{"id":8894,"date":"2023-05-05T07:13:29","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T07:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/saul-canelo-alvarez-v-john-ryder-the-mexican-champions-rise-to-boxing-dominance\/"},"modified":"2023-05-05T07:13:30","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T07:13:30","slug":"saul-canelo-alvarez-v-john-ryder-the-mexican-champions-rise-to-boxing-dominance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/saul-canelo-alvarez-v-john-ryder-the-mexican-champions-rise-to-boxing-dominance\/","title":{"rendered":"Saul &#8216;Canelo&#8217; Alvarez v John Ryder: The Mexican champion&#8217;s rise to boxing dominance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1\">\n<figure class=\"gs-u-mt0 gs-u-mb-alt+ story-body__media story-body__media--figure qa-story-body-media story-body__media--lead\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$video-1\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block story-body__media\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$video-1.0\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block gs-o-responsive-image\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$video-1.0.0\"><noscript data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$video-1.0.0.1\"\/><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"gel-brevier gs-u-ph+ gs-u-pv-alt story-body__media__caption story-body__media__caption--video\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$video-1.1\">Saul &#8216;Canelo&#8217; Alvarez on his homecoming fight in Mexico<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p role=\"introduction\" class=\"qa-introduction gel-pica-bold\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-2\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-2.0\">This weekend is all about the king. Saul &#8216;Canelo&#8217; Alvarez, the main man of Mexican boxing, returns to the city where it all began.<\/span><\/p>\n<div data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3\">\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3.0\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3.0.0\">Undisputed super-middleweight champion Alvarez defends his IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO titles against Briton John Ryder at Guadalajara&#8217;s Estadio Akron on Saturday.  <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-4\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-4.0\">&#8216;The King is coming home&#8217; is the strapline for the bout as fight fever hits the historic city in the state of Jalisco, home to tequila and mariachi music, harder than a trademark Alvarez body shot.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-5\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-5.0\">&#8220;It&#8217;s an honour. I&#8217;m happy to be part of this history in my own town,&#8221; 32-year-old Alvarez, who will fight Mexico for the first time since 2011, says. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-6\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-6.0\">The teenager bullied for his red hair and freckles has grown to become world boxing&#8217;s hottest property. He has gone from selling ice creams on a bus to selling out stadiums. The Alvarez story is as inspiring as it is remarkable. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"story-body__crosshead\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$crosshead-7\">A quiet kid sparring world champions<\/h3>\n<figure class=\"gs-u-mt0 gs-u-mb-alt+ story-body__media story-body__media--figure qa-story-body-media\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$image-8\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block story-body__media\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$image-8.0\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block gs-o-responsive-image\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$image-8.0.0\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"gel-brevier gs-u-ph+ gs-u-pv-alt story-body__media__caption story-body__media__caption--image\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$image-8.1\">Alvarez has won 58 fights, with two losses and two draws, since turning professional in 2005<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-9\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-9.0\">Boxing has a long history of rags-to-riches success stories. Manny Pacquiao, the eight-division champion from the Philippines, escaped a life of hardship on the streets of Manila, selling bread and later working as a janitor to make ends meet. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-10\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-10.0\">Mike Tyson resorted to theft from the age of 10 to survive the dangers of Brownsville, Brooklyn. He went on to become the youngest heavyweight champion of all time. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-11\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-11.0\">The Alvarez tale could sit easily alongside those two.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-12\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-12.0\">&#8220;Canelo comes from a very small suburb of Guadalajara,&#8221; boxing broadcaster and analyst Claudia Trejos says. &#8220;His dad owned an ice cream parlour. He would get off school and go sell ice creams.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-13\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-13.0\">Alvarez had ambitions. Inspired by his older siblings who all boxed, at 13 he found haven in father-son duo Jose &#8216;Chepo&#8217; and Eddy Reynoso&#8217;s gym. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-14\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-14.0\">Journalist Kiko Baldares, who has worked for Team Canelo, recalls their first meeting. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-15\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-15.0\">&#8220;He was a very polite, quiet and nice kid,&#8221; he says. &#8220;Even at that age, he was so focused on boxing. He wanted to learn everything he could from the older fighters.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"story-body__crosshead\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$crosshead-16\">The 15-year-old pro who became a teenage dad<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-17\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-17.0\">Alvarez turned professional two years later, aged 15. Outside of the ring, however, his life took an unexpected twist the following year when his then-girlfriend became pregnant. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-18\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-18.0\">&#8220;Canelo understood he had to take responsibility and provide for them,&#8221; Trejos says. &#8220;He had to find an apartment, walk away from school while working in the ice cream parlour and fighting just to make ends meet.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-19\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-19.0\">Balderas adds: &#8220;When his daughter was born, he didn&#8217;t want her to suffer. So he suffered himself by taking those long hours, sometimes two hours on a bus or train, just to go to the gym and train. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-20\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-20.0\">&#8220;She was his drive. His main motivation was to not suffer financially.