The overwhelming triumph of Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez On Avni Yildirim shook the Turkish boxer so hard that he does not want to return to his country because he is convinced so He has “disgraced him”, although it also hit the coach Joel Diaz, who pointed out that he has even received death threats.
Yildirim left a bad image in the meeting held in Miami on February 27, fell without even giving Saúl a hefty blow after three rounds, something that caused great annoyance in Turkey, which is reflected in the multiple messages Díaz has received from that country, some of which he was encouraged to describe.
“In the messages I have, from people in Turkey, me they point out that they are going to kill me for selling YildirimInstead of improving it, I made it worse, that everything I said is worse, ”the Michoacan coach told journalist Ernesto Amador.
“They tell me:”How much did Canelo pay you to get our hunter in this position? You are Mexican, Canelo is Mexican and we know he paid you a few million dollars to put Yildirim in that position, ” he added.
I wanted Yildirim to show off
Díaz pointed out that it was his primary intention see Avni fighting against Canelo, something that was not achieved because his ward did not implement the plan they had drawn up, and moreover recognized it the tapatío is now the best pound for pound in the world
“I don’t sell myself to hurt a hunter, If the hunter wins and looks good, I win and I look goodI’m sorry, I wanted my fighter to shine, to say, “Hey, what a fight this bastard put in and Joel trained him.” But it’s not my fault the hunter didn’t listen because he didn’t do anything we were working on“; He said.
Yildirim spent her crying
Díaz pointed out that from the day of the fight he had lost contact with the boxer, who lived in a nightmare as soon as he returned to the locker room, where got lost in thought
He does not want to return to his country, he is very sorryAfter the fight he didn’t say a word, his manager spoke to him, I told him to leave everything in the past. I cried in the bathroom, I didn’t answer anything. Feel that you are abandoning your homelandhe said.