Julio César Chávez, the great Mexican champion, said that Saúl Álvarez has the potential to position himself as the best Aztec fighter in history
SAN ANTONIO – Many believe that this exercise should be done after graduation, but because of the resume made in the 30s, Canelo Alvarez was consolidated last night in the top ten history of Mexican boxing.
Julio Cesar Chavez, the great Mexican champion, said on Saturday night that the Guadalajara idol has the potential to position himself as the best Aztec fighter in history, but we will only know that in the coming years. Saúl became the first Mexican to win three The Ring belts.
Victory over Callum Smith in Alamodome, through the points with a large amplitude, confirmed that the champion four times Saul Alvarez he goes through its peak, which could take another two or three years.
Last night, Canelo he was established as a double champion of the supermedia, revalidating the WBA that many did not consider. He has reached 9 world titles in his career: Superwelter CMB, AMB and OMB, Medium AMB, CMB and FIB, Supermediate AMB and CMB and OMB semi-complete.
“Since I was 28, I feel like I’m the best thing,” he told ESPN at the end of Saturday’s battle, which he won with a masterful boxing display. His plan is to fight until the age of 35 and it would be great to see what his legacy looks like after that.
There is also no doubt that Canelo Alvarez will be a future member of the Hall of Fame. With a lot of effort he managed to turn that resounding fall with Floyd Mayweather in 2013 and today the name Callum Smith, Gennadiy Golovkin, Sergey Kovalev, Daniel Jacobs and Miguel Cotto, to name a few, are fresher in memory.
There will always be criticism. He said Oscar de la Hoya, the first world champion in six different categories, which you would worry about when you had no criticism, because that day was a sign that you were doing the wrong thing. Canelo is judged above average and is fine, because that made him grow even more.
Eddy Reynoso He took the lead because Saul decided to sign a contract with Golden Boy and the first step was solid. We know about the passion we both have for boxing and it’s a matter of finding good partners so that Jalisco’s career can continue to be strengthened. There may be some losses in the future, but it is part of the risks that run at this level. Los Chávez, Morales, Olivares, Barrera, and Márquez was not a sin and should not be if it happens to Canelo.
Mexico can boast of having the best pound pound in the world, and when the new generations talk about how it went at the beginning of this new century, they will certainly have Alvarez in conversation, now we will see how far it will go. the top five, in the top three or to shake up the sports world in Mexico, and there he becomes level with Chávez, no matter how bold he may seem.
By the way, we should know what names they have in the top 10, Julio César Chávez, Érik Morales, Juan Manuel Márquez, Marco Antonio Barrera, Rubén Olivares, Salvador Sánchez, Baby Arizmendi, Ricardo López, Saúl Álvarez, Vicente Saldivar, Carlos Zárate, Guadalupe Pintor, Humberto ‘Chiquita’ González, Miguel Cantó and Gilberto Román will surely be in them.