Not Caleb Plant, who they fight on Saturday for four-belt unification. (Showtime PPV, 9 p.m. Álvarez, sitting atop of his shoulders, sitting atop of the world, pounded his chest and flexed his muscles.Īt that moment, just like they recognize it now, Reynoso and Álvarez know that no one in the world can beat them. Not far from a waving Mexican flag and a disfigured Saunders, who minutes later would sit inside a lonesome ambulance with a pulsing pain from a right orbital bone broken in three separate places, Reynoso screamed with excitement. That's why once the fight ended after the 8th round, Reynoso carried Álvarez around the ring on his shoulders in victory.
Instead of fighting, he'd rather go home. To put it as plainly as possible, Álvarez put a beating on Saunders that made him, or his corner, or all of them, say he didn't want anymore. I knew once the round was over, he wasn't going to fight anymore. "That's why I started urging the crowd to get loud. "I saw this other part raised," Álvarez continues, pointing beside his eye by his temple.
He explains how he broke Saunders - with the casualness of someone talking about the weather. "I saw all this caved in," Álvarez says, pointing at his cheekbone, slowly dragging his finger under his right eye.
ANDRADE BOXER CRACKED
When you punch people for a living, you can feel and hear when your fists have cracked bones. "I felt it when I hit him," Álvarez says now, in Spanish, of the right uppercut that damaged Saunders. For good measure, he broke the right side of Saunders's face. Once the fight started, and the crowd yelled so loud it made your ears ring and your chest pound, Álvarez handled him with relative ease.
"You've never been in the ring with someone like me," Saunders warned Canelo before the fight. His personality often crosses the line between confidence and arrogance, someone who relished fighting in a stadium with enough people to rival the population of a mid-sized Texas town, of which only about a dozen wanted to see him win. But, perhaps most importantly, Saunders is a natural antagonist. He was an undefeated world champion, a slick southpaw from England who'd frustrated opponents confident they could hurt him. It wasn't illogical to think Saunders would be Álvarez's most formidable opponent in years. Just seconds before, inside AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, with 73,126 people in attendance, Billy Joe Saunders, or his corner - whichever version of the story you believe - said they'd had enough. And the two, Reynoso as trainer, Álvarez as his boxer, are celebrating another win surrounded by the largest indoor crowd to ever watch a boxing match in the United States. It's Cinco de Mayo weekend, one of the most important days in boxing.
ANDRADE BOXER UPGRADE
Now after what I have been through outside and inside the ring - I have a new focus.You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browserĬanelo Álvarez and the mystical man behind his quest for immortalityĮDDY REYNOSO IS carrying Saúl "Canelo" Álvarez on his shoulders. Back then, I was looking for friends, chasing this and that. “Other than the family, everything outside of the gym, outside of boxing, shouldn’t be a concern. Nicholson did offer advice for young fighters in his interview with Zenger News– advice he would give his younger self if he could turn back the clock. At the age of 29, he is still in his boxing prime but also wise enough to let his skills speak for themselves.
“I have had my ups and downs, but, against Berlanga, even I wasn’t fully healthy, this time will be different,” he saidĪndrade appeared to mock Demond at the press conference this week, but Nicholson didn’t take the bait. Berlanga has rebounded to win the NABO Super Middleweight title in his next fight. Indeed since fighting Nicholson – Berlanga hasn’t stopped a single opponent. He still might be, but, Nicholson, who dropped a decision to Berlanga, roughed up his young opponent.
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