Canelo Alvarez expects to make mild work of Conor McGregor if the 2 had been ever to satisfy within the boxing ring.
The tremendous middleweight champion defends his WBA, WBC, and WBO titles in opposition to Edgar Berlanga this Saturday, however that hasn’t stopped reporters from asking him what he has lined up for his subsequent combat. Boxing reporter Manouk Akopyan requested Alvarez if he’d ever be fascinated with preventing UFC star Conor McGregor, which Alvarez discovered amusing.
“I do know, after which we present boxing is healthier,” Alvarez mentioned, earlier than including, “Straightforward, simple, means simple cash.”
McGregor, who beforehand held UFC titles at 145 and 155 kilos, has participated in just one professional boxing bout, a high-profile contest that noticed him go 9 rounds with the legendary Floyd Mayweather earlier than succumbing to strikes within the tenth. Since that August 2017 occasion, McGregor has competed sporadically in MMA, profitable simply one in all his previous 4 fights and he nonetheless awaits his subsequent reserving after an harm pressured him out of a combat with Michael Chandler at UFC 303.
Requested how lengthy McGregor would final in opposition to him, Alvarez predicted that he might beat McGregor by knockout at any time when he determined to take action.
“On the time I would like,” Alvarez mentioned. “One spherical, two rounds, three rounds, no matter I would like.”
Although it’s unlikely that Alvarez and McGregor ever sq. off underneath any fight sports activities rule set, the boxing famous person goes head-to-head with the UFC itself this weekend when he takes on Berlanga at T-Cellular Enviornment in Las Vegas, not removed from Sphere, which hosts UFC 306 the identical evening.
UFC CEO Dana White has made it clear that he gained’t draw back from scheduling annual UFC occasions for Mexican Independence Day weekend sooner or later, a choice that Alvarez has no drawback with.
“No, it’s nothing,” Alvarez mentioned. “Competitors is sweet. Might and September are my days and competitors is sweet. I don’t do it in that means, I simply deal with my staff and deal with what I’m doing, and if any individual desires to do different reveals, it’s positive.”
