Well, it's always my pleasure to be joined on the podcast by the one
and only undisputed super midleweight champ of the world, one of the all time
greats of boxing, Canelo Alvarez. Canelo, thank you first of all very
much for joining me today. House camp going for you for this big fight
that we're going to talk about. That's my pleasure, my fan. I
feel great, I feel ready. I'm just waiting in the last coach in
late Tachoin and I feel better than ever. Well, well, let the
people know. Number one, you're going to defend the undisputed super middlewhite title
to be taken on the undefeated Haimi Moongia. I think a fight that most
people expect to be very exciting, an action packed will be May fourth on
pay per view, and I believe I will call it the house that Canelo
built, the Team Mobile arena in Las Vegas, where you've fought so many
times. Tell me, first of all, just your your thoughts about you
have moved your camp, as you just mentioned, you're now training in Lake
Tahoe, not a place where you've typically trained. You've trained in Mexico,
you've trained in San Diego. But what was it that made you decide to
make the chains. I've watched your videos of you jumping in cold water,
in the hot tubs or the cold tubs. The altitude, the altitude.
You know, I feel great when I'm training the altitude. Uh, that's
the first thing. When when when think when we're thinking about to go to
the altitude, we thinking about in light that. So we find this this
gym and and we feel great. We feel great because you know, it's
a very relaxed place. We have everything we need, and and and and
and and my training comes goal was really good and and I feel in my
best right now. Before this fight was made, Canelo, we all know
you had had the big win over Charlotte to defend your title in your previous
fight. That was part of what was supposed to be a three fight contract
with PBC to work with Al Haiman and and their group to do your fights.
You had the one fight and then you split up for a few minutes
there after you couldn't come to terms on the fight that's going to take place
coming up and now, and then you did get back together at least for
the one fight. Could you just walk me through briefly what happened there and
what what led you guys to get back together. No. I always like
to do to to to work with everybody, and especially right now with Al
Jaymon. He always trained me really good. All the team in BBC training
really good. And I always loyal and I always uh do my best.
I'm very disciplined and I'm very I'm very responsively responsible all my teams. So
things happen. Obviously they have something and but nothing bad. Nothing bad.
I just say, you know, if you don't have anything right now,
I can find other things to to fight next May and next May. And
they say, okay, let's the sea and everything, and and they at
the end of the day they find something and and and we put everything together
because you know, the fight with Charlock is not excited for the for the
fans after his brother do what he do in the in the fight, which
was nothing with nothing, So he's not gonna be a good fight for the
people. No, And and we're thinking about to to do this fight,
and I think he's very excited for the for the fans, and and and
we are here, we are working together. Well, I'm glad that you
made that decision. And when I looked at Mangia and I thought, Okay,
that's gonna be a really interesting fight. Was part of your mentality,
part of your reasons for seeking out that fight in particular, because there was
a lot of people who are boxing fans, boxing media that talked about how
great he looked against John Ryder. He knocked him down four times, he
knocked him out, and in John's previous fight you had beat him decisively by
a one sided fight. You knocked him down also, but he knocked him
down four times and stopped him. You knocked him down one time and it
did go twelve rounds. So was it the comparisons that people were making that
you thought, you know what, let me give this kid a shot.
Yeah. I think that I fight make everything interesting in more and I never
looked about if I fight the same guy and I did that different way.
So it's very hard to josh that, you know, because the styles made
fights, you know, sometimes is different with every fighter. But I think
he deserved a shot. He served a shot, and he looked good.
He's a young fighter who come in throw a lot of punches, He's strong,
he have a good mentality, so it's gonna be a good fight,
and especially because for the first time to Mexican fighters, fighting the four Wels,
I think is a good fight. So I know at one point you
had stated that you not that you would never fight a Mexican fighter. Uh
it was I didn't I don't speak Spanish, but the way it was translated
to me was that what Canelo had said was that your preference was not to
fight a Mexican fighter. So what was it that made you decide for this
fight on the holiday single? Demayo, I will fight my Mexican countryman,
Mangia. You know, I represent Mexico. That's what That's the way I
feel, and that's why I don't. I don't really like to fight Mexicans.
