Absolute champion in the super middleweight division (up to 76.2 kg) Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (60-2-2, 39 KOs) answered what would make the perfect boxer, focusing on specific criteria.
- If you could create the perfect fighter with the best right hand you've ever seen in boxing?
- Tommy Hearns, I think, has one of the best right hands I've ever seen.
- Left hand?
- Julio Cesar Chavez. Possibly.
- Greatest power?
- Duran or Foreman.
- Footwork?
- I think Pernell Whitaker's footwork.
- Chin?
- I think that's me.
- IQ. Who's the smartest guy in the ring you've ever seen?
- I think Mayweather. Very good IQ, said Canelo.
Saul Alvarez is set to face Jaime Munguia on May 4th in Las Vegas. Canelo has a public conflict with Munguia's promoter, Oscar De La Hoya, previously stating, "Oscar has nonsense in his head."