JAKARTA - Canelo Alvarez admits he missed several training camps to watch Oleksandr Usyk's fight as he was preparing for his third fight against Gennadiy Golovkin. The duel will take place on September 17 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Usyk (Ukraine) managed to defend the WBO, WBA, and IBF heavyweight titles after beating Anthony Joshua on August 20. The owner of the record 20-0, 13 KOs quickly focused his attention on Tyson Fury.
Even though Fury publicly challenged Joshua. Neither he nor Usyk voiced their desire to become the undisputed first division champion since Lennox Lewis more than two decades ago, although no deal has been finalized yet.
Meanwhile, Canelo, like most people, is interested in seeing the two heavyweight giants face off when the fight takes place at the end of this year or maybe in the coming year.
While he has no interest in the result of the duel and often praise Usyk's diverse expertise, Canelo thinks that Usyk may lose against Fury.
"Usyk is a very great boxer, I've seen him for a long time. He has a lot of powerful skills and fighters. However, Fury has great boxing power. This will be a challenge for Usyk, I believe," Mexicans told Behind The falls.
Despite the huge difference in size, the ambitious Canelo once said that the fight with Usyk was clearly a possibility. However, the heavyweight champion will try to end his conflict first with Golovkin.
If Canelo wins, he will turn his attention to Dmitry Bivol. Canelo intends to avenge his defeat to the WBA light heavyweight champion, which happened a few months ago.
But only if, on November 5, Bivol beat Gilberto Ramirez to defend his 175-pound title.
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