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Mikey Garcia says Canelo Alvarez is only a “businessman” at this level in his profession, combating just for cash with out caring about what followers take into consideration him taking simple fights. Garcia says Canelo (62-2-2, 39 KOs) is like an “enterprise” now, having already made a colossal fortune and sticking round to make $400 million.
Mikey says Canelo is simply taking “low-risk, high-reward” fights to “collect the money,” and he doesn’t blame him.
Ignoring Fan Calls for
The Mexican celebrity is making a dynasty with the dough he’s getting for his fights and hasn’t confronted a tricky opponent since his loss to Dmitry Bivol on Could 7, 2022. Alvarez’s final 5 fights have been simple ones, and followers imagine he’s on his retirement tour, solely staying round for the cash. He’s clearly not listening to the followers anymore, as he’s swerved David Benavidez and David Morrell.
Canelo’s fortune is estimated at $250 million now, and that determine is predicted to soar from his subsequent three fights in opposition to IBF tremendous middleweight champion William Scull on Could third, Terence Crawford on September thirteenth, and probably Dmitry Bivol, Chris Eubank Jr, Conor Benn or Hamzah Sheeraz within the first half of 2026.
The Scull Choice
“I don’t know if the fans know this guy either, but I also know Canelo don’t give a f***,” stated Mikey Garcia to YSM Sports activities Media about Canelo Alvarez’s undisputed tremendous middleweight conflict in opposition to little identified IBF 168-lb champion William Scull on Could third in Riyadh, Saud Arabia.
The informal boxing followers don’t know who the Cuban William Scull is, however that doesn’t matter. Canelo wants his IBF tremendous middleweight title so he can come into his conflict in opposition to Terence Crawford because the undisputed champion in September. It’s all superficial advertising and marketing stuff for picture functions to construct curiosity among the many hardcore boxing followers that care about Crawford getting the possibility to turn into a three-division undisputed champ.
Informal followers gained’t care that it’s for the undisputed as a result of they both don’t know who the soon-to-be 38-year-old Crawford is or should not followers of his. He’s not a massively standard fighter due to his counter-ounching fashion, inactivity [he fights once a year], and nonexistent social media presence.
Followers want Canelo to battle Benavidez, Morrell, or Diego Pacheco on Could third as a substitute of Scull. He gained’t try this as a result of these can be robust fights that he would possibly lose. Additionally, he must be undisputed once more to create synthetic curiosity in his battle with Crawford. He wouldn’t want that if Crawford would transfer as much as tremendous middleweight and beat two or three of the highest fighters within the division. That’s not going to occur as a result of Crawford isn’t bodily able to besting fighters like Benavidez, Morrell, or Pacheco. He’s too outdated, weak, small, and inactive to beat these guys. He barely beat 154-pounder Israil Madrimov in his final battle.
“Canelo is there to fight this guy, become champion again, collect that belt [IBF] once again, become undisputed again, and collect a big paycheck,” stated Mikey. “Then his new few fights will be the same thing. He’s collecting a big paycheck for whatever fight he chooses to take on.”
It’s too unhealthy that boxing isn’t run like an actual sport the place fighters like Canelo can be pressured to the battle finest in his division, and weight leaping wasn’t allowed. Canelo would have doubtless misplaced to Benavidez, Morrell, and different contenders. His profession would have ended years in the past. Crawford wouldn’t be permitted to maneuver up two divisions to problem instantly for the titles at tremendous middleweight with out incomes the title shot by beating prime contenders.
Garcia’s “Businessman” Blast
“Canelo doesn’t give a f*** about what we think or what we say about who he fights,” stated Mikey. “His targets should not in boxing achievements anymore. He’s already finished it. He’s been champion in 4 divisions. He’s been undisputed. He’s been on the prime of the sport.
“For him now, he’s simply there to gather all the cash he can. He may have walked away a 12 months or two in the past, however why would he if there’s 2, 3 $400 million on the desk? He’s not going to stroll away from that. He’s going to stay round, accumulate the cash, and take the sorts of fights that he must take to make that type of cash. The low-risk, high-reward fights that he’s doing.
“I can’t blame him. He’s more a businessman now than he is a fighter,” Mikey continued about Canelo. “He wants to become a big brand, a big name, like an enterprise or something like that. He knows that there’s so much opportunity now to make money in boxing. Why would he walk away? He doesn’t care,” stated Mikey about Alvarez being money-focused now.
