Canelo wraps up camp in Spain: "I don't really care how Mbilli feels"
Saúl "Canelo" Álvarez has completed his training camp in Spain. He feels great, he said ahead of his WBC fight with Christian Mbilli in Riyadh on October 31 – and explained his defeat to Crawford.
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Saúl "Canelo" Álvarez has finished his training camp in Spain and says he is ready for Christian Mbilli. "I feel great. I don't know how he feels, and I don't really care how he feels," the Mexican said in quotes released by Riyadh Season and DAZN. "I'm just glad to go face a champion, and I'm ready for that."
On his loss to Terence Crawford, Álvarez said: "I did a good job of preparing for that fight, but throughout fight week my mind wasn't there." Pressure does not bother him: "I feel like I work even better when I have pressure on me." Heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk joined him for two or three days of training: "His mentality is everything."
The fight for Mbilli's WBC super-middleweight title takes place in Riyadh on October 31, live on DAZN pay-per-view. According to Boxing Insider, the fighters' grand arrivals are set for Tuesday, although the fight remains subject to the security situation in Saudi Arabia. DAZN has also released a preview of Álvarez's return.