Saul ‘Canelo‘ Alvarez is one of the most decorated champions in world boxing right now.
Widely regarded as one of the sport’s greatest pound-for-pound fighters, he turned pro at 15 and quickly gained prominence for his power, technical skill, and counter-punching ability.
Over his career, he has won world titles in four weight divisions – super-welterweight, middleweight, super-middleweight, and light-heavyweight.
Alavarez has had standout victories over the likes of Gennady Golovkin, Miguel Cotto, and Sergey Kovalev and lost only twice, once when he was 23-year-old to Floyd Mayweather, and again more recently when he stepped back up to 175 pounds to take on Dmitry Bivol.
He has 39 knockouts from 61 wins and is currently on a run of four unanimous decisions.
Speaking to DAZN Boxing, he reflected on the all-Mexican showdown with Jamie Munguia last time out in May and revealed he had so much fun in the ring he didn’t want the contest to end so toyed with his opponent rather than pushing for an early finish.
“I love it. I enjoy it a lot. That’s why I don’t like to finish Munguia because I enjoy it a lot.”
It was put to him that people think he was holding Munguia up in the final round and he agreed but also went one further.
“Yeah, [I was holding him up] in every round. But I really enjoy the fight, that’s why I take my time.”
27-year-old Munguia entered the ring undefeated and impressed in his first step up to world level but was ultimately outgunned by the sharper Canelo, who scored a knockdown via uppercut in the fourth round.
Most believe Canelo’s toughest test in the division is with David Benavidez, though as of yet nothing has been confirmed and this weekend he instead defends his three super middleweight titles against Edgar Berlanga.