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-21\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-21.0\">Alvarez is now he world&#8217;s fifth-richest athlete, but he almost walked away from the sport early in his career. He was earning up to $40 (\u00a332) for his fights, relying on ticket sales for the rest of his purse. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-22\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-22.0\">He was persuaded to continue by his friends and family.   <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-23\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-23.0\">&#8220;Straight away, you could see he was special,&#8221; Balderas says. &#8220;He was a young guy and was sparring with the likes of Oscar Larios, who was a world champion who even fought Manny Pacquiao.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-24\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-24.0\">Trejos adds: &#8220;I met him in California when he was 18 or 19. What caught my attention was that he was very keen. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-25\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-25.0\">&#8220;There was a level of security and confidence, a sense of knowing what he had to do, but there was no ego. He didn&#8217;t need to tell anyone how good he is.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"story-body__crosshead\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$crosshead-26\">&#8216;I could tell within 30 seconds he was special&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-29\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-29.0\">On Saturday more than 50,000 will attend Alvarez&#8217;s homecoming, taking place over Mexico&#8217;s Cinco De Mayo celebration weekend. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-30\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-30.0\">But the fighter nor his team were not prepared for the level of fame he has attained. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-31\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-31.0\">&#8220;I remember once were in a training camp and I told him to open a Facebook account, because that&#8217;s the thing everyone is doing now,&#8221; Balderas says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-32\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-32.0\">&#8220;He said: &#8216;I&#8217;m never doing that. I&#8217;m not into this social media.&#8217; Within a year, he had his own team to handle social media.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-33\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-33.0\">&#8220;He didn&#8217;t even realise he would be this famous. He said he wanted to be a great fighter but never felt he would scale to this level.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-34\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-34.0\">Alvarez won his first world title at light-middleweight against Briton Matthew Hatton in 2011. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-35\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-35.0\">&#8220;Literally within 30 seconds, I knew I was in with someone very special,&#8221; Hatton &#8211; who lost on points &#8211; said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-36\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-36.0\">&#8220;When I got over there, I was shocked by the support he had, the amount of fans he had and the amount of media coverage that was around him and around the fight.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"story-body__crosshead\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$crosshead-37\">How Alvarez gained a &#8216;PhD in boxing&#8217;<\/h3>\n<figure class=\"gs-u-mt0 gs-u-mb-alt+ story-body__media story-body__media--figure qa-story-body-media\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$image-38\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block story-body__media\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$image-38.0\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block gs-o-responsive-image\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$image-38.0.0\"><img src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/624\/cpsprodpb\/63A5\/production\/_129590552_gettyimages-181785651.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 800px, (min-width: 900px) 624px, (min-width: 600px) 976px, (min-width: 400px) 624px, 400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/400\/cpsprodpb\/63A5\/production\/_129590552_gettyimages-181785651.jpg 400w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/624\/cpsprodpb\/63A5\/production\/_129590552_gettyimages-181785651.jpg 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/800\/cpsprodpb\/63A5\/production\/_129590552_gettyimages-181785651.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/976\/cpsprodpb\/63A5\/production\/_129590552_gettyimages-181785651.jpg 976w\" alt=\"Floyd Mayweather connects with a punch on Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez\" class=\"qa-srcset-image\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$image-38.0.0.0\"\/><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"gel-brevier gs-u-ph+ gs-u-pv-alt story-body__media__caption story-body__media__caption--image\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$image-38.1\">Alvarez&#8217;s first career defeat came on points against Floyd Mayweather (right) in 2013<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-39\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-39.0\">Alvarez, a four-weight world champion, is arguably the biggest draw in boxing. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-40\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-40.0\">There is no padded record. He has beaten legends such as Miguel Cotto, Shane Mosley and Gennady Golovkin. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-41\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-41.0\">&#8220;I just want to continue make history along the way and fighting with the best fighters out there,&#8221; he says. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-42\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-42.0\">He lost on points to pound-for-pound great Floyd Mayweather in 2013. Aged 23, the inexperienced Alvarez was still learning his craft. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-43\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-43.0\">&#8220;When he challenged Mayweather we thought he was going to get clobbered. Did he lose? Yeah. But that was the moment he got a PhD in boxing,&#8221; Trejos says. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-44\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-44.0\">&#8220;That is when he turned the corner into understanding what he lacked.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-45\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-45.0\">Last year he was defeated by WBA &#8216;Super&#8217; champion Dmitry Bivol for the light-heavyweight world title. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-46\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-46.0\">Some suggested Alvarez was no longer at his peak. Others commended him, as the smaller of the two fighters, for even taking on the challenge. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-47\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-47.0\">&#8220;Canelo just takes on all comers and that&#8217;s got to be applauded,&#8221; Hatton says. