Tyson Fury: “Canelo Is An Excellent Fighter But He’s Not The Animal, Beast, Killer People Make Him Out To Be”

By: Hans Themistode

Billy Joe Saunders is aware of good and effectively that the deck is stacked towards him. The WBO tremendous middleweight titlist is just a few days away from taking up unified champion Canelo Alvarez on the AT&T Stadium in Dallas, Texas this coming weekend.

At present, the betting odds have listed Saunders as a protracted shot to drag off the upset. To go even additional, the boxing public believes his possibilities come Saturday evening are just about zero. No matter these sentiments, WBC heavyweight champion, Tyson Fury, is standing firmly behind his countrymen.

“He’s going to rise as much as the event,” mentioned Fury throughout an interview with FightHype.com. “He’s going to offer Canelo a boxing lesson. I’ve at all times mentioned it, Billy Joe is the person to beat him. Billy Joe is undefeated in over a decade now. He’s unbeaten in 30 fights and nobody has come near beating him and I don’t assume Canelo will.”

Within the thoughts of many, Alvarez tops the charts on just about each pound-for-pound checklist. On the age of 30, the Mexican product has gained world titles in 4 separate weight lessons, defeated a few of the largest names the game of boxing has ever seen in Miguel Cotto, Gennadiy Golovkin and several other others. Alvarez can be extremely motivated to change into the primary undisputed world champion in tremendous middleweight historical past.

However whereas Alvarez has run by the competitors for years now, Fury doesn’t have a look at the pound-for-pound star as a supernatural drive. In reality, behind the world titles, flashy mixture punches and limitless accolades, lies a person who bleeds similar to everybody else.

“Canelo is a wonderful fighter, nice fighter however he’s not the animal, beast, killer individuals make him out to be. He’s only a man with a pair of boxing gloves like us all. He may be crushed, he has been crushed earlier than. Individuals are scared earlier than they even go in there and so they already lose. Billy Joe ain’t fearful of a struggle. Billy Joe got here out of the womb preventing like myself. We’ve fought to outlive, we fought to reside. On the world’s largest stage, he’s going to rise to the event and win.”

If Fury is certainly right, many consider Saunders greatest likelihood of pulling off the upset is to field Alvarez and keep away from lengthy, drawn-out exchanges. Though Fury wouldn’t precisely disagree with these sentiments, he’s additionally absolutely conscious that sooner or later, boxing and transferring gained’t work. If Saunders really needs to stroll away with the largest win of his profession, Fury believes he’ll have to attract a line within the sand, chew down on his mouthpiece and let his palms fly within the middle of the ring.

“It is a struggle. I at all times say you’ll be able to’t go swimming and never get moist. You’re going to need to struggle ultimately.”