It’s Just Business: Canelo Alvarez Open to Fighting Conor McGregor

Published 07/11/2022, 9:00 AM EDT

The current face of boxing and former pound-for-pound king Canelo Alvarez expressed he would like to lock horns against UFC megastar Conor McGregor if opportunity knocks at his door in the future. Similar to what Floyd Mayweather did for business.

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Ahead of the highly anticipated trilogy with the Kazakh legend Gennady Golovkin, the Mexican star entertained one of the biggest boxing business deal. In an exclusive interview with DAZN Boxing, the champ was asked, “I got ask you before this Bivol loss. I almost forgot that you lost the fight. People were looking at you as you were undefeated. I wanna talk about Floyd. Recently, he said that they gonna fight a rematch against Conor McGregor. Is that make any sense? Would you be open to that?”

To which, the 31-year-old responded, “No, but for business. I guess it’s good. He is doing it for business, not for legacy.”

Next, the interviewer asked Canelo’s opinion on whether he would like to fight McGregor for money if the opportunity came.

Admitting the fact that it would only be for business, he said, “Yeah, at some point maybe not now, because I got a mission. At some point, why not? But we’re talking about business, not legacy.”

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This argument came forth after two-time former lightweight champion in UFC, McGregor and former undefeated boxing legend ‘Money’ Mayweather made headlines for talks over a rematch.

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After stopping McGregor in 2017 in one of the biggest crossovers in the history of boxing, ‘The Pretty Boy’ made another offer to his rival to repeat the same. According to reports, the 50-0 legend has offered over $100million to his rival.

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Their previous contest has made record pay-per-view buys and turned out to be a mega-event.

Interestingly, McGregor has also accepted this proposal and cleared the route to meet Mayweather for the second time.

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What do you think Canelo and McGregor would ever materialize the contest? Let us know in the comments below.

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Abhishek Singh is a Boxing writer at EssentiallySports. Following the completion of his training as an amateur boxer, he is currently preparing to appear for trials at the state and national levels. With over 3 years of experience in playing the sport, Abhishek is also the holder of a Bachelor's in Arts degree from the University of Delhi.

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