The overwhelming triumph of Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez on Avni Yildirim shook the Turkish boxer hard as he does not want to return to his country because he is convinced that The “dishonored”, although it also affected the coach Joel diaz, who pointed out that he had even received death threats.
Yildirim he left a bad image in the meeting which took place on February 27 in Miami, fell without even giving a good blow to Saúl after three rounds, which caused great anger in Turkey, which it is reflected in the multiple messages that Díaz received from that country, from which he was encouraged to describe some of them.
“In the messages I have from people in Turkey, I shows that they want to kill me because I sold YildirimInstead of improving it, I made it worse, because everything I said is worse “, Michoacan’s coach commented to the journalist Ernesto Amador.
“They tell me, ‘How much did Canelo pay you to put our fighter in this position? You are Mexican, Canelo is Mexican and we know he paid you several million dollars to put Yildirim in this position, “he added.
I wanted Yildirim to show up
Diaz stressed that his main intention was see Avni fighting Canelo, something that was not done because his department did not carry out the plan they pointed out, in addition to acknowledging this tapatío is now the best pound for pound in the world.
“I do not sell myself, so as to injure a fighter, If the fighter wins and looks good, I win and look good. I’m sorry, I wanted my fighter to shine, to say “hey, what a fight this bastard gave and Joel trained him”. But it’s not my fault the fighter didn’t listen, because he didn’t do anything I worked on“; He said.
Yildirim spent it crying
Díaz pointed out that from the day of the fight he stopped having contact with the boxer, who lived a nightmare as soon as he returned to the dressing room, where lost in thought.
“He does not want to return to his country, he is very sorry. After the fight he didn’t say a word, his manager talked to him, I told him to leave everything in the past. I cried in the bathroom, I didn’t answer anything. Feel that you are dropping your homeland“commented the.