Canelo Alvarez has his eye on history in Gennady Golovkin fight

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MEXICAN superstar Canelo Alvarez has eye on history when he takes on Gennady Golovkin for middleweight supremacy on September 16 in Las Vegas.

โ€œThis can go down as one of the best fights in history,โ€ Alvarez said. โ€œIt really depends how the fight pans out. Iโ€™m going to do my part.

โ€œWe both have attractive styles. We both have the power to win by knockout. But thatโ€™s what makes this a great fight.โ€

โ€œThere have been many great historic fights with Mexican fighters,โ€ he continued. โ€œThe ingredients are there so it can be a great fight.โ€

For Canelo, this contest is the pinnacle of the sport. โ€œI’ve always imagined myself being one of the best fighters and being in the big fights,โ€ he mused. โ€œI have a lot of experience, Iโ€™ve been in big fights already. I could have never imagined the magnitudeโ€™s itโ€™s gotten to but itโ€™s something Iโ€™ve always wanted.โ€

For him, Alvarez insists, there is โ€œno pressureโ€.

His experience is what makes him a very different operator to the younger, lighter version that Floyd Mayweather outpointed in 2013. Canelo pointed to the confidence heโ€™s developed above all. โ€œIโ€™ve definitely learned a lot. I have more experience now,โ€ he said. โ€œIโ€™ve changedโ€ฆ Iโ€™m much more a complete fighter now.โ€

โ€œI think the only reason he beat me was experience. He had more experience. He had more championship fights,โ€ he added. โ€œI wonโ€™t let that happen again.โ€

While Canelo is taking on โ€™GGG,โ€™ a few weeks before his old opponent Mayweather is boxing mixed martial artist Conor McGregor. It would take a โ€œmiracleโ€ for Alvarez to fight McGregor. The Irishman would have to beat Mayweather for a start. โ€œIf that miracle was to happen then itโ€™s a different conversation, if that miracle was to happen. But I doubt it very much,โ€ Canelo said.

While Alvarez has changed, he also believes Golovkin has developed from when they sparred in training camp. โ€œWeโ€™re different fighters now,โ€ he said. โ€œYes there were some things I picked up but Iโ€™m not basing everything on that.

โ€œI was able to pick up some things but you canโ€™t really compare a sparring session to a fight.โ€

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He knows Golovkin will be the most demanding battle of his career. โ€œItโ€™s going to be difficult, itโ€™s going to be a very hard fight,โ€ he said. โ€œBut one thing for sure, because of the styles, itโ€™s going to be a great fight. Thatโ€™s a guarantee.โ€

โ€œIโ€™m going to give all of me. Whatever I have to do,โ€ he warned ominously.

Victory would be momentous for him. โ€œI think that the winner should be recognised as potentially the best fighter in the world.โ€

Watch Canelo Alvarez in training camp here:

Video: Golden Boy

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