Canelo to Hearn: "You Talked About Me All Week"

In the early hours of August 6, the first press conference was held for the upcoming clash between WBA, WBC, and WBO super middleweight champion (up to 76.2 kg) Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (61-2-2, 39 KOs) and Edgar Berlanga (22-0, 17 KOs).

Backstage, Canelo met with Matchroom Boxing's promoter Eddie Hearn and recalled how often his name was mentioned during the week leading up to the fight between four-division champion Terence Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) and Israil Madrimov (10-1, 7 KOs).

– You talked about me all f***ing week.

– We needed your name to sell the fight, the promoter responded.

– I thought so, Alvarez added, laughing.

– How's everything? How's the family?

– Yeah, the family is good.

– Great, Hearn concluded.

Saul Alvarez will face Edgar Berlanga on September 14 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, USA. We wrote about the first look at the fight here.

The Crawford vs. Madrimov fight took place on the night of August 4 and ended with Terence winning by unanimous decision.