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Sugar Ray Leonard: “Mayweather took Canelo to school and he learned”

Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez has had great growth at a sports level; The fighter from Guadalajara is considered by many to be the best fighter today, and without a doubt, a fight that marked his career occurred in 2013, when the Mexican faced American Floyd Mayweather at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, which he lost by decision after finishing the 12 rounds agreed.

This was the opinion of the former North American boxer, Sugar Ray Leonard, who shared with the president of the World Boxing Council, Mauricio Sulaimán, that The best thing that could have happened to ‘Canelo’ Álvarez was having lost against Floyd Mayweather.

“He is a great student,” said Leonard. “When I saw him against Mayweather I saw a student against a teacher. Floyd took him to school, but (the Canelo) learned from it“said the former US boxer.

Canelo’s next fight

Despite the fact that Saúl Álvarez had planned to fight, as is already a custom for the tricolor fighter, in the month of May, the coronavirus pandemic prevented him from agreeing and carrying out a combat, so it is expected that their next meeting is in September.

Now the Mexican must hope that by that month he will already be able to carry out massive events, this coupled with his obligation to find his next rival, since According to Canelo, money has been a problem for boxers to agree to sign their next fight.

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