Two months after having regained his throne, after defeating Gennady Golovkin two weeks ago, Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez continues to be criticized because he could not knock out his challenger in the third fight between the two. One of them is Andre Ward, former world champion, who works as a boxing analyst.
“I think he should have knocked out that version of Golovkin. If Canelo is who he says he is, one of the greatest of all time, you have to take advantage of a fighter like that, who literally walked in to get a check,” the former boxer said during an ESPN broadcast.
With cards from 116-112, 115-113 Y 115-113, Álvarez prevailed by unanimous decision against GGG, in a trilogy that took place the past 17 of September at the T-Mobile Aren in Las Vegas, Nevada. In this way, the man from Guadalajara recovered from that defeat against Dmitry Bivol and achieved 58 victories (39 KO’s), with 2 losses and 2 draws.
“It’s misleading, it’s complicated. On the surface he has fought everyone, done everything, taken every risk. If you know what you’re looking for and look at some of the names he’s fought, Canelo doesn’t have a lot of big names in his career. Having said that, I think he’s a great talent, he’s got a great career and, of course, he’s a Hall of Famer. There is no doubt about that,” said Ward.
The American also took the opportunity to give his point of view on the possible fight between Canelo Álvarez and David Benavídez, who is the interim super middleweight champion for the WBC: “They know when to put Canelo in to fight certain guys and when to stay out. Benavídez is not going to happen now. He’s not going to pass because he’s too dangerous.”
Andre Ward was a world champion at super middleweight and light heavyweight. His last fight as a professional was in June 2017, when he defeated Sergey Kovalev, in the rematch for the IBF, WBA and WBO titles. of the 175 pounds. On one occasion there was talk of a possible fight against Canelo or GGG, but it never materialized.
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