The super middleweight champion, Canelo Alvarez, talks about his experience with the legendary boxer, ‘The Best Ever’ Floyd Mayweather, in his recent interview. Moreover, he praised his skills but also mocks Mayweather’s power and addresses that “He doesn’t hit.”

Alvarez shared the ring with Mayweather in 2013, where Mayweather overshadowed him with his smooth skills. It was the first and the last time ‘The Cinnamon’ lost against anyone in the ring.

Alvarez’s road to success after his only defeat

Back in 2013, Alvarez was an experienced but a young pugilist who faced the likes of a veteran champion, ‘Money’ Mayweather. Subsequently, Mayweather dominated Alvarez only with his skills and no power and proved why he is known as ‘The Best Ever’.

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After that, Alvarez never conceded a loss in his career and took his failure as a learning experience to become the current world champion. Moreover, he claimed many titles to his name.

Canelo Alvarez shares his views

Almost a decade after the match, Canelo Alvarez was asked about his views on Mayweather in his recent interview with ‘Fight Hub TV’.

“Mayweather’s style is a style that’s very difficult. He doesn’t hit or anything, but it’s really difficult to connect. It’s hard to get a good fight, it’s hard to get a really good fight.”

He narrates Mayweather’s style, an unpredictable one, and it’s very tough to break in the defense. In addition, he describes Mayweather doesn’t hit hard, it’s just his technique that makes him win.

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Alvarez also added, “Yes, I did learn a lot, and more than anything else, I don’t want to experiment with a defeat. I learned a lot, I learned a great deal of things and that is how I’ll keep going.”

Canelo Alvarez has some significant points on Mayweather’s boxing style. Being one of the hardest hitters, he couldn’t defeat Mayweather supports the fact that Mayweather is more aligned on the skill side than the power-hitting side.

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Alvarez takes his loss positively and is in motivation to improve his skills and be undefeatable.

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