Mikey Garcia On Canelo Alvarez: “I Don’t Think Anybody Can Beat Him”

By: Hans Themistode

An epiphany of types hit Mikey Garcia. The previous four-division world champion sat ringside this previous weekend at AT&T Stadium in Dallas, Texas as unified tremendous middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez dominated Billy Joe Saunders, inflicting the British native to retire on his stool on the finish of spherical eight. After their showdown, it was revealed that Saunders suffered a quadripod fracture and is now going through an unsure future.

With the tremendous middleweight division full of a number of top-level fighters, the burden class is usually thought to be one of many deepest in all of boxing. Nonetheless, regardless of that, Garcia believes everybody else is preventing for second place as he doesn’t see anybody handing Alvarez a defeat anytime quickly.

“I don’t assume anyone can beat him,” stated Garcia throughout an interview with Combat Hub TV. “I feel he’s the most effective one.”

Alvarez, 30, adjusted shortly to the field first method of Saunders as he quietly stalked his man within the opening spherical. After efficiently evading a lot of the Mexican star’s deleterious photographs through the first half, Alvarez discovered what he was searching for as he landed an enormous proper uppercut that successfully ended the evening.

Whatever the one-sided nature of their contest, Garcia suggestions his cap within the route of Saunders. Though Alvarez finally gained, the slick southpaw made issues a bit extra attention-grabbing than most have been anticipating.

“Nice efficiency,” stated Garcia of Alvarez. “He had a solution for every thing. Saunders had slightly little bit of success within the center rounds however not sufficient to complicate issues an excessive amount of. I feel Canelo did nice.”

With Alvarez including the WBO tremendous middleweight belt beforehand held by Saunders to his WBC, WBA and Ring Journal titles – the pound-for-pound star is just one title wanting turning into the primary undisputed tremendous middleweight champion of all time. To take action, Alvarez will look to now tackle IBF titlist, Caleb Plant.

The Nashville Tennessee native hasn’t backed down from his perception that regardless of how nice Alvarez is, the Mexican product will finally fall at his fingers. Within the opinion of Garcia, nevertheless, he merely doesn’t agree with that assertion. Whereas he acknowledges that Plant is a terrific fighter, he merely views Alvarez as somebody on one other degree.

“Caleb must field tremendously all evening, which he can, I’m not saying he can’t however I simply assume Canelo can have a solution for it.”