I’m proud because, obviously, you imagined the best, but you never imagine the magnitude of what you can achieve, right?” “I feel very happy and I hope to be a good example for them. “I started with dreams, too, seeing others, wanting to be like them and now I am the one who is in that position, so that the children see themselves in me, that it is a motivation. When once he was a young, aspiring boxer looking up to the professional fighters of that day, Álvarez says “it means a lot” to now be the one people are looking up to. “It is something that is very motivating for me, for my career and for everyone around me.” “And, more than anything, to be able to continue making history,” he adds. Gervonta 'Tank' Davis knocks out Ryan Garcia with vicious body shot in the 7th round (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images) Al Bello/Getty Images LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - APRIL 22: Gervonta Davis in the green and purple trunks reacts after defeating Ryan Garcia in the black trunks by knockout in the seventh round during their catchweight bout at T-Mobile Arena on Apin Las Vegas, Nevada. “I imagined the best, but you never imagine until you start to achieve everything and I feel very happy with everything I have been achieving in my career. I have achieved many things in my career that I never imagined. “Many things have happened for the better and mistakes or not, it has always been for the better. “I am happy and proud to return as the best and to be able to offer them the experience that I’ve been living in other places, that they can experience this with me. “I feel very happy to be here, be able to offer this fight to my people, the people who saw me grow from the beginning,” Álvarez tells CNN en Español’s Javier Cardoso in Mexico. Since his first professional fight back in 2005, Álvarez has gone on to become one of the greatest pound-for-pound boxers in history and even he is incredulous at what he has accomplished during an illustrious 18-year career. When Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez steps out in front of a sold out Estadio Akron in his home town of Guadalajara on Saturday night to fight John Ryder, it will feel like a full circle moment for the Mexican boxer.įor the first time in 12 years – since his November 2011 victory over Kermit Cintrón in Mexico City – Álvarez will be fighting on home soil and, in his words, returning home as “the best,” as he aims to defend his WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO super middleweight titles.
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