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I’d love to fight in England – Canelo

SAUL ‘Canelo’ Alvarez would relish the opportunity to fight in England in the future, with the Mexican superstar revealing he still has plenty left to achieve in his boxing career.

Alvarez, a four-division world champion, who is believed by many to be the best pound-forpound fighter in boxing, defends his WBC and WBA supermiddleweight crowns against WBO titlist Billy Joe Saunders in Texas this weekend.

He has already defeated six English fighters – Matthew Hatton, Ryan Rhodes, Amir Khan, Liam Smith, Rocky Fielding and

Callum Smith – in a stellar professional career which has brought 55 wins, two draws and just one loss.

While he has fought exclusively in Mexico and the United States so far, Alvarez has recently linked up with British promoter Eddie Hearn and seemed very receptive to the idea of a blockbuster event at Wembley down the line.

“I will love to fight in England,” Alvarez said. “For me it’s a dream going to England and fighting in front of a lot of people from England. I have a lot of fans from there and I will love to be there.”

Saturday’s fight against Saunders in Arlington will be Alvarez’s third in the space of five months, having beaten Callum Smith and Avni Yildirim already.