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ENRIQUE MELLADO
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Canelo Álvarez is not a boxer who spares praise for those who deserve it, but The Mexican champion is usually very selective when it comes to handing out praise among his colleagues. The king of the super middleweight has been occupying one of the positions of honor in the majority of boxing pound-for-pound rankings for years, although since he lost to Dmitry Bivol It has not appeared again as number one on this type of lists.
The man from Guadalajara has faced good rivals since then (Golovkin, Ryder, Charlo, Munguía and Berlanga), but he has no longer reached the ceiling in this type of rankings. Others like Crawford, Inoue, Fury or Usyk have succeeded himalthough the Jalisco native continues to be the king of the box office and the PPV. In the event of his confrontation with Terence Crawford, he could rise again as long as he emerged victorious.
This is a fight that is already being negotiated and that has every chance of becoming a reality, since the sheikh is behind it. Turki Alalshikh, president of the General Entertainment Authority of Saudi Arabia, the one who can do everything in the world of boxing. The truth is that Canelo and Alalshikh have taken a while to see each other, but They finally met at The Ring magazine awards party a few days ago in London. There was a good feeling between the two from the beginning and Álvarez has already granted an interview to The Ring Podcast in which he touched on many topics.
The Mexican acknowledged that he follows the new generations: “I like to see all the young fighters, and especially follow them when they fight on television,” he said. Of course, on his list he included one more ‘grown up’: “I like Usyk, I like Ryan García, I like Teófimo López, and of course Gervonta Davis. “They are good, really special.”. Although ‘Tank’ is no longer a child, there is no doubt that the Ukrainian is the exception on that list.
In view of his admiration for Usyk, he was asked about the great heavyweight champion. Would you say that Usyk is the best pound for pound, besides you, of course?, he was asked. “Yes, he’s one of them, of course. He’s a very good boxer, I told him yesterday: ‘You’re a damn good fighter, he deserves it.'”. The performances of ‘The Cat’ against Fury do not leave even the biggest boxing star indifferent.
