Canelo Alvarez doesn’t see UFC as competitors.
The boxing famous person returns to motion on Sept. 14, when he defends his WBA, WBC, and WBO tremendous middleweight titles towards Edgar Berlanga (22-0, 17 KOs). Alvarez’s 66th professional bout takes place at T-Cell Area 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-Cell Area as the placement 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 discuss in an interview on the Million Dollaz Price of Recreation. Suffice to say, he’s assured he’ll beat UFC on Mexican Independence Day weekend.
“It’s simply completely different,” Alvarez mentioned. “Possibly different boxing matches, perhaps, however Canelo is completely different. There are different type 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 towards Alvarez’s upcoming matchup is that Berlanga lacks the notoriety of a few of Alvarez’s different challenger choices, specifically 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 towards 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, everyone 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 everyone to construct the Canelo Alvarez I’m. Proper now I can do no matter I need.
“The IBF [says], ‘Hey, it is advisable to struggle with this as a result of this.’ Who’s [William] Scull? I by no means hear about him, simply once 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 need. On this place I can do no matter I need. 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, every little thing. I did every little thing, and now [Berlanga]. However like I mentioned, I did every little thing and now I can ask no matter I need and I can do no matter I need.”
