Last weekend, the Canelo Álvarez was defeated for the first time in nine years and for many that was a big surprise, but not for Carlos Zárate, the former bantamweight world champion, who was very critical of Saúl and his trainer Eddy Reynoso.
“El Cañas” Zarate, who was famous for his punch and his knockouts, since he achieved 63 of 80 triumphs by way of chloroform, said that Álvarez he was disappointed, but he didn’t expect anything else from him, so he wasn’t surprised.
“Disappointed. Canelo has always disappointed, I have never seen him be a great fighter”, he said in an interview for the media. specialized Left.
From his point of view, Canelo’s biggest mistake against Bivol was being arrogant, because because he was the favorite on paper, but the Russian still made him look bad and he was able to clearly beat him, so he doesn’t think it’s a good idea that he has risen in category.
“That is the word by which I say: pride. He has nothing to do (in light heavyweight), if it was already seen that this (Bivol) was not a big deal and he could not catch him”, he asserted.
“ It is not possible that (Canelo) has so much vanity. That is what has spoiled him, a fighter cannot go up as much or go down so much”, he limited.
Immediately afterwards, Zárate explained his point in detail and said why he would recommend the Jalisco man to come back and stay in the 168 pounds.
“It is not the same, his physical condition does not yield . In this fight, Canelo in the fifth round was opening his mouth from exhaustion , so that weight is not good for him. The runs are not the same, one gets tired. The mood is also going down and it is a martyrdom, I think he does it for the money”, he said, referring to the bag of more than 80 millions of dollars that it is speculated that the redhead took for daring to move up the division.
For Carlos Zárate, vanity and arrogance were key elements in Canelo Álvarez’s defeat against Bivol.
However, he thinks that Saul still has good fights left. https://t.co/NkIteB3kf0
— Izquierdazo Boxeo (@IzquierdazoBox) May 11, 2022
The criticism did not stop there, since the former champion originally from the brave neighborhood of Tepito, also hit Eddy Reynoso, who, despite winning the recognition for Best Coach of the 168 awarded by the Boxing Writers Association of the United States, considers that he failed the fighter.
“The trainer does his job, but in this fight Canelo did not have no corner. According to the best in the world… which one?”, he expressed.
Finally, to Unlike another Mexican champion, Alfonso Zamora, who also spoke of Canelo’s defeat and recommended that he retire at once, Zárate was of the opinion that the unified super middleweight champion still lacks few years of professional career.
“ he can still throw a few shots and he is young, he has 31 years. To the 33 or 35 for him to retire is fine,” he concluded.
1.- Julio C Chavez
2.- Rubén Olivares
3.- José Angel Napoles
4 .- Ricardo López
5.- Erik Morales
6.- Juan M. Márquez
7.- Carlos Zárate
8.- Salvador Sánchez 9.- Marco Antonio Barrera
Who can think of that “ Canelo” is technically above these “monsters”?— David Faitelson (@Faitelson_ESPN) May 8, 2022
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