A boxer in Saúl’s category has mastery. You can move up or down to face someone higher level
On Saturday I had to broadcast the NBA game between the Mavericks and the Nets. The game completely deflated in the fourth quarter, as Dallas clearly won against Brooklyn, which did not have two of its top three players. Well, I thought, I’ll see a lot of Canelo Álvarez fights. Get excited about me …
I was barely preparing dinner when I switched the TV to see the images for which the Turk Avni Yildirim will not fight in the fourth round. The guy got all the shots. As they say, I no longer felt heavy, but thick. Canelo was celebrating, discreetly, and There was no choice but to change him permanently to León-Cruz Azul.
I consider myself an admirer of Canelo. I am a believer that to reach the top it takes a lot of work, sacrifice, a lot of talent and a lot of mentality. Saul has all this and whoever doesn’t want to see her is a real fool. But you don’t have to be a boxing expert – I’m not even close – to realize that the rival Canelo was given in Miami on Saturday is not up to expectations, the stage, much less a world champion as boxer from Guadalajara.
I read many who apologize to Canelo with the expression “it’s not his fault, he was the obligatory provocateur”. It’s not like that. A boxer in Saúl’s category is in the lead. It can move up or down to face someone of a higher level. A contract worth more than 300 million for television rights requires a more uniform shooting. If Saul doesn’t want to hear Gennady Golovkin’s name, well … well, let him find more competitors to approach him. A champion is the belt, but it is also the way you defend your title fight by fight.
And it is that here it was not even enough for controversy against Kovalev, Callum Smith or Daniel Jacobs. This Saturday was a bad joke, and Canelo knows it. We hope that your corner, which is now the same representative, protects your interests by raising the bar. Canelo deserves it, and the millions who follow him.
It has to be that way. At least so dinner tastes something.