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In this jaw-dropping episode of "Sway In The Morning," Canelo Alvarez EXPOSES Floyd Mayweather's tactics like never before! 🌟 Get an inside look at what makes Canelo one of the greatest boxers of our time. From his thoughts on Tank Davis vs. Shakur Stevenson to his insights on the price to fight Crawford, Canelo holds nothing back. 🥊
Join us as we dive into Canelo's storied career, his take on legendary bouts with the likes of Shane Mosley and Floyd Mayweather, and why he believes size doesn't matter in the ring. Plus, hear Canelo's candid advice for young fighters and his perspective on the business side of boxing.
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
01:15 - Canelo Alvarez Interview
02:06 - Edgar Berlanga Fight
06:07 - Canelo Alvarez vs Terence Crawford
11:04 - Canelo as a Father
12:49 - Canelo's Wife's Perspective
16:17 - Canelo's Prediction: Davis vs. Stevenson
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[Applause]
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I woke up this morning I had goosebumps
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uhhuh thank you I was excited not just
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because the sun was in the sky I was
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excited not just because I woke up I was
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excited because I was told one of my
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favorite boxers one of the guys who
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personifies the tradition of boxing and
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has up upheld the tradition of boxing
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he's done it with Integrity he hasn't
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built bend on his morals he stands his
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ground
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he has fought some of the best in the
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business and Still Remains one of the
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best in the business it's an honor to
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have this man up here four Division
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World Champion UniFi Champion espie
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Award for best boxer the Ring magazine
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fighter of the year it's an honor to
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have him up here thank you thank you he
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carries the tradition of all Mexican
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boxers on his shoulders with boxing as a
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whole some of the Legends he is now part
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of that lineage his his his
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Heritage um his tradition all of these
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things are intertwined into his boxing
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style and when he steps into the ring
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he's not just representing boxing he's
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representing the people and I love the
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way he handles himself when he does it I
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want to welcome him to the show I'm
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excited horse the one and only sa Canelo
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Alvarez welcome welcome
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welcome I want to bring you to the ring
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to losing
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me I can do it bro I can do it poito
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poito I told him earlier he said
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everybody everybody say
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poito yo but your English no no it's
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it's aaz bro I've watched you versus
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trout Mosley Mayweather I've watched
1:47
your whole career right and I've always
1:50
talked to Barack about you we've always
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he know
1:54
yeah he's learning bro he's learning you
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know pleasure to meet you pleasure to
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meet
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it's a good guy big big fight taking
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place September 14th give that a big
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round of applause all right uh a man
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who's been on our show horse yes yes Mr
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Edgar belinga that's right now I want to
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say before we get into that fight I just
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shook your hand you got a strong ass
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handshake bro you know n because when
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you see a person on TV you don't realize
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the size and the strength right and
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you're a lot bigger in person than I
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thought you know do you surprise a lot
2:29
of opponents that way when they see you
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uh I don't know you need to ask them
