Cuauhtémoc Blanco rages against Canelo Álvarez and questions his career

Former Mexican footballer Cuauhtémoc Blanco issued a series of questions about Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez’ professional career.

The former player of the Mexican national team, considered that the tapatío boxer has avoided facing rivals representing a high degree of difficulty over the squad, arguing that the monarch of the supermedians assumes few sports risks at the time of conforming his cartels.

During his participation in the digital space Posscass of Compass, Cuauhtémoc Blanco used as a reference the career of Juan Manuel Márquez to establish a direct contrast. Addressing his interlocutor in the program, the former sportsman expressed his inconformity with Álvarez' recent fights, noting that the elected rivals do not require the maximum performance of the Jaliscian pugilist.

Cuauhtémoc Blanco explained his perspective on the fighter’s performance in the drowned: “I love the box, but I don’t like Canelo Álvarez. Give them chicks, just like you. I loved when you broke your mother and you went to the front and ching her madr* as far as it could. I don’t like Canelo, I want to see his mother break up. As you say, pure pinche flancito, güey.”

In the same argument, Cuauhtémoc Blanco pointed out that the responsibility for the current boxing business model falls directly on the fans. The former player questioned fans who continue to pay for witnessing events where competitive demand is predictable: “But do you know who’s to blame? And I’m going to say it and it’s worth me mother: we, for seeing those fights. We’re like pigs watching it.”

The vision of Juan Manuel Márquez

The statements issued by Cuauhtémoc Blanco found immediate support in the vision of Juan Manuel Márquez, who hasined a critical stance towards his compatriot’s sports management. The former world champion reiterated in the broadcast that the team representing the tapatío prioritizes commercial and financial interests over regulatory challenges.

When evaluating the development of Álvarez’ sports agenda, Márquez detailed in the podcast: “It has been a well-led, well-studied career. You don’t face those you have to fight with, but well, that’s pure business. You have to take care of the gold mine, you have to take care of it.” Despite the signs, he nuanced his comment by recognizing the champion’s athletic commitment: “He’s a disciplined fighter and he trains well, that’s not to be denied.”

The statistical contrast in the trajectory of the tapatío boxer

Beyond the assessments exposed by Cuauhtémoc Blanco, the official records of the discipline reflect a constant activity of Saúl Álvarez against frontline competitors. Boxing statistics indicate that since the 2018 season, the Mexican has risen to the tapestry exclusively before current world champions, ex-monarchs of the category or mandatory challengers designated by the sanctioning entities.

Tapatío’s record includes clashes against dedicated figures of rented sports, highlighting names such as Floyd Mayweather Jr., Miguel Cotto, Shane Mosley, Gennady Golovkin, Sergey Kovalev, Dmitry Bivol, Caleb Plant, Jaime Munguía and Terence Crawford. Thro his journey through the battlefields, the fighter has measured forces against more than a dozen monarchs in the world, recording only three adverse results.

To these numbers is added his consolidation as the first boxer in the history of boxing to obtain the label of undisputed champion within the supermedian division, by unifying simultaneously the bands of the CMB, AMB, OMB and FIB. Likewise, the history of the Jalisciense accounts for the obtaining of world ranges in the superwélter, median, supermedian and semi-weight weight categories.