New controversy over a constant comparison between two Mexican boxing legends: Julio César Chávez and Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez. This time the cause was Marco Antonio Barrera, who questioned the arguments of Mexican fans when choosing their idols, applauding the “drug addict, drunk and who hits people”, instead of recognizing the most disciplined, in clear reference to El Gran Campeón and the multiple champion from Guadalajara.
In an interview with Roberto Martínez, Barrera pointed out that the Mexican fan has preferred Chávez because of the controversy that has surrounded his life inside and outside the ring. For him, Canelo’s discipline and clean record take their toll when it comes to being considered an idol by public opinion.
“We must be backwards. Applaud Canelo because he is an athlete 100 percent, he is a fighter who spends I don’t know how many months to prepare. Why don’t we see him as an idol? Why do we refer to the worst? That we see Chávez as an idol because he was a drug addict, because we see him as an idol because he beat people, that we see him as an idol because he would go up to fight drunk, ”explained Barrera.
Discipline should be above all things, according to the analysis of the Mexican former boxer.
Do you think it weighs on Canelo’s legacy to be away from controversy, unlike Julio César Chávez?