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Canelo's favorite cuss word—does it make him more relatable or just plain hilarious?

Mexican boxing sensation Canelo Alvarez’s boxing abilities speak for themselves, thus he doesn’t need to pick up a language to establish his value in the sport. You cannot, however, deny that his English has undoubtedly helped him gain more popularity in English-speaking nations. A lot of people have enjoyed the humorous English insults that he has made during press conferences. Recently, one of his interviews has been making rounds online where he mentioned some of his favorite cuss words. 

The super middleweight king sat down with BigBoyTV for an interview on the day of his pre-fight presser with Edgar Berlanga. During the conversation, he explained which English slang words he liked the most. 

Canelo Alvarez shares his favorite English cuss words 

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The 33-year-old participated in a made-up segment by BigBoyTV called ‘Cursing with Canelo’. As he was asked which were his favorite cuss words, the boxing champ remembered a few and said, “Motherf**ker, son of a bi*ch, you fu**ing kidding me.” Furthermore, when asked about his favorite “motherf**king” fight, he replied, “One of my great motherfu**ing fight, Miguel Angel Cotto.” 

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To end the segment, he was quizzed about his one favorite English cuss word. After giving it a thought, he said “dumb bi*ch.” Well, the boxer has been a native of Guadalajara, Mexico, and spoke Spanish most of his life. However, his boxing career demanded speaking English to bring in more audiences. It would be unjust to give credit to the language than his talent, but it has certainly helped in bringing in more audiences. Even this video has gained a lot of traction. Scroll down to see how fans reacted to it.  

Fans react in amusement at Canelo’s English slurs 

Although English has been a problem for him for years, but now Alvarez seems pretty confident about it. Fans have been dying of laughter as they saw the Mexican spit out some English cuss words. One fan wrote, “This is gold.”

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It is indeed funny to watch the boxer curse in English. Even he was laughing during the interview. Another fan felt that the boxer sounded like a small kid and said, “Ayo Canelo is like a little kid cussing.”

The Guadalajara native had admitted to feeling a bit insecure about not being able to speak English fluently. However, he has grown more self-assured over time, and his friends and colleagues have supported him in doing so. Although he said that the language courses had not been helpful enough, his pals were able to interact in English with him when he went golfing. A netizen lauded Alvarez’s team and said, “Who ever in his team told him to learn English deserves a pay rise Canelo is actually hilarious.”

Moreover, Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s prodigy talent Curmel Moton also enjoyed watching the funny video and joined the fans in the comments section and wrote, “MUHHFU**ER” with a laughing emoji. 

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You have to give it to BigBoyTV host Luther Luffeigh for bringing out this side of Canelo. Both of them had a good time and even gave fans a good time with this hilarious video. One fan appreciated the two for making him laugh and wrote, “I can’t stop laughin these ninjas got me dyin.”

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Well, the pre-fight presser also has some funny moments with Canelo and Berlanga. The fight is scheduled to take place on the Mexican Independence Day, September 14th. What did you think of Alvarez’s favorite cuss words? Which one did you like? Share your thoughts in the comments below. 

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