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right but uh you know what I don't I
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never uh thinking about the size okay
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you know the fighters I fought right now
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is they are bigger than me because I'm
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sure for this way class but I I don't
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really care about the size because I'm
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very smart and and I'm strong so uh I
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think Size Doesn't Matter Size Doesn't
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Matter right we saw that um this past
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weekend they say when I stting sorry
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when I star in boxing because uh I'm
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sure for the for the way they fought so
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I fight and they say I'm I'm not going
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to do nothing in boxing because I'm sure
3:15
and the biggest guy and everything and
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and look look at you now come on man
3:19
look at you now do you consider yourself
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a junior middle like naturally would you
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consider yourself a natural super
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middleweight Junior middleweight what do
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you feel like you are naturally uh I
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feel great in 168 in super M yeah I feel
3:33
great but I think M way is is my way
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class but uh I feel great in this way
3:40
with class I feel strong I feel I feel
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in my Prim in that in that way you feel
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like you in this Prime man I can't
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believe you right here I'm going to hit
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you with a bunch of questions BR so why
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Edgar why did you choose Edgar for this
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fight you know it was a couple Fighters
3:55
there and we think this is the most
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interesting thing fight for for the
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people now Puerto Rico Mexico versus
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Puerto Rico is always a great fight
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there and and that's why we choose this
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fight M he he has a we coming for the
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fight that Mexico versus Mexico was very
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good fight and and then um now he a turn
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of edar banga yeah well congratulations
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to edar we had edar on the show horse
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right yes yes edar is a great fighter I
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think that um taking eggar on is a great
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fight cuz he's a knockout artist too you
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know he has like 18 knockouts or
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whatever so it's not like a walk over
4:31
and stuff like that but I want to ask
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you far as the business of boxing you
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know following following your journey I
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feel it's like you're one of the
4:39
greatest businessmen far as doing boxing
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do you have any advice for any of the
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young kids that's out there that's
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looking at you as a as a hero you have
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any advice for them far as boxing
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business I think if I can help the
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fighters about that is for me I'm going
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to do it in some point because you know
4:57
the fighters always get the money and
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some of the fighters they need to they
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need to they need to take the money the
5:05
Guaranty money right because they don't
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they
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don't um make a lot of money in the
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fights right but uh they are they they
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as a fighters who make a lot of money
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they they just give it a little bit
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money and and you need to learn about
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boxing I take 80% of everything you take
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80% of everything everything yeah but uh
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oh [ __ ] wait hold up
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we never heard that from a boxer but uh
