Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez is still among the best pound-for-pound boxers in history for most, despite his shock defeat to Dmitry Bivol, but the manager of Kamaru Usman thinks differently.
Ali Abdelaziz hit out at Canelo, questioning both his ability and courage to fight in the MMA like Usman.
“Canelo has become just a regular guy. He’s become just one of the guys. It was the pound-for-pound king against the pound-for-pound king but Canelo, his mystique is gone,” Abdelaziz said on Menace Tube.
“I respect Canelo. I think he blew a great opportunity for him. The oddsmakers will probably make it -800 against Kamaru but I think Kamaru has enough balls to go to boxing and we know Canelo will never have enough balls to come to MMA.”
Abdelaziz also gave an update on the fitness of ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’.
“Kamaru is good, he’s recovering, he’s taking his time,” he said.
“The UFC has been great about giving him space and not pressuring him to fight,” he said.
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