“There are great legends and great fighters in the history of Mexico, and there will be more to come.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I’m focused on being the best, making history.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“When I go running, I see Mexicans working hard.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I just love what I do. I’m not worried about any burnout.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I have to stay calm, cool, and collected.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“Boxing is the most beautiful thing after women.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“The more desperate you are, the more mistakes you make.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“If you don’t take an opponent serious, they surprise you.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“Obviously I’m fast, and I’m going to have to utilize that speed, but I’m also going to have to be smart. I’m also strong, and I have a punch, so I’m going to have to use all my qualities to be able to fight against Angulo, and I just feel whoever’s the best prepared that night is going to win.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“When I first stepped into the boxing gym, I loved it. I knew it was what I was going to do.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“If I lift any weights, I do it more for explosion, but I really use my body weight to build up muscle and strength.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I’m honored and blessed by God to be in the sport I love, and I want to accomplish all the goals I set in the sport of boxing – to be successful and make history.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I don’t focus much on video. I watch here and there, perhaps two or three of my opponent’s fights. That gives me a good idea of his style.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“My job is to train hard, go fight, and do my best.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“The people decide who’s No. 1, the best in boxing.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“If the people like watching me, see me as an example of someone succeeding, as a young guy who has the will to win, then I’m happy.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“My record speaks for itself.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“You can have the best training, but just feeling full can make you sluggish and cause you to lose.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“In Mexico, you have to defend yourself and your honour.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I prepare myself to fight; I prepare myself for myself.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I take the time to look at my videos after a fight to see not what I did right but what I did wrong, to learn from those mistakes.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“It is a big responsibility to headline on pay-per-view.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I don’t give myself titles. I don’t think of that.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I always train 100 percent.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I was taunted because I was different.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I’m prepared for Amir Khan moving swiftly – or for whatever style he comes out using. I prepared with sparring, in the style similar to what he uses.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I’m training and preparing because nothing is predictable in boxing. I’m preparing for those rounds, and if it happens that I get a shot, whatever advantage I have, I will be ready for 12 rounds.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I train to fight, to win.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I fought the best; I’ve never been afraid of anyone.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“Liam Smith was a resilient fighter. He was tough, has a lot of heart. He thinks before he attacks.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I don’t fear anyone. We don’t come to play in this sport.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I expect a tough, hard fight. Liam Smith is coming to win.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I do two months of strict dieting, so after fight night, I go for whatever my body is craving. It’s usually sushi. But after that, I go home to Guadalajara and indulge in a lot of tacos before I have to start getting in shape for another fight.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I was made fun of at a young age. I would fight a lot in the streets, and it has a lot to do with the way I am today. It helped my development as a fighter, but what can I say?”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I look like this for a reason. I was born this way. It was God-given.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“When I was 15 years old, I left school and became a professional boxer.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I’m very happy with what I’ve accomplished, but we’re going for more.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“My preference is not to fight a Mexican.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“You always try to fight someone from another country. But having said that, the public knows, everybody knows, when there’s two Mexicans in the ring, there will be a war.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I like to stand right in front of my opponent. I think it makes for an exciting fight.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“It would be a dream to be the face of boxing, to be No. 1.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“Fighting Manny Pacquiao in the future – there’s possibilities it could happen. But whatever happens in the future happens in the future.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“Every fight is a different experience.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“For the entirety of my career, I have taken the fights that no one wanted because I fear no man.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I will fight ‘GGG,’ and I will beat ‘GGG,’ but I will not be forced into the ring by artificial deadlines.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I started boxing because of my brother. And then I came to admire the all-time greats, like Roberto Duran and Muhammad Ali. I’d say I admired Ali more than any fighter in my life.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“It’s a big responsibility and great motiviation to be a Mexican fighter who is admired, and I thank God for the support I get from Mexicans on both sides of the border.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“My camps are always ten weeks. That’s what makes me comfortable.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I like working with my own body weight, and I just do the best job I can to be healthy and strong, both before and after a fight.