weight gets us back to where we want to go.
After the fight, the most pertinent thing said in Alvarez’ post-fight interview was that he would love to fight Golovkin, but that contract offers hadn’t been accepted.
The performance showed that Canelo can fight through pain and injury having hurt his right hand when it landed on Smith’s hard head in the second round, causing him to only use the left the majority of the fight. I am the best fighter. “I fear nobody. I’m 26 years old, I’ve fought the best in history and as I’ve already said, I’m the best at this moment in time”.
Alvarez stopped Smith in the ninth round Saturday night after dropping him in the previous two rounds, winning the WBO light middleweight championship before a record crowd of 51,240 at AT&T Stadium.
“We made an offer to Golovkin 30 days ago”, said Alvarez, whose only defeat was to Floyd Mayweather in 2014 via a points decision.
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez has accused rival Gennady Golovkin of ducking a lucrative offer to fight. It worked for Canelo to fight off the ropes against Smith, because the British fighter didn’t have the punching needed for him to take advantage of Canelo’s need for frequent rest breaks. When the negotiations are done and the fight is done, I will be ready.
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He added: “I want to thank everybody. I’m a counter-puncher so I enjoyed this fight very much”. I’m not going to blame my promoter or anyone else. “I am the best at this sport and Viva La Mexico!” Alvarez was much quicker and had a strong and swift left while trying to set up a barrage of left and right body blows. I think all those guys beat him as long as the judges are scoring the fights accurately.
