Mexican boxer Saúl «Canelo» Álvarez has assured that he is focused on having his first fight next year be a rematch with undefeated middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin, with whom he starred in a great fight just over a week ago that left a verdict void of the judges.
«I do not want to fight another that is not the tiebreaker. I want it to be the first fight of the year, and that is what we are going to try to do », declared« Canelo »in Medellín, where he participated in an event prior to the 96th Annual Convention of the World Boxing Association (WBA ), which will take place from October 30 to November 2 in that city.
The 27-year-old Aztec fighter admitted that after the verdict “I was sad, because I didn’t want it to end in a draw; I felt like a winner, but that’s how boxing is ».
According to Álvarez, a person close to him made him reflect when he told him: “This is good because it was a great fight,” and that allowed him to feel “very happy” with his performance and to understand that “the most important thing is that people want to see the rematch”.
“I try in my fights that the public comes out happy and that I too can feel satisfied with what I do,” added the Mexican. Also with some fights carried out “he lost a bit of fondness” for the discipline, but fights like the one he starred in with the Kazakh Golovkin less than two weeks ago “returns to boxing credibility.”
“Canelo” said that with his career and activities such as those he will carry out during the convention in Medellín, in which icons of this sport such as Bernard Hopkins, Evander Holyfield and his current promoter, Óscar de la Hoya, will also participate, he seeks to leave a “legacy” and be remembered.
“I want the word ‘Canelo’ to always come out when talking about boxing,” he added. (Infobae)