Canelo Alvarez (55-1-2, 37 KOs) had the media all to himself on Tuesday at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX, the stadium he’ll face Billy Joe Saunders (33-0, 14 KOs) for the WBC, WBA Super and WBO titles on Saturday night live worldwide on DAZN and distributed by TV Azteca in Mexico and Latin America. Saunders was a no-show in protest of the ring size.
“He thinks he’ll give me a boxing lesson?” said Alvarez. “We’ll see. I am not the same guy I was five or six years ago. I have experience, I am a more mature fighter. So he can say whatever he wants, on Saturday night, he is in a different level of fight. I hope that I don’t need the judges on the night.
“We have always been open about what are short- and long-term plans have been. I want to unify the 168lb division, and Caleb Plant would be next in line to secure that short term goal if successful against Billy Joe Saunders
“The goal is to be undisputed at 168lbs and then we’ll see. I think I could stay at Super-Middleweight until the end of my career. I think I have about seven years left until I retire, but I’m listening to my body and when it tells me to quit, I’ll quit
“Nothing frustrates me, I am just focused on winning on Saturday. He has to fight me on Saturday, that has to happen, it’s not a problem.
“I don’t care about anything; I am just going to go in there and do my job. Saunders has come up with other excuses, he’s had plenty of excuses, but I am just going to go in there and do what I have to do.”
“We have faced everyone, lefties, righties, champions, former champions, so to us this is nothing new,” added trainer Eddy Reynoso.
Canelo will win within 8 rounds. Saunders doesn’t have the power to keep him away.
Gary: Agreed. I believe Saunders is gonna put one hell of a show on for the first 4 rounds. After that, hes not gonna have much to go on and jus move around and try to survive until Canelo catches him. I like that 8th round prediction!!
Thank you guys for your input. I appreciate your thoughts. Tony, great point you make. Saunders will create distance and laterally move to offset Canelo’s forward style. Canelo may be able to time that lateral movement with his counter hooks especially the left hook. I predict Saunders will survive the fight simply by moving to survive not to engage head-on. Gary is right as well. Saunders has a terrible habit of arm-punching and looking fast, but does not possess that “crack” to keep Canelo at bay. Have a great day. Canelo UD
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