Mexican celebrity, four-division world champion and unified WBC/WBO/WBA Tremendous Middleweight Champion Canelo Álvarez previewed his extremely anticipated undisputed 168-pound championship showdown throughout a media convention name Wednesday earlier than he takes on undefeated IBF Tremendous Middleweight Champion Caleb “Sweethands” Plant on Saturday, November 6 dwell on SHOWTIME PPV from the MGM Grand Backyard Enviornment in Las Vegas.
Tickets for the dwell occasion are on sale now and will be bought at AXS.com. The occasion is promoted by Canelo Promotions and TGB Promotions and sponsored by Hennessy and Worth.
Canelo will look to seize undisputed standing for the primary time in his Corridor of Fame-caliber profession as he returns to SHOWTIME the place he made his pay-per-view important occasion debut in September 2013. The winner of the November 6 bout will stamp his identify within the historical past books as the primary undisputed 168-pound world champion of the four-belt period.
Here’s what Canelo, alongside together with his coach and supervisor Eddy Reynoso, needed to say Wednesday:
CANELO ÁLVAREZ
“I hope he has chin as a result of he’s going to wish it on combat night time.
“I’m all the time prepared. I simply can’t wait. I really feel sturdy and quick. With the entire speak, it’s turn out to be private. He crossed a line. However I’ve to stay centered as a result of it is a essential combat for me.
“Caleb has good boxing expertise. He has good motion and jab. But it surely’s nothing new for me. I do know what I must do. I should be affected person within the early rounds after which begin doing my job.
“Even more durable than attending to the highest is staying there. That’s why I attempt to get higher every day. That’s what I’ve been making an attempt to do from my first combat up till now.
“I’m 100% centered on this combat. There’s nothing else crossing my thoughts. After it’s over, we’ll determine who the following opponent will likely be.
“Being the undisputed champion is big for my legacy. Not solely would it not be an honor to be the primary Latin American fighter to do it, however there’s solely a choose membership of fighters who’ve achieved this. Eddy and I mentioned at first that the purpose was to be undisputed, and now we’re one combat away.
“Everybody is aware of what I’m going to do within the ring. When one thing is private with me, it’s completely different. I’ve one thing particular in my thoughts and I’m going to make it an excellent night time for us.
“The pandemic made me need to decelerate for a couple of yr, so I’m grateful that I’ve been lively since then. Issues are going quick now, and I find it irresistible. I’m grateful to be on this place.”
EDDY REYNOSO, Canelo’s Coach and Supervisor
“We’ve been coaching for 4 months and preparation has been nice. Anticipation is sky-high and we will’t anticipate November 6 to get right here.
“Caleb is a talented fighter who is aware of the best way to use his legs. If we come out too aggressive within the first few rounds, we’ll give the combat away. We should be affected person and get to the center rounds so we will do what we wish to do.
“Plant has three important attributes: energy in his left hand, his motion and his protection. We’re going to come back in and combat our personal model. We’ve got to make use of the model we all know the best way to win with.
“Erislandy Lara might be the closest comparability to Plant amongst Canelo’s previous opponents, and even Shane Mosley earlier in Canelo’s profession. Ultimately, it doesn’t matter what problem he presents, we’re not fearful about our capacity to come back out victorious.
“That is going to be a troublesome combat on November 6. It’s going to be a problem. However in the long run, expertise will prevail, and we are going to turn out to be undisputed like we got down to do all these years in the past.”
