On February 27 Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez will have his first fight of 2021 and will be measured against the Turkish Avni Yildirim at the Hard Rock Stadium, which is the home of the Miami Dolphins of the NFL.
There are just a few days until the meeting and that is why ‘Canelo’ Álvarez is very active on his social networks, responding to his fans, who are also excited about the meeting. It was one of his followers who showed a couple of photos that showed the evolution of the Mexican boxer.
This is the user @SoyCristianRey who put together the collage with two photos that the boxer uploaded to his Instagram account in recent days, and wrote, “It must feel super awesome to start from scratch, work day by day, and see over the years, the fruits of your effort, sacrifice and discipline “.
Saúl Alvarez shared the post and only wrote, “Very chingón. Motivation.”
In the first image, the Mexican looks very young, he is posing with his fists raised in a very humble place and he boasts a belt and a medal. That photograph was posted by himself on Instagram on January 14, with the caption, “There are no impossibles,” but he did not give more details, although it could be from 2007, when he began to fight in renowned places in Jalisco.
The other photo is of ‘Canelo’ Álvarez posing in front of his new Ferrari. It is the LaFerrari model, which has a value of 2.8 million dollars, it is also exclusive, since only 499 units have been manufactured, and one of them already belongs to the Mexican.
But that new taste that the Mexican boxer gave himself does not seem to represent a significant expense for his fortune, since it is estimated that in 2020 he earned 37 million dollars, to which were added the 75 million dollars of 2019, therefore it is among the highest paid athletes in the world.
To that fortune will be added what he will earn for the fight against Avni Yildirim, since it is estimated that for the fight he will pocket 30 million dollars, which will be obtained from the ticket, the percentage of sales of the payment per event and from the sponsors .
Regarding the sale of tickets, it is known that only 15,000 will be sold, because, due to the pandemic, attendance will be limited at the Hard Rock Stadium, which is capable of hosting 65,326 people. The cost of the tickets is between 75 to 1,110 dollars, about 23,000 Mexican pesos.
During the fight, the Mexican will put the WBC and WBA championships at stake, if he wins, he will try to measure himself with Billy Joe Saunders for the WBO belt and then Caleb Plant, IBF champion.
This fight is also full of controversy, because the sports press and even his previous rival, Callum Smith, believe that it was agreed for the Mexican to shine and I won without problems, especially because Avni Yildirim has exactly two years without fighting, his last combat was on February 23, 2019.
In an interview he gave to Boxing Scene, spoke about his critics, “I don’t have to give any explanation because they will never be happy with anything. I just fought the number one at 168 pounds and they are not happy with that either. So, I have nothing to say and nothing to explain. No. it matters to me”
As you can see, Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez is so carefree, that he even has the luxury of launching his own Canelo card, together with the company Broxel.
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