CANELO ALVAREZ blasted his rivals for waiting around for a ‘payday’ against him – as he urged them to all ‘fight each other’.
The Mexican superstar is the most in-demand boxer in the world but recently signed to face Dmitry Bivol on May 7.
Canelo Alvarez, Eddie Hearn and Dmitry BivolCredit: Getty Images – GettyA trilogy bout against bitter rival Gennady Golovkin is then set to follow in September if he beats the Russian light-heavyweight champion.
It leaves the likes of Jermall Charlo, 31, David Benavidez, 25, Demetrius Andrade, 34, and others missing out on the Canelo sweepstake.
But the man himself gave those around him and idea on how to get his attention.
Canelo, 31, told DAZN: “I’m busy this year. I know they want that payday, but I really don’t understand why they don’t fight each other.
“Fight each other and then I’ll fight then winner of all of them – I don’t f***ing care.”
Free agent Canelo was offered a two-fight deal by Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions to fight unbeaten pair Charlo and Benavidez.
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But he instead chose Eddie Hearn’s proposal which starts with Bivol, 31, for the WBA title and then a trilogy bout with Golovkin, 39.
GGG must also first beat Ryota Murata, 36, in a middleweight unification on April 9 in Japan.
But the Kazakh has verbally agreed to renew his rivalry later on in the year with Canelo, who admitted the bad blood is real.
He said: “Yeah. He talks a lot of s***. He talked a lot of things, but we’re gonna see.
“First things first, right, we need to win May 7th. I’m focused 100 per cent on this fight.
“It’s not an easy fight, it’s a hard fight for me, 100 per cent on this fight and then we’ll talk about that fight.”
Gennady Golovkin was beaten by Canelo Alvarez in their 2018 rematchCredit: Getty Images – Getty
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
