Santos Saúl Álvarez Barragán, better known as “Canelo” Álvarez, is a Mexican professional boxer who is a four-division world champion. He has held the WBA (Super), The Ring and lineal middleweight titles, and the WBA (Regular) super middleweight title since 2018. He previously held the WBA (Unified), WBC and Ring light middleweight titles between 2011 and 2013; the WBC (twice), Ring and lineal middleweight titles between 2015 and 2019; the WBO light-middleweight title from 2016 to 2017; and the IBF middleweight and WBO light heavyweight titles in 2019. Álvarez is known as an excellent counterpuncher, being able to exploit openings in his opponents’ guards while avoiding punches with head and body movement. He is also known as a formidable body puncher. As of July 2020, Álvarez is ranked as the world’s best active boxer, pound for pound by BoxRec, The Ring magazine, the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board (TBRB) and Boxing Writers Association of America. He is also ranked as the world’s best active middleweight by BoxRec, The Ring and TBRB, the world’s fourth best active super middleweight by The Ring, fifth by TBRB, as well as the world’s third best active light heavyweight by TBRB. May these Canelo Alvarez Quotes On Success inspire you to take action so that you may live your dreams.
1. “I don’t fear anyone. We don’t come to play in this sport.” Canelo Alvarez
2. “I’ve learned from every single fight, every single opponent – some great fighters.” Canelo Alvarez
3. “I’m the kind of person who visualizes things before doing them.” Canelo Alvarez
4. “For the entirety of my career, I have taken the fights that no one wanted because I fear no man.” Canelo Alvarez
5. “My job is to train hard, go fight, and do my best.” Canelo Alvarez
6. “You can have the best training, but just feeling full can make you sluggish and cause you to lose.” Canelo Alvarez
7. “I’m very happy with what I’ve accomplished, but we’re going for more.” Canelo Alvarez
8. “I always train 100 percent.” Canelo Alvarez
9. “I fought the best; I’ve never been afraid of anyone.” Canelo Alvarez
10. “The more desperate you are, the more mistakes you make.” Canelo Alvarez
11. “I’m focused on being the best, making history.” Canelo Alvarez
12. “I’m honored and blessed by God to be in the sport I love, and I want to accomplish all the goals I set in the sport of boxing – to be successful and make history.” Canelo Alvarez
13. “If you don’t take an opponent serious, they surprise you.” Canelo Alvarez
14. “When I go running, I see Mexicans working hard.” Canelo Alvarez
15. “I want to challenge the best, and I’m ready.” Canelo Alvarez
16. “I love to push myself.” Canelo Alvarez
17. “It’s a big responsibility and great motiviation to be a Mexican fighter who is admired, and I thank God for the support I get from Mexicans on both sides of the border.” Canelo Alvarez
18. “Sometimes, once a fight starts, you have to do what you have to do to win.” Canelo Alvarez
19. “I’m training and preparing because nothing is predictable in boxing. I’m preparing for those rounds, and if it happens that I get a shot, whatever advantage I have, I will be ready for 12 rounds.” Canelo Alvarez
20. “Obviously I’m fast, and I’m going to have to utilize that speed, but I’m also going to have to be smart. I’m also strong, and I have a punch, so I’m going to have to use all my qualities to be able to fight against Angulo, and I just feel whoever’s the best prepared that night is going to win.” Canelo Alvarez
21. “Athletes can definitely have an impact on society. And it’s great that athletes can be a part of uniting the population.” Canelo Alvarez
22. “There have been numerous tips and numerous people offering advice. I appreciate it because it all comes with good feelings from the heart. But some of it we’ll apply, and some things we won’t.” Canelo Alvarez
23. “I started boxing because of my brother. And then I came to admire the all-time greats, like Roberto Duran and Muhammad Ali. I’d say I admired Ali more than any fighter in my life.” Canelo Alvarez
24. “I train to fight, to win.” Canelo Alvarez
25. “I don’t prepare myself for a specific fighter. I don’t choose a fight to prepare myself for another fighter.” Canelo Alvarez
26. “When I was 15 years old, I left school and became a professional boxer.” Canelo Alvarez
27. “Every fight brings out something different in me, and it will be no different in this one. I have learned and gained from all of those experiences. And as I’ve often said, the public hasn’t seen the best of me yet. I need someone like Mayweather to bring that out of me.” Canelo Alvarez
28. “I like working with my own body weight, and I just do the best job I can to be healthy and strong, both before and after a fight.” Canelo Alvarez
29. “I look like this for a reason. I was born this way. It was God-given.” Canelo Alvarez
30. “I take the time to look at my videos after a fight to see not what I did right but what I did wrong, to learn from those mistakes.” Canelo Alvarez
31. “There are great legends and great fighters in the history of Mexico, and there will be more to come.” Canelo Alvarez
32. “I just want to create my own history.” Canelo Alvarez
33. “I do two months of strict dieting, so after fight night, I go for whatever my body is craving. It’s usually sushi. But after that, I go home to Guadalajara and indulge in a lot of tacos before I have to start getting in shape for another fight.” Canelo Alvarez
34. “When I first stepped into the boxing gym, I loved it. I knew it was what I was going to do.” Canelo Alvarez
35. “I was made fun of at a young age. I would fight a lot in the streets, and it has a lot to do with the way I am today. It helped my development as a fighter, but what can I say?” Canelo Alvarez
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