“We’re going to have to be smart and fight intelligently, but you can’t have a specific strategy until you go in and realize what’s in front of you in the ring…The favorite doesn’t always win. The guy you think is going to win doesn’t always win…That’s boxing though. You let your guard down for a second and with one punch, the fight is over…In a fight, anything can happen, so I’m not going to let my guard down. Nothing is impossible,” stated undefeated champion Saul Alvarez in the latest episode of All Access: Mayweather vs. Canelo, Showtime’s all-access reality series following WBC welterweight and WBA jr. middleweight champion Floyd “Money” Mayweather and WBC jr. middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez as they prepare for their September 14 showdown at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Episode 2 was not short on quotes from both fighters, so check out what else Canelo had to say!
SAUL ALVAREZ:
On balancing his media obligations with training…
It did take work to mix training with the interviews, the media, the tours, but it’s part of it. You have to include that as part of your job.
Canelo’s trainer, Chepo Reynoso, on finding sparring partners…
We’re not going to find someone who thinks like Mayweather, but at least someone who moves like Mayweather. That’s what we’re looking for; someone who is fast with quick feet; everything.
On the game plan for Mayweather…
We’re going to have to be smart and fight intelligently, but you can’t have a specific strategy until you go in and realize what’s in front of you in the ring.
On training in Big Bear…
Tranquility is important because when you’re calm, you can focus on your objective.
I’m alone up here to be focused on training, on the fight, and the obstacles that’s ahead.
I came here to train and nothing else.
On running out of sparring partners…
It’s the work. It’s the way we train. They can’t keep up. They can’t keep up with the work.
They get hurt and that’s why they leave.
On what he does during down time…
This is what we do when we’re not training. We like boxing, so we watch the fights.
On watching Abner Mares get knocked out by Jhonny Gonzalez…
We thought Mares was going to win. The favorite doesn’t always win. The guy you think is going to win doesn’t always win.
That’s boxing though. You let your guard down for a second and with one punch, the fight is over.
In a fight, anything can happen, so I’m not going to let my guard down. Nothing is impossible.