But at the end of the day, despite I think that people won
this fight, and and and it's history for Mexico. It's history for Mexico.
I think he deserved a shot and and and and for Mexico. Is
a really good fight because you know it's history. Now we know that you
obviously have had your differences in your falling out with Golden Boy and particularly with
Oscar. He is one of the fighters that Golden Boy and Oscar promote does
It is it is. It also part of the reason that you decided to
take him on because you love nothing more to not only retain your title,
but to basically beat up one of the golden boy fighters and one of Oscar's
top guys. Not really, not really. At the phrase, Luke,
I say, no, I'm not gonna fight with Mugia because he's with all
them, boy, and then we say, okay, you know the fight
is good, and I'm gonna give mugi an opportunity and I'm gonna forget everything
around him. Will make you feel a little happier though we know and that
you took out one of oscars top young guys, it won't. It won't
make you feel a little happier if you take out one of oscars guys.
I always happy, and I think he's gonna be more happy for me.
Yes, okay, there you go. H one thing. Also, you've
beaten in your career a lot of undefeated fighters, and I mean you're a
motivated fighter regardless of who you're fighting in my experience of covering your career,
but I just wonder he's a guy. Also, like many of your other
opponents that you have defeated that are undefeated, he's forty three. Oh will
it make it a little bit more special or does add any additional motivation to
once again take the O from an unbeaten fighter like Mangia. Yeah, it's
special for me. I motive been myself a lot because I love boxing and
I love being involved in these kind of fights. He's a really good fighter,
he's undefeated, and I'm involved in other great fights and I'm excited.
I'm gonna wait in May four and still continue to make history. You've had
four fights in a row that have gone to the final bell, including the
fight against Charlot in your last fight. Are you getting a little anxious to
get a knockout? It's been a little while. We always prepare ourselves for
a knockout. Does that's for sure, But you know when don't come and
prepare for everything, you need to be smart. You need to be able
to handle everything. So but I yes, I prepare myself for a knockout
and I'm gonna look at look forwardd This may form. You know, there's
a lot of people that wanted to see you fight David Benavitie's he's an undefeated
contender. Also, the way Monkey is also Uh, he's maybe a little
higher in people's minds in the rankings because of his longevity and the things he's
done, the fighters he's defeated, the way he's beating them. I just
I want to give you a chance to just sort of explain why it was
that you haven't been willing or interested to fight him, at least not yet,
and do you think you will in the future. You know, you
know that I always fight with everybody, and I always fight with the people
they say I'm not gonna fight. I always involved in that kind of fight
fights. And right now I'm in a position I can do whatever I want,
and I don't want to give you. I don't want to give that
opportunity to him because he being me so to the table just twenty pounds small,
the fight, the knife, the fight night. So that's why why
I'm gonna put myself in that position right now. I don't need it.
I don't. I don't. I don't need that kind of things. Well,
okay, and I know we got to wrap it up in a minute,
but there are people that will say, well, Cannell, he fought
light heavyweight. Those are big guys. Also, I know there's been conversation
about maybe another light heavyweight fight. So is David sort of just that size
guy? Yeah, but they are fighters. You can't give a how do
you say advantage a button jage? Yeah? Okay, And just to wrap
it up, you have monkey in front of you. Very good fight.
I think to most people, how do you think this fight goes in the
end? I mean, he's never been stopped before, he's never beaten,
he's never been beaten before. He's gonna be a good fight. He's gonna
be a good fights. His style is is really good. He's my style
really good to be a good fight. But I'm gonna win, and I'm
gonna win. As you always say, you're gonna win, Canelo La,
that's not news to me. Thank you very much for your time today.
I wish you could lucky to fight and look forward to seeing you in Las
Vegas. Thank you that Yah