JAKARTA - Saul Canelo Alvarez recently defeated Gennady Golovkin. During the fight, the Mexican looked comfortable for 12 rounds.
Canelo has 58 wins as a professional boxer, 39 of whom are knockouts. However, he shared a story that scared him after defeating his opponent.
On May 7, 2016, Canelo Alvarez faced Amir Khan at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Canelo ended the fight with a right hand, causing Amir to fall.
Canelo saw Khan on the canvas, and he was scared. "With Amir, I was a little scared," Canelo told DAZN, quoted Wednesday. "I don't feel good, actually, I'm trying to see if he's okay. I even knelt down, it was an inertial moment."
In the sixth round, Canelo hit Khan's jaw and fell dramatically onto the canvas.
"It was a dramatic knock-out," Canelo recalled. "He fell, his neck looked terrible, I think something more than knockout happened."
Canelo wants a rematch with Dmitry Bivol. However, Caleb Plant also wants a rematch against the best boxer at the moment.
The two faced each other last year, where Canelo won by knockout in the 11th round.
I want a rematch with Canelo. If I had to take every last super middleweight in the division to achieve that, that's what I'd do," Plant said.
For now, Canelo's plans are uncertain. The Mexican fighter wanted Bivol, and some boxers wanted to tease Canelo to get his attention.
So far, Canelo doesn't have a definite opponent yet. The reason is, he will also undergo surgery on one of his wrist.
The Mexican fighter has yet to make any statements about his future.
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