'Can say whatever he wants,' Canelo Alvarez finally responds to retired undefeated boxer following constant criticism

This is in light of Wards’ claims on the Stephen A Smith Show for ESPN that he picks and chooses who he fights. Speaking on the Breakfast Club Power 105.1 FM, he nudged somewhat similar sentiments. Knocking out Sergey Kovalev, Alvarez never advanced to the light heavyweight division when Ward was still active. Hence, he is still critical of the Mexican’s sentiments.

Speaking at the Canelo-Munguia pre-fight press conference, Alvarez also took free jabs at all and sundry. Fighting at least one last time from PBC, he snubbed Benavidez as “unworthy” to contend for the undisputed super middleweight gold; a move even critiqued by legend Mike Tyson. Now, it remains to be seen how far his issue with Ward stretches.

Andre Ward rips Canelo Alvarez for ducking him

David Benavidez remains a mandatory challenger for the self-proclaimed king of boxing, Canelo Alvarez’s title golds. However, the latter has been very negligent on the matter, while also instigating that he isn’t ducking. Now, he veers to Jaime Munguia as the next opponent. The undisputed super middleweight champ hasn’t boxed a fellow Mexican since Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in 2017.

He has also made huge money demands to face Mexican-American peer David Benavidez, deeming him unworthy. Here’s what veteran boxer Andre Ward had to say about it all recently –

Ward hinted that he would end his retirement if Alvarez manned up to hash it out with him; a prospect he doesn’t believe is possible. While briefly splintering away from Al Haymon’s PBC, Alvarez was guaranteed a $55 million fight purse for Benavidez. With that stretching out, Wards’ beliefs have only solidified further.

Alvarez meets his next opponent on Saturday, May 4 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, in a PBC Pay-Per-View showdown on Prime Video (8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT). Whether or not he would give other Mexican peers a chance after that, is anyone’s guess. As for Andre Ward, he might be out of the game but his skills aren’t dulled yet when it comes to an Alvarez-shaped opponent.