Canelo Alvarez responds to Floyd Mayweather's glowing praise ahead of next fight against Jaime Mungia
The pair haven't had many nice things to say about each other over the years, but 'TBE' was one of the few figures in boxing that defended Canelo forWhile many members of the boxing fraternity slammed Canelo for 'ducking' Benavidez, Mayweather recently came out and stated that the Mexican superstar has 'nothing left to prove'.Oscar De La Hoya boldly claims he would have beaten Canelo Alvarez 'easily'"I feel good.
The former pound-for-pound king's camp has since denied these claims with Canelo going on to affirm he will not fight"If a promoter who I work with offers $150m or $200m then I will fight tomorrow. That's the only reason I will fight with him," he told assembled media last week. Benavidez was made Canelo's WBC mandatory at super-middleweight in March but is set to move up to 175lb to face Oleksandr Gvozdyk for the interim WBC belt in his next fight, sometime in June.
Provided he wins that bout he will be in a strong position to campaign for a fight against either Canelo or the winner of the undisputed light-heavyweight clash betweenMeet the rugby freak and France's answer to Zinedine Zidane who is chasing Olympic Gold
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