Canelo Alvarez is the undeniable pound-for-pound king of the modern boxing era. Throughout his career, Alvarez has remained consistent, but over the past few years, he has remained the center of attraction in the sport of boxing for his exemplary performances.
Alongside his cracking boxing stint, Saul Alvarez also came in the news for testing positive for a banned substance in 2018.
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Eventually, this news spread like wildfire, and he received immense backlash from fans and fighters. Even today, a lot of boxing biggies go after him at this juncture. Recently, Floyd Mayweather took an aim at Alvarez on the same point.
‘Money’ said, “What we don’t talk about is, you know, how can they look at that like Canelo, Canelo, Canelo, Steroids, steroids, steroids. You’ll talk about that. So we don’t know, we really don’t know all the fighters he beat, what he could have been clean in a lot of fights.”
Alvarez tested positive for consuming clenbuterol, a banned substance, ahead of his Gennady Golovkin rematch. Alvarez also addressed this controversial point and gave his version of the story.
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After much rigmarole, Alvarez finally met ‘GGG’ in a rematch and he even won this fight to shut his naysayers. But regardless of his performances, this positive test will eventually remain a fleck on his career. Nevertheless, he remains a modern-day great.
Canelo Alvarez – A modern-day great
Last month, Alvarez battled Caleb Plant for the undisputed super-middleweight title. Ahead of this November 6 fight, fans worried about Alvarez testing positive for a banned substance again.
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However, his tests were clean, and he put on a performance for the ages against ‘Sweethands’ in Las Vegas.
Besides claiming a gratifying win, Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez also became the first man in history to bag all the 168-pound titles on the line. Do you think Canelo Alvarez is a modern-day great? Let us know in the comments section below.
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