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"I just want to fight here with my people who supported me from the beginning and like the best fighter, not like I'm gonna retire. "Sometimes money is not the thing," Alvarez says. to bring his people an event while he's still in his prime as perhaps the world's top fighter, if not boxing's top star. Rather than a farewell homecoming in the twilight of his career, Alvarez has sacrificed the mega paydays - routinely upward of $35 million, though he'll still earn eight figures Saturday - he enjoys in the U.S. "It means so much because at the end of the day, this is the people who always supported me, since the beginning, so I'm bringing them the experience I've been living in other places so they can experience it, too, in their own city."īetter yet, Canelo didn't wait until the end of his fighting days to deliver a bout for his Mexican people like so many countrymen before him. "It means a lot to me coming back as the best boxer in the world and bringing a great fight, a main event," he says. During all the time that's passed, Alvarez has climbed to the pinnacle of the sport, from winning titles in four weight classes on his way to a lengthy stay at the top of the pound-for-pound list, to becoming the singular face of global boxing.ĭuring this run through the best fighters boxing has to offer - Gennadiy Golovkin, Erislandy Lara, Sergey Kovalev, Amir Khan and Miguel Cotto, among others - Canelo has lived and trained in San Diego.īut ahead of his first boxing match in Guadalajara since 2011, Alvarez (58-2-2, 39 KOs) is preparing in his homeland for a defense of his undisputed super middleweight championship against England's John Ryder (32-5, 18 KOs), whom he'll fight on Saturday at the 50,000-seat Akron Stadium in front of friends, family and a whole lot of fans who have patiently waited for his return. The last time he competed in Guadalajara was one year prior, when he retained his 154-pound title with a 12th-round TKO of Ryan Rhodes. He's boxed in Sin City 16 times, headlining 15 of those cards, beginning in 2012 with a bout against "Sugar" Shane Mosley. The sprawling property sits on the outskirts of Guadalajara, far from the bright lights of Las Vegas where Alvarez, 32, typically fights. If you ride one horse with fear, they feel it. That's one of the best and more intelligent horses I've ever had. a horse, you need to make sure he is intelligent because he can learn everything - he can do many things. "I just bought like two years, three years ago. And Rio, Alvarez's favorite of the brunch. Espartano, the calm colt reserved for his 5-year-old daughter, Maria Fernanda, complete with pink saddle. There's Rancherito, one of Canelo's first horses, a gift he received from the Mexican singer Ezequiel Pena. The injury risk of riding a horse so close to this fight night prevents him from his favorite activity, but it doesn't stop his admiration.

"I liked that a lot," he says, "and I will never forget that." He milked cows, fed pigs and tended to the horses. When he was a child, Alvarez would work at his godfather's ranch in Juanacatlán.

And I love being here."Ĭanelo takes a deep breath to soak in the air surrounding the dream ranch he's able to occasionally enjoy between training sessions. "All of this is just for me and for my family. "This is my home, this is my privacy," Canelo tells ESPN. He finds solace here from the whirlwind pressure he carries as the standard-bearer of his sport the world over - and especially in his boxing-obsessed country. GUADALAJARA, Mexico - CANELO ALVAREZ STROLLS on Mexican soil, past the elegant horse fountain that greets visitors and inside the stable lined with his prized stallions - all 30 of them - at his ranch named Las Reinas (The Queens) for his wife and two daughters.Īlvarez doesn't show his sanctuary often.

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You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browserĬanelo Alvarez's homecoming: Boxing's biggest star returns to Mexico, his horses and a moment 11 years in the making