Canelo Alvarez On Mayweather vs. Paul: It’s Really Not Relevant At All
Perhaps the greatest boxer to ever do it, former Canelo Alvarez foe, Floyd Mayweather Jr has been at no shortage of ruffling feathers since his retirement bout with Conor McGregor back in September of 2017.
Instead, he’s stuck around, kept his name out there, and competed in exhibition bouts with talents not of his skill level. Some hate him even more for it, and some are entertained by it.
As we all know by now, Floyd Mayweather vs. Logan Paul has been rescheduled for June 20, 2021, after the February 20 cancellation.
The No. 1 pound-for-pound boxer on the planet Canelo Alvarez caught up with Graham Bensinger for an extensive interview, and had the following to say on their match up:
“Well, it’s just an exhibition. It’s about making money is all. It’s really not relevant at all. It’s an exhibition, just for making money. As you say, it’s stupid.”
Despite Mayweather being severely out-sized in this bout, coming in 30 lbs lighter than Paul, standing five inches shorter, Canelo still believes there’s no question as to who wins this bout:
“I think even the question is offensive. Mayweather, obviously.”
After all, Mayweather did go 50-0, and he did become a 15-time, five-division world champion.
Paul is 0-0-1 as an amateur, and 0-1 as a professional.
Bensinger then asked the pound-for-pound king how a fight with Mayweather would’ve went had he fought him in his prime, rather than at 22 years old. Canelo responded with the following:
“He’d have nothing to do with me. If we were both at our prime, our best prime, he wouldn’t have anything to do with me. Nothing. I would knock him out.”
Canelo was quite devastated following this defeat, where he’d be out-classed for twelve rounds, en route to a unanimous decision defeat.
“It was very sad. It hurt me very much. Because I wanted to beat him and be the best.
“But I always say God always knows why he does things. Maybe at that moment, if I would have won, imagine all of the fame, all of the money I would’ve had suddenly. I wasn’t going to be able to control it. I would’ve gone crazy.
“I didn’t have the experience, the maturity. I wasn’t the boxer I am today. (I was) Very different.
“But for me, that moment hurt a lot. But at that moment I still – I got to thinking, this won’t – I’m not going to let this kill my dreams. Someday, I’m gonna be the best boxer in the world. And now today, I am.”
Canelo (55-1-2) now gears up to face undefeated WBO super-middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders (30-0) in a twelve round title unification bout, where he will be putting his WBA, WBC, & Ring Magazine super-middleweight titles at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, May 8, 2021.
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