On February 27, Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez will have his first fight of 2021 and will be measured against Turkey’s Avni Yildirim at Hard Rock Stadium, home of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins.
There are only a few days left until the meeting, which is why ‘Canelo’ Álvarez is very active on his social networks and responds to his fans, who are also enthusiastic about the meeting. It was one of his followers who showed a few photos showing the evolution of the Mexican boxer.
This is the user @SoyCristianRey who put together the collage with two photos the boxer uploaded to his Instagram account over the past few days, writing, “It must be super cool to start from scratch, work every day and over the years see., the fruits of your effort, sacrifice and discipline “.
Saúl Alvarez shared the message, writing only, “Very chingón. Motivation.”
In the first image, the Mexican looks very young, posing with raised fists in a very modest place and showing off a belt and a medal. That photo was posted by himself on Instagram on January 14, with the caption “There are no impossible things”, but he did not provide more details, although it could be from 2007, when he started fighting in famous places in Jalisco.
The other photo is of ‘Canelo’ Álvarez posing in front of his new Ferrari. It is the LaFerrari model, which is valued at $ 2.8 million, it is also exclusive as only 499 units have been manufactured and one of them is already from the Mexican.
But that new flavor the Mexican boxer gave himself does not seem to represent a significant cost to his fortune, as he is estimated to have made $ 37 million in 2020, to which was added the $ 75 million of 2019, making it one of the highest paid athletes in the world.
To that fortune will be added what he will earn for the fight against Avni Yildirim, as he will bring in an estimated $ 30 million for the fight, which will be obtained from the ticket, the percentage of the sale of the payment per event and from the sponsors.
In terms of ticket sales, it is known that only 15,000 will be sold as due to the pandemic, attendance will be limited at the Hard Rock Stadium, which can seat 65,326 people. The tickets cost between $ 75 and $ 1,110, which is approximately 23,000 Mexican pesos.
During the fight, the Mexican will risk the WBC and WBA championships, if he wins, he will try to measure himself against Billy Joe Saunders for the WBO band and then Caleb Plant, IBF Champion.
This fight is also full of controversy, as the sports press and even his previous rival, Callum Smith, believe it was agreed that the Mexican would shine and I won without any problems, especially as Avni Yildirim has exactly two years without fighting, his last fight was on February 23, 2019.
In an interview he gave to Boxing Scene, he spoke of his critics: “I don’t need to explain because they won’t be happy about anything. I just fought number one at 168 pounds and they are not happy about that. “So I have nothing to say or explain anything. I don’t care.”
As you can see, Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez is so carefree that he even has the luxury of launching his own Canelo card, together with the Broxel company.