Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Canelo Alvarez

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Mexican athlete Canelo Alvarez.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Canelo Alvarez

Santos Saúl Álvarez Barragán, popularly known as Canelo Álvarez or Saúl Álvarez, is a Mexican professional boxer. He has won multiple world championships in four weight classes from light middleweight to light heavyweight, including unified titles in three of those weight classes and lineal titles in two. Álvarez is the first and only boxer in history to become undisputed champion at super middleweight, having held the WBA (Super), WBC and Ring magazine titles since 2020, and the IBF and WBO titles since 2021.

Every fight is a different experience.
I take the time to look at my videos after a fight to see not what I did right but what I did wrong, to learn from those mistakes.
When I first stepped into the boxing gym, I loved it. I knew it was what I was going to do. — © Canelo Alvarez
When I first stepped into the boxing gym, I loved it. I knew it was what I was going to do.
I was taunted because I was different.
A fighter lives in his training camp, and I'm not always paying attention to what is happening on the outside. But I do know the Mexican people and the Mexican-American people in this country are very hard-working people. That's my only comment about Donald Trump.
Boxing is the most beautiful thing after women.
Many people focus on my power and talk about my power, but I have many more qualities in the ring. I like to surprise everyone.
I'm very happy with what I've accomplished, but we're going for more.
I do two months of strict dieting, so after fight night, I go for whatever my body is craving. It's usually sushi. But after that, I go home to Guadalajara and indulge in a lot of tacos before I have to start getting in shape for another fight.
I expect a tough, hard fight. Liam Smith is coming to win.
My job is to train hard, go fight, and do my best.
I'm honored and blessed by God to be in the sport I love, and I want to accomplish all the goals I set in the sport of boxing - to be successful and make history.
I've learned from every single fight, every single opponent - some great fighters. — © Canelo Alvarez
I've learned from every single fight, every single opponent - some great fighters.
I started boxing because of my brother. And then I came to admire the all-time greats, like Roberto Duran and Muhammad Ali. I'd say I admired Ali more than any fighter in my life.
My preference is not to fight a Mexican.
When I was 15 years old, I left school and became a professional boxer.
I train to fight, to win.
Liam Smith was a resilient fighter. He was tough, has a lot of heart. He thinks before he attacks.
I like working with my own body weight, and I just do the best job I can to be healthy and strong, both before and after a fight.
I have to stay calm, cool, and collected.
I'm 25 years old; I've had a good career, and the best is yet to come. I want to fight for the next 10 years, which will be better than my first 10 years.
I don't know a lot about politics.
I'm focused on being the best, making history.
There are great legends and great fighters in the history of Mexico, and there will be more to come.
I look like this for a reason. I was born this way. It was God-given.
The more desperate you are, the more mistakes you make.
There are boxing fans, and there are fans of the UFC. People want to see blood, but people like both.
For the entirety of my career, I have taken the fights that no one wanted because I fear no man.
I'm training and preparing because nothing is predictable in boxing. I'm preparing for those rounds, and if it happens that I get a shot, whatever advantage I have, I will be ready for 12 rounds.
I do work on a little bit of weights just to get my power up.
I was made fun of at a young age. I would fight a lot in the streets, and it has a lot to do with the way I am today. It helped my development as a fighter, but what can I say?
If the people like watching me, see me as an example of someone succeeding, as a young guy who has the will to win, then I'm happy.
I fought the best; I've never been afraid of anyone.
I just love what I do. I'm not worried about any burnout.
If I lift any weights, I do it more for explosion, but I really use my body weight to build up muscle and strength.
I don't focus much on video. I watch here and there, perhaps two or three of my opponent's fights. That gives me a good idea of his style.
There have been numerous tips and numerous people offering advice. I appreciate it because it all comes with good feelings from the heart. But some of it we'll apply, and some things we won't.
You can have the best training, but just feeling full can make you sluggish and cause you to lose. — © Canelo Alvarez
You can have the best training, but just feeling full can make you sluggish and cause you to lose.
I like to stand right in front of my opponent. I think it makes for an exciting fight.
I love to push myself.
It's a big responsibility and great motiviation to be a Mexican fighter who is admired, and I thank God for the support I get from Mexicans on both sides of the border.
I work a lot of conditioning and stamina.
My camps are always ten weeks. That's what makes me comfortable.
I want to be like a Muhammad Ali, like a Julio Cesar Chavez. So when people talk about boxing, they have to remember Canelo.
I will fight the fight I need to fight to win.
I don't fear anyone. We don't come to play in this sport.
Every fight brings out something different in me, and it will be no different in this one. I have learned and gained from all of those experiences. And as I've often said, the public hasn't seen the best of me yet. I need someone like Mayweather to bring that out of me.
My record speaks for itself. — © Canelo Alvarez
My record speaks for itself.
Obviously I'm fast, and I'm going to have to utilize that speed, but I'm also going to have to be smart. I'm also strong, and I have a punch, so I'm going to have to use all my qualities to be able to fight against Angulo, and I just feel whoever's the best prepared that night is going to win.
I'm a strong fighter, I'm a fighter who can adapt to my surroundings.
The people decide who's No. 1, the best in boxing.
I'm confident in the fighter I am, and I have nothing to worry about.
Athletes can definitely have an impact on society. And it's great that athletes can be a part of uniting the population.
When I go running, I see Mexicans working hard.
Fighting Manny Pacquiao in the future - there's possibilities it could happen. But whatever happens in the future happens in the future.
If you don't take an opponent serious, they surprise you.
It would be a dream to be the face of boxing, to be No. 1.
I will fight 'GGG,' and I will beat 'GGG,' but I will not be forced into the ring by artificial deadlines.
I'm prepared for Amir Khan moving swiftly - or for whatever style he comes out using. I prepared with sparring, in the style similar to what he uses.
You always try to fight someone from another country. But having said that, the public knows, everybody knows, when there's two Mexicans in the ring, there will be a war.
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