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but like I say I I I put everything in
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Risk because I I I know I generate a lot
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of money right a lot of money so uh but
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I take uh 80% of everything so that
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includes like the concessions that's at
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the arena you take the food money
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t-shirt money you take a soda in the
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arena I you
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that's the face of boxing right here
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talking right now so you know who boxing
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is you know who boxing is so when I when
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I look at um I want to come back to
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Edgar right A lot of people are feeling
6:12
like this isn't the best fight that
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could have been made right folks wanted
6:17
obviously everybody wants you to fight
6:18
Benitas and now there's conversation
6:21
about Crawford Crawford saying he wanted
6:22
to fight you m um everybody everybody
6:25
wants to fight you yeah now I saw at the
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end of the Crawford fight that the um
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how do they call him the Excellency yeah
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uh turkey his
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Excellency um the Sheik said that he
6:39
would be willing to pay whatever you
6:41
want to fight Crawford yeah if he's
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willing to pay whatever they
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wants out that that'll work if so if I
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mean yeah you're in so if if the numbers
6:53
were right with Crawford you'll do it
6:55
why not why not I think Crawford don't
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give me grown he's a great fighter mhm
7:01
but uh for me in my weight class is a is
7:04
an easy fight for me easy money so if
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the money is right I'm I'm me because
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you know I don't like to fight guys like
7:12
like craford because move a lot and the
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fight is not that great I I saw CRA for
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the
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last the last fight and he don't he
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don't move that much now
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so H is if the money is right I mean why
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not how you think he did at uh at that
7:30
weight at 154 how you think Crawford did
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you know they they they are weight class
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for a reason and and he you need to ask
7:37
him is different I know in his mind he
7:40
think he can do whatever he wants
7:42
because he's very talented fighter he he
7:46
he's a very good fighter I like how he
7:49
fight but uh that's why there is a uh
7:53
weight classes yeah and and he he he
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know he knows now he knows now you think
7:58
he felt that yeah okay all right uh then
8:02
then I would dare ask you if I know with
8:04
the Ben aous question you get ask this
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all the time I almost hate asking you
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but you know if this if someone's
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willing to put up the 250 million I
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mean would you negotiate
8:17
down no less than 200 no less than
8:21
200 all right let's get 200 hey enough
8:24
people in the room let's get the money
8:27
but you deserve it I deserve it look yes
8:29
I they always ask him for a fight volkin
8:32
tro Mayweather Cotto um kumm there
8:37
ISO Saunders Kyo plan and I fought
8:40
everybody and now I can do whatever I
8:42
want I I deserve it yeah ab and and I
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I'm I'm I'm I'm I mean to fight
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everybody but right now in in in the
8:51
position I am like now I I ask I love it
8:55
man what are you 34 34 dude there's only
8:58
34 come on man I want to goow up and be
9:00
like
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you I like that yo Barack go ahead you
9:04
know you know something well you know
9:07
I'm glad you admitted today I'm glad you
9:08
asked him that question sway about what
9:10
do you think you're
9:12
naturally um a 160 or 168 and you say
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160 I've been saying that for years that
9:18
168 is you daring to be great you really
9:21
don't belong there in my opinion so do
9:23
you look at benitz and you say first
9:26
he's just too big really he's going to
9:28
be 200 pounds when fight him do you feel
9:30
that way yeah look when he's F fighting
9:34
168 when he's in the in the the night
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fight fight night is like 190 wow 185 at
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least so would you do like a a
9:45
rehydration clause like tank has done in
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the
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past could be but you know um if the M
9:53
if the fight we made the fight we'll see
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I don't I don't care I don't I don't
