Canelo Alvarez expects to make gentle work of Conor McGregor if the 2 had been ever to fulfill within the boxing ring.
The tremendous middleweight champion defends his WBA, WBC, and WBO titles towards Edgar Berlanga this Saturday, however that hasn’t stopped reporters from asking him what he has lined up for his subsequent struggle. Boxing reporter Manouk Akopyan requested Alvarez if he’d ever be fascinated about preventing UFC star Conor McGregor, which Alvarez discovered amusing.
“I do know, after which we present boxing is best,” Alvarez mentioned, earlier than including, “Simple, simple, method simple cash.”
McGregor, who beforehand held UFC titles at 145 and 155 kilos, has participated in just one professional boxing bout, a high-profile contest that noticed him go 9 rounds with the legendary Floyd Mayweather earlier than succumbing to strikes within the tenth. Since that August 2017 occasion, McGregor has competed sporadically in MMA, successful simply one in all his previous 4 fights and he nonetheless awaits his subsequent reserving after an damage compelled him out of a struggle with Michael Chandler at UFC 303.
Requested how lengthy McGregor would final towards him, Alvarez predicted that he may beat McGregor by knockout at any time when he determined to take action.
“On the time I would like,” Alvarez mentioned. “One spherical, two rounds, three rounds, no matter I would like.”
Although it’s unlikely that Alvarez and McGregor ever sq. off beneath any fight sports activities rule set, the boxing celebrity goes head-to-head with the UFC itself this weekend when he takes on Berlanga at T-Cellular Enviornment in Las Vegas, not removed from Sphere, which hosts UFC 306 the identical evening.
UFC CEO Dana White has made it clear that he gained’t shrink back from scheduling annual UFC occasions for Mexican Independence Day weekend sooner or later, a choice that Alvarez has no downside with.
“No, it’s nothing,” Alvarez mentioned. “Competitors is sweet. Might and September are my days and competitors is sweet. I don’t do it in that method, I simply deal with my workforce and deal with what I’m doing, and if anyone desires to do different exhibits, it’s tremendous.”
