I know that people don't believe me when I tell them I'm winning on November 6. All those people who tell me that I can't do something, you live believable lives and you do believable things. It was a year in which Alvarez had his mind set on achieving just one thing in one division - becoming the first undisputed champion in the 37-year-history of a 168-pound weight class that many greats have called home but who never could be called undisputed, including Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, Roy Jones Jr., James Toney, Joe Calzaghe, Nigel Benn, Chris Eubank, Andre Ward, Carl Froch, Mikkel Kessler and others. He's also encountered hand issues, including in his most recent victory. Alvarez would fight four times in 11 months, including the Smith and Plant fights, an unheard-of level of activity for an elite fighter in this day and age. That being said, the American is no pushover and will not be looking to lie down for an easy pay day.
Deception,” However he couldn’yt have been more wrong as the American came in unfazed and put a masterclass on the champion. It was Canelo’s next two bouts that really mattered when it came to Fighter of the Year consideration. On May 8, Alvarez squared off with England’s Billy Joe Saunders, the unbeaten WBO titleholder, in the second outing of Canelo’s two-fight deal with promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing and DAZN. Edgar Berlanga could receive a 'dynamite' fight with Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez if he continues to demolish super-middleweight rivals, says promoter Bob Arum. Don King, the 90-year-old promoter long since faded from being any sort of real power in the boxing world, sent out a press release announcing he will stage the Makabu-Mchunu rematch in Warren, Ohio, and said that Canelo would be in attendance. Fighting in Bellew's home-city at Everton Football Club's Goodison Park stadium, Makabu was knocked out in the third round, but the Congolese has since bounced back with nine consecutive victories. By the end of the eighth round, during which Alvarez punished him with right hands to the face, Saunders’ right eye was swollen closed and trainer Mark Tibbs eventually motioned to referee Mark Calo-oy to stop the fight.
Alvarez, who had predicted he would break Saunders down and stop him between the eighth and 10th rounds, said he felt a powerful right uppercut dig into Saunders’ face. So, as a promotional and broadcast free agent, he commenced talks with Premier Boxing Champions’ Al Haymon, who represented Plant, for a fight that would ultimately land on Showtime PPV. But Smith is also fairly limited for a top level guy, and he does still have a bit of value not only as a titlist, but as the guy who retired Bernard Hopkins, even if that was nearly five years ago now. He also became just the sixth undisputed champion in the four-belt era, following Bernard Hopkins, Jermain Taylor, Terence Crawford, Oleksandr Usyk and Josh Taylor. The obvious choice is IBF-WBC light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev, assuming he is victorious in his Dec. 17 fight with Marcus Browne. The pro-Canelo crowd smashed the previous record of 63,352 for the heavyweight championship rematch between Muhammad Ali and Leon Spinks at the Superdome in New Orleans on September 15, 1978. It was just another nugget of history that did not go unnoticed by Alvarez. The result netted Alvarez a world title in a fourth weight class, but there is every chance he will return to light heavyweight.
While his path to the 2019 award came by beating significant opponents for titles in two weight classes, his goal in 2021 was different. He's an insecure person and that's why he came with a lot of excuses about lots of things. He is a very difficult fighter and has a lot of ability. Based on his ability? The hardball negotiations led to the event being set for November rather than the Mexican Independence Day weekend in September when Alvarez wanted to fight, but at least he had the matchup he wanted. 18, during Mexican Independence Day weekend, a date that is important to Alvarez to fight on. And the undefeated star has now criticised the Mexican for his role in the breakdown, questioning the multi-weight world champion's motivation in the sport. Since becoming champion, Plant has faced some controversy for the quality of his title defenses, defeating Mike Lee, Vincent Feigenbutz and Caleb Truax before finally securing his shot at the sport's top star and pound-for-pound best fighter. Mike Lee thought he was going to knock me out and Jose Uzcategui said he was going to knock me out, but how’d that go for them?