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want any excuses so oh yeah that's why
10:02
yeah I got everybody always blame but I
10:05
don't care that too because the people
10:07
always talk so no matter what right
10:10
remember when they say ah you need to
10:12
fight with Golovkin golop he's going to
10:14
call you he's going to for he have he he
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he he have 36 rounds and he don't do
10:20
[ __ ] I heard same he's the same
10:23
everybody looks great with other
10:25
Fighters but it's not the same fighting
10:27
with other other guys to to fight with
10:30
can do you need that much money for to
10:32
fight like a teris Crawford because
10:34
turkey alesk the other day in La I was
10:36
there he said he kind of sent you an
10:38
offer already so what's your response
10:40
with that uh maybe a little less could
10:45
be 150 150 million let's make sure
10:48
Terence get some money out of that too
10:51
though no he's going to he's gonna get
10:53
paid too he's gonna get paid that's
10:55
that's a good friend of mine that's my
10:56
guy Terence Crawford I like I like how
10:58
he he fight he's a he's a great fighter
11:01
he's good Canelo Alvarez is here man I
11:03
got a bunch of people on the line that
11:04
want to ask you questions but I want to
11:07
who are you when you're not in the ring
11:08
man what are your hobbies I saw you
11:10
playing golf golf my horses and my cars
11:14
my family yeah my business yeah how are
11:17
you I know how you are as a as a boxer
11:19
how would you rate yourself as a father
11:21
as a father I think I'm
11:24
good you need to ask to my kids yeah but
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I I think I'm good you know you you
11:29
don't know how to you don't come to in
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this life to know about how to be a
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father you learn every day you learn
11:39
every day about and and I learn about
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from my kids too and the other day I
11:44
learn look um I grew up like this my
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father and my mom
11:51
grew um he kind of like disciplin oh
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discipline I try to and iy and sometimes
11:58
it's you know but and in the way my
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fathers train me okay it's not that way
12:03
yeah right it's different now right
12:05
different yeah you can't do with him
12:07
that you're if if if they cry okay cry
12:11
Let It Go Everything cry cry and then
12:13
explain me what what do you feel MH what
12:16
do you feel and then I can I can explay
12:19
them look this is in this way and this
12:22
and but it's different yeah you need to
12:24
talk with them you need to talk with
12:26
them and they need to talk and spread
12:29
Express their self and then we can talk
12:34
and and and do my op and and and I give
12:37
you my opinion and how but look I learn
12:40
every day about to be father man that's
12:42
amazing to know you're like the most
12:44
fierce man in the ring but the most
12:45
gentle dad right yeah and a husband and
12:49
a husband and a great husband how does I
12:51
I always wonder how does the spouse feel
12:55
when they see you how does your wife
12:57
feel or any boxer's wife feel M when
12:59
they see their husband in the ring
13:01
taking punches to the bust it up and
13:05
they got to be with you after the fight
13:07
a part of the healing right how do you
13:09
keep your wife and your family you know
13:13
how you make them feel safe about you
13:14
being in the ring because they know how
13:16
I train they they know how much talent I
13:20
have and they know I'm not fear to
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anyone do anything so and I I give so
13:26
much confidence to them because I train
13:29
MH very hard and I care about myself I
13:33
try to don't get hit every time I I step
13:36
in the ring a sparing or whatever and
13:39
and they confident about it they get a
13:41
little u a little nervous but it is what
13:45
it is they they they believe in me yeah
13:48
plus you bring home big purses yeah plus
13:52
plus in your career I noticed that you
13:54
fight for two days you fight singco de
13:56
mayo and you fight in September what are
13:59
those two days those are so special for
14:01
you because it's Mexican
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days
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okay and U independencia the Mexico in
14:10
September so uh for us uh it's very
14:14
important and in in in in in Las Vegas
14:17
they celebrate a lot and the CCO de Mayo
14:20
in in Mexico we don't celebrate that day
14:22
especially but um the independen Mexico
14:26
we celebrate a lot okay so those days
14:29
are very important for the Mexican
14:31
people when Floyd was fighting and he
14:33
had those days in the back of your mind
14:35
were you saying I'm going to take those
14:36
days away from one day yeah and and and
14:40
when I fought with him I tried to be uh
14:43
I tried to beat the best that moment
14:45
when I was 23 years old and I get sad
14:49
because I I don't I don't do that in
14:53
that moment but I say to myself one day
14:55
I'm going to be the best this is not
14:57
going to do anything to my career so I'm
14:59
one day I'm going to be the best
15:01
and maybe well what it did though
15:06
because to be
15:08
23 and to have fought scientifically one
15:12
of the best defensive play uh boxers
15:14
ever you know and the career that Floyd
15:17
has built and the skill set and to watch
15:20
you like I remember watching that fight
15:23
and I didn't know what to expect but to
15:25
watch you not back down and to go set
15:29
traps and hit him in his hips and I was
15:33
very impressed by this 23y old who was
15:36
able to do that right so I'm sure you
15:38
could look back at that fight and give
15:41
yourself a pat on the back for being 23
15:43
