‘Never Say Never’ – Canelo Alvarez on Fighting Exhibitions Like Floyd Mayweather

4-division world champion Canelo Alvarez has voiced his opinion on the concept of exhibition fights. These have become the new trend in boxing; whether it is between retired legends or celebrities. These events have garnered a lot of criticism from hard-core boxing fans; however, many argue that it is good for the monetary value of the sport. And now Canelo has given his take on the same.

He spoke to Fighthype.com after his press-conference for the Callum Smith fight. The champion addressed the possibility of doing something like that when he retires. He replied, “As they say, never say never. I love boxing, this is why I’m here at this moment. So you don’t know. The day that I retire, I can’t say ‘yes I’ll do it’, I can’t say ‘no I won’t do it’. I love boxing.” [via translator]

Alvarez then reasserted his desire to continue boxing for now and confirmed he has no plans of retiring. He said, “At this moment, this is what I’m doing and I’m very much enjoying it and I love it”.

This is something that was never in doubt given the incredible shape the Mexican is in.

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Would Canelo Alvarez be able to draw the same attention as Floyd Mayweather?

Floyd Mayweather was the one who popularized these exhibition fights. He has already fought one crossover fight against Conor McGregor and an exhibition fight against Japanese kick-boxer Tenshin Nasukawa. Furthermore, he is all set to fight Logan Paul in another exhibition fight in 2021.

This is possible because of Mayweather’s global profile. Now, if Canelo Alvarez was to do the same, there is no doubt it would be a success. In addition to this, Alvarez is also one to do things that will give him a good monetary return. So it will not be a surprise if we see Canelo fight exhibitions. However, there seems to be no sign of him stopping anytime soon either.

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