Canelo Alvarez doesn’t see UFC as competitors.
The boxing celebrity returns to motion on Sept. 14, when he defends his WBA, WBC, and WBO tremendous middleweight titles in opposition to Edgar Berlanga (22-0, 17 KOs). Alvarez’s 66th professional bout takes place at T-Cellular Enviornment in Las Vegas on the identical evening as UFC 306, which fits down on the new Sphere venue just some blocks away.
UFC CEO Dana White has expressed his annoyance at MGM selecting T-Cellular Enviornment as the situation for his or her struggle, and star Conor McGregor warned that UFC’s present will overshadow Alvarez vs. Berlanga.
Alvarez (61-2-2, 39 KOs) responded to the trash speak in an interview on the Million Dollaz Value of Recreation. Suffice to say, he’s assured he’ll beat UFC on Mexican Independence Day weekend.
“It’s simply completely different,” Alvarez mentioned. “Perhaps different boxing matches, perhaps, however Canelo is completely different. There are different form of fights, however Canelo is simply completely different. I don’t care if the UFC is there, when Canelo fights, it’s completely different.”
One knock in opposition to Alvarez’s upcoming matchup is that Berlanga lacks the notoriety of a few of Alvarez’s different challenger choices, particularly WBC interim champion David Benavidez. Saudi promoter Turki Alalshikh additionally accused Alvarez of deliberately pricing himself out of negotiations for a superfight with Terence Crawford, to which Alvarez merely responded with a laughing emoji.
Alvarez defined why he feels justified in defending in opposition to Berlanga within the face of calls to tackle different opponents.
“Look, in some unspecified time in the future all of the fighters did [what they were told],” Alvarez mentioned. [Oscar] De La Hoya, Floyd Mayweather, Julio Cesar Chavez, Mike Tyson, all people did this. There are stars and superstars they usually made the championship, not the championship made them. So it’s approach completely different. I come and I do my profession and I struggle with [Miguel] Cotto with a clause, and I struggle with Mayweather with a clause, and I struggle with all people to construct the Canelo Alvarez I’m. Proper now I can do no matter I would like.
“The IBF [says], ‘Hey, you might want to struggle with this as a result of this.’ Who’s [William] Scull? I by no means hear about him, simply after they say, ‘That is your obligatory.’ I by no means hear about him. I don’t wish to do no matter they need. I wish to do what I would like. On this place I can do no matter I would like. As a result of I deserve it, due to all I did. They mentioned, ‘You don’t wish to struggle [Gennady] Golovkin,’ I struggle him. [Erislandy] Lara, I struggle him. Callum Smith, Billy Joe Saunders, Caleb Plant, [Austin] Trout, Mayweather, Cotto, [Dmitry] Bivol, all the pieces. I did all the pieces, and now [Berlanga]. However like I mentioned, I did all the pieces and now I can ask no matter I would like and I can do no matter I would like.”
