Canelo Alvarez has shared the ring with a number of big punchers throughout his illustrious career.
The Mexican icon has had tremendous success over the years, becoming a four-weight world champion, along with a two-time undisputed super-middleweight world champion.
He has only failed to defeat three men, Floyd Mayweather, Dmitry Bivol and most recently Terence Crawford, but has also overcome a number of still challenges, defeating heavy hitters such as Gennady Golovkin and Sergey Kovalev.
Golovkin is often praised for the brute strength he showed during his fights, but Canelo has revealed that one of his past opponents hit even harder than the Kazakh superstar, heaping praise on James Kirkland whilst talking to the Million Dollaz Worth Of Game YouTube channel.
“Everybody can say Golovkin, but I never felt that bad like Kirkland. Kirkland hit my arms and it felt like rocks. I say I need to finish this guy right now, because he’s going to hit me all the fight around.”
Canelo fought Kirkland back in May 2015 at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas, and while the Mexican icon claimed a devastating third round knockout win, it is clear he was impressed by the power of his rival.
Kirkland last competed in 2020, with his record reading 34 wins from his 37 fights, with 30 of those victories coming by knockout, displaying just how powerful the American is.
As for Canelo, his next move is currently unknown following his loss to Crawford in September, but he recently revealed who he deemed to be the better of the two between ‘Bud’ and fellow former foe Mayweather.