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I do work on a little bit of weights just to get my power up.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I work a lot of conditioning and stamina.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I don’t know a lot about politics.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“A fighter lives in his training camp, and I’m not always paying attention to what is happening on the outside. But I do know the Mexican people and the Mexican-American people in this country are very hard-working people. That’s my only comment about Donald Trump.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“Athletes can definitely have an impact on society. And it’s great that athletes can be a part of uniting the population.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I feel honored that the Hispanic community in the United States have embraced me. I’m really happy and honored to receive their support.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I’m the kind of person who visualizes things before doing them.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“There might well have been an Irish great-great-grandfather of mine back then in the 1800s.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I have a noble body. It adapts to all I ask of it.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I appreciate my international fans all over the world.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“My fans are going to support me through thick and thin; 100 per cent, they’ll always support me.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I don’t prepare myself for a specific fighter. I don’t choose a fight to prepare myself for another fighter.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“There are boxing fans, and there are fans of the UFC. People want to see blood, but people like both.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I just want to create my own history.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I have been fighting the best. I am just 26 and have fought in the biggest arenas.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“Getting to fight at the AT&T Stadium is a huge privilege for me and my career.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I’m not worried at all about going to 160 lb.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I’m a strong fighter, I’m a fighter who can adapt to my surroundings.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I want to challenge the best, and I’m ready.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I’m happy to fight anybody.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I’m confident in the fighter I am, and I have nothing to worry about.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I’m a strong-minded fighter.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I will fight the fight I need to fight to win.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“Every fight brings out something different in me, and it will be no different in this one. I have learned and gained from all of those experiences. And as I’ve often said, the public hasn’t seen the best of me yet. I need someone like Mayweather to bring that out of me.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“There have been numerous tips and numerous people offering advice. I appreciate it because it all comes with good feelings from the heart. But some of it we’ll apply, and some things we won’t.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I never think about the knockouts. I go into every fight, do my work, and none of that stuff puts pressure on me at all.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“There’s a lot more to me than just power.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I already have a lot of experience, but the best is yet to come.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I’m 25 years old; I’ve had a good career, and the best is yet to come. I want to fight for the next 10 years, which will be better than my first 10 years.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I feel comfortable at 154 lbs.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I get motivated by the fact people are following me, that they want a photo or say ‘vamos’ or ‘Canelo.’”
― Canelo Alvarez
“My goal in boxing is to be the best.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I want to be like a Muhammad Ali, like a Julio Cesar Chavez. So when people talk about boxing, they have to remember Canelo.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I’ve learned from every single fight, every single opponent – some great fighters.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I love to push myself.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I’m very conscious of Miguel Cotto’s career… I need to do my part on that night to have victory and create my own legacy in this sport of boxing.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“If I can utilise anything, I’ll utilise it.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“There are no secrets – I’ve been fighting around 154 lbs and 155 lbs, so I feel comfortable at this weight. This is my weight class.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“What matters most is the win.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I’ve always been able to put things in perspective.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“Many people focus on my power and talk about my power, but I have many more qualities in the ring. I like to surprise everyone.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I had 45 amateur fights, and I was able to win two national titles in those three years as an amateur.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I love brawling, but I’m a smart fighter.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“I have a love for boxing.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“Angulo presents a difficult challenge because he’s a fighter who can punch and take a great punch.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“Sometimes, once a fight starts, you have to do what you have to do to win.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“As far being the face of boxing, I don’t like to name myself that. I leave that up to the media and the fans.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“What I do is I do my job.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“If other people want to say that I’m the next person in boxing, then that’s up to them. That’s their opinion.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“At times, training at home is a distraction, so training in Big Bear was a really good change.”
― Canelo Alvarez
“My public in Guadalajara and the people from Guadalajara, they’ve supported me since day one.”
― Canelo Alvarez
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