Yesterday Saul Canelo Alvarez confirmed the following February 27 will return to the ring to face Avni Yildirim, mandatory combat of the World Boxing Council. However, after the announcement, the Mexican explained what was in the 2021 for him and why he doesn’t want to face the Mexicans.
The last fight he had Tapatio against a fellow countryman the May 7, 2017 when it collided Julio Cesar Chavez, which was beaten in the T-Mobil Arena in Las Vegas, United States. After that fight, the Guadalajara-born faced only a Kazakh, an American, two British, and a Russian.
However, lately Jaime Munguía and Gilberto Ramirez were names that danced face to face Canelo Alvarez. In any case, it was Eddy Reynoso at the time who said they didn’t want to meet Mexicans, while Tapatío explained the reasons to TV Azteca.
“I represent Mexico and I don’t like fighting Mexicans, I don’t feel like it. I see potential for Jaime Munguía, but he still needs some fighting to get to those levels. I’m not closing myself off for anything, but for now I wouldn’t like it “, said yesterday the current world champion of the 168 lbs.
And I add: “Eddy and I’s goal is to win all the titles and Eddy said, ‘If we want all the titles, we have to face him because if not, they’ll take the title away so someone else can look for it.’ We thought if all went well we would do the fight in February and if all goes well we are on the road to 168 pounds unification. ”. In turn, he noted that they all indicate that the May 8 faces Billy Joe Saunders, holder of WBO Super Middleweight World Title.