right what did you learn from that fight
15:45
I learned a lot he's a he's a great
15:47
fighter with a lot of experience and and
15:51
and how he act in the ring how he Cal is
15:55
in the ring I I learn a lot and and and
15:59
like I say I get sad but at the same
16:01
time I say look I'm gonna take this
16:03
fight like a as a lesson know for my
16:06
career and and look uh in my mind always
16:09
I always say I'm going to be the best
16:11
one day yeah no matter what and look
16:13
what happened yeah we got sa Canelo
16:17
Alvarez if if you had to put money on
16:19
the fight I know you don't bet on fights
16:21
and and the in the fight was javante
16:23
Davis against Shakur Stevens who would
16:26
you say would win uh look look Shakur
16:29
Stevenson is a is a good fighter he
16:32
moves a lot and he is very difficult to
16:36
get hit MH to hit him uh but I like
16:40
geront Davis okay he he's a really good
16:43
fighter he hits hard and he knows how to
16:47
go forward so I put my money on geront
16:52
yeah wow when did you realize that the
16:54
brand of that you was in control of your
16:57
brand cuz it seemed like you went
16:58
through you did Partnerships with a
16:59
couple of promotional companies like
17:01
early in your time you started with
17:02
Golden Boy and certain things that you
17:04
started with when did you realize like
17:06
today you could say I want $250 million
17:08
because I'm asking for it when did you
17:10
realize that you had the power that you
17:12
could control 80% of the the the purse I
17:15
I I always did since I was
17:19
uh when when I started doing the main
17:22
event I always did when I was 19 20 21
17:27
years old m wow that's crazy you know
17:30
something that it's an argument for 10
17:32
years now even more than that because
17:34
you fought Floyd Mayweather 2013 people
17:37
say after that fight you became this
17:40
slick boxer and you learned from
17:42
Mayweather but I say in the fight with
17:45
trout you showed that you was already
17:47
slick before Mayweather so did you learn
17:50
from Mayweather anything as far as his
17:51
tactics and defense no I already know
17:53
about that you know that you see the
17:55
fight with tro I already know uh with
17:59
Floy I can't do that because you know
18:00
you need to go forward and looking for
18:02
for the fight right but uh I already
18:05
know
18:06
just right now I have the experience to
18:09
do way better Y no more calm and and I
18:14
have the experience to do better but I
18:16
already know I always practice in the in
18:18
the gym since I was 13 14 years old
18:21
watching who though uh hilberto Roman
18:24
hilberto Roman I watch Mosley too I
18:27
watch wow uh a lot of good Fighters
18:30
defense Fighters so when you fought Shan
18:32
osley you already studied him so much
18:35
you knew what he was going to do right
18:36
yeah because I learned from him a lot
18:38
when I was when I was young uhhuh what
18:41
was it like being in the ring though was
18:42
you like for me it was a great
18:44
experience he was a an amazing because
18:47
he was one of my Idols know I learned a
18:50
lot from him and and in the fight I Lear
18:53
a lot foring too so when I fought him
18:56
when I beat him and for me was uh
19:00
incredible ah man sa Canelo Alvarez is
19:03
here
19:04
man I got to take a call I know y'all
19:06
got to go but I promise people all right
19:08
is that okay all right okay okay let me
19:10
take a caller all right okay we got from
19:12
Louisiana we got Chu on the line Chu
19:14
what up
19:15
CH up what up what up man they gotta go
19:18
CH go ahead what's your question hey
19:21
Canelo real quick so uh Sway and Barack
19:24
both kind of touched on it already but
19:26
uh the question that I want to ask is is
19:29
I know in the past you said Ben aidz
19:31
didn't bring anything to the table uh
19:33
but then of course you want the 200
19:35
million to fight him is that because uh
19:38
of the risk that he presents or is it
19:40
because of the size or what's the reason
19:42
for for wanting the 200 million no
19:44
obviously he's a risk he's a great
19:46
fighter and and plus he bring to the to
19:49
the aren that the the fight night he
19:52
bringing 25 pounds more than me so it's
19:56
a risk but you know uh
19:59
I don't care about that if the money is
20:01
right I can be tomorrow that
20:06
guy hey true thanks for your question
20:09
man all right so Canelo Alvarez I want
20:13
to thank you uh for coming by this show
20:15
man I hope you had a good time man yeah
20:19
we'll love to have you back and and
20:20
continue to talk I want to find out more
20:22
about the man outside of the ring you
20:24
feel like you might take on politics
20:26
after boxing is that any truth in there
20:28
uh uh I don't know okay I guess not all
20:33
right uh but I I I put that in in my
20:36
brothers or something I don't I don't
20:38
really like that much you don't like
20:39
that okay good for you you're the champ
20:41
you don't have to like it September 14th
20:44
why should people watch this fight I
20:46
think it's going to be a great fight
20:47
Mexico versus Puerto Rico and berlanga
20:50
you know is strong fighter he come
20:52
forward and that's the kind of fights I
20:54
like it because you know the fight go
20:57
really good fights like with mongia was
20:59
a really good fight so M and I expect
21:02
the same thing yeah how hard did mongia
21:05
hit not that hard not that hard okay oh
21:09
[ __ ] all right who's hit the hardest
21:11
that you I think the the the most I feel
21:14
was uh kland James kland Kirkland yeah
21:18
he he kir was he hit me in the arms and
21:22
right here and I feel so so hard and I
21:25
said no if he hit me in the in the in
21:27
the in the head he's in a
21:31
[ __ ] I I need I need to I need to go
21:33
early yeah and then you knocked him out
21:36
yeah yeah but he's a great fighter Mr
21:38
Alvarez thank you for being on our show
21:40
brother I appreciate you thank you thank
21:42
you honor good luck September 14 man
21:47
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