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Canelo countered that idea.<\/p>\n \u201cI am so confident. I am always confident because I know where I am, how I train, how I feel, and how good I am,\u201d said Canelo at the kickoff press conference. \u201cI still want it like I was when I was 15 years old.\u201d<\/p>\n The quote speaks to the biggest question surrounding Alvarez heading into the fight.<\/p>\n At nearly 36 years old, Canelo has spent more than two decades in the sport and has been involved in some of boxing\u2019s toughest nights. His trilogy with Gennadiy Golovkin, battles with Miguel Cotto and Dmitry Bivol, and last year\u2019s defeat to Crawford have fueled discussion about whether the wear and tear of a long career is beginning to show.<\/p>\n Promoter Eddie Hearn recently suggested that Mbilli would be a serious problem if Alvarez is no longer the fighter he once was.<\/p>\n Mbilli appears to share that belief.<\/p>\n \u201cI have a good style to beat Canelo. I am an amazing fighter. I have good power and speed. I have all of the abilities to beat Canelo and win this fight,\u201d said Mbilli. \u201cI think it\u2019s the perfect time for me.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not changing my style. I will put pressure, and we are going to see if he can deal with this. Be ready, you\u2019re going to be surprised in September. You will regret being in that ring.\u201d<\/p>\n Canelo and Mbilli will headline a Saudi Arabia card on September 12, with the champion looking to prove that reports of his decline have arrived too early.<\/p>\n Tom Galm is a boxing journalist who has covered the global fight landscape since 2014, specializing in heavyweight analysis, industry trends, and fighter psychology.<\/p>\n Click here to subscribe to our FREE newsletter<\/a>Related Boxing News:<\/p>\n \t\t\tCategories Canelo Alvarez<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n Boxing News 24<\/a> \u00bb Canelo Alvarez<\/a> \u00bb Canelo Alvarez Fires Back at Questions About His Decline<\/p>\n Last Updated on 2026\/05\/28 at 11:03 PM \t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canelo Alvarez insists the hunger remains unchanged as questions continue to follow him into his September 12 title…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230999,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-610883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=610883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=610883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=610883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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