Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez Today he enjoys the innumerable achievements he has had in sports, and all the money that each triumph has brought him, but neither he nor his old acquaintances forget the humility of his childhood.
Canelo’s name now occupies the history books of the boxing, after becoming the first boxer to unify all the super middleweight titles , and on many occasions he has said that his achievements are due to all the effort he made since He was a child.
An old acquaintance of Álvarez, identified as Aracely Vaca Rodríguez recalled in an interview for TV Azteca that still He remembers that “Güerito” who used to buy ice cream.
“I was looking at that little boy selling pallets, getting on the truck in Chapala, in El Salto. He got on the trucks to offer his pallets, with a small carton of pallets , offering them to the people; that’s where I started to get to know him, to buy his pallets ”, assured the lady.
She said that the boy Saúl always had a smile on his face when selling his ice creams , and he did it with a lot of charisma. She also witnessed the talent she had for boxing.
“ When I saw her first fight, I was proud, I said to my husband: ‘look at the güerito and where is ‘. I always ask God to do well, because I saw him suffer in life, because it is not easy to go up to sell the pallets, “said Vaca.
Although he did it out of necessity , Canelo never stopped dreaming that he would be a great boxer, and at his 31 years, he is already one of the best boxers in the world.
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