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"story-body__crosshead\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$crosshead-48\">The shy teenager is no more<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-49\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-49.0\">Alvarez&#8217;s personality has flourished in recent years. He approaches his media duties with confidence, and is more willing to engage in trash talk with opponents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-50\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-50.0\">&#8220;When I first met him, we didn&#8217;t have big statements or crushing words,&#8221; Trejos says. &#8220;I remember working on his fights and thinking: How are we going to sell this?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-51\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-51.0\">Having always given answers in Spanish, he learned English in an unconventional way by picking it up while playing golf with friends.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-52\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-52.0\">Trejos says: &#8220;One time, he was criticised for playing golf and competed alongside professionals in a tournament. He said: &#8216;You&#8217;re jealous because I can do both and I can do both well.&#8217; <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-53\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-53.0\">&#8220;We are now seeing not just the fighter, not just his personality, but we are seeing the man.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-54\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-54.0\">Alvarez&#8217;s business ventures range from his own tequila line to real estate, financial trading and a chain of convenience stores.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-55\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-55.0\">But Balderas says Alvarez &#8220;always keeps the Mexican people in his heart&#8221; through various charity initiatives.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-56\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-56.0\">&#8220;When <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-latin-america-41327593\" class=\"story-body__internal-link\" title=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-56.$link-2\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-56.$link-2.0\">the earthquake happened in 2017,<\/span><\/a><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-56.3\"> Canelo was one of the first people to be on the ground,&#8221; Balderas says. &#8220;He didn&#8217;t just donate money, he was there doing the hard labour.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-57\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-57.0\">&#8220;There were pictures on the internet and he didn&#8217;t like that someone posted it. He doesn&#8217;t like to brag.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"story-body__crosshead\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$crosshead-58\">A champion who &#8216;polarises his own community&#8217;<\/h3>\n<figure class=\"gs-u-mt0 gs-u-mb-alt+ story-body__media story-body__media--figure qa-story-body-media\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$image-59\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block story-body__media\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$image-59.0\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block gs-o-responsive-image\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$image-59.0.0\"><img src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/624\/cpsprodpb\/12EC6\/production\/_129601577_gettyimages-1407318077.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 800px, (min-width: 900px) 624px, (min-width: 600px) 976px, (min-width: 400px) 624px, 400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/400\/cpsprodpb\/12EC6\/production\/_129601577_gettyimages-1407318077.jpg 400w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/624\/cpsprodpb\/12EC6\/production\/_129601577_gettyimages-1407318077.jpg 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/800\/cpsprodpb\/12EC6\/production\/_129601577_gettyimages-1407318077.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/976\/cpsprodpb\/12EC6\/production\/_129601577_gettyimages-1407318077.jpg 976w\" alt=\"Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez poses next to a Ferrari\" class=\"qa-srcset-image\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$image-59.0.0.0\"\/><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"gel-brevier gs-u-ph+ gs-u-pv-alt story-body__media__caption story-body__media__caption--image\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$image-59.1\">Alvarez earned $110m (\u00a387.9m) in the last 12 months, according to Forbes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-60\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-60.0\">Mexico has a rich boxing heritage &#8211; and Alvarez&#8217;s achievements are earning him a place as part of that. Yet he &#8220;has that ability to polarise his own community&#8221;, according to Trejos. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-61\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-61.0\">She says some do not hold him in the same regard as past Mexican fighters, such as Ruben Olivares, Julio Cesar Chavez, Salvador Sanchez and Juan Manuel Marquez.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-62\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-62.0\">Balderas also feels Alvarez is not given the credit he deserves from some Mexican fans, but offers a different reason. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-63\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-63.0\">&#8220;People want to see blood in Mexico,&#8221; he says. &#8220;They want to see war, someone who goes out there and brawls. They want that from Canelo. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-64\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-64.0\">&#8220;They want him to suffer, bleed, go down on the floor, then get up and win. But Canelo is too much of a smart fighter.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-65\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-65.0\">Perhaps Alvarez&#8217;s dominance in the ring is to the detriment of his own popularity. Perhaps he will only be appreciated fully by all fans once he hangs up the gloves.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-66\"><span data-reactid=\".23q8pgwbd46.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-66.0\">Or maybe a knockout performance in front of his home people on Saturday will secure his legacy among Mexican people. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/65452144?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=KARANGA\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saul &#8216;Canelo&#8217; Alvarez on his homecoming fight in Mexico This weekend is all about the king. Saul &#8216;Canelo&#8217; Alvarez, the main man of Mexican boxing, returns to the city where it all began. Undisputed super-middleweight champion Alvarez defends his IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO titles against Briton John Ryder at Guadalajara&#8217;s Estadio Akron on Saturday. 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