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Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez is already starting to imagine the end of his career and is clear about where he would like to hold his final fight: in none other than the iconic Estadio Azteca, now called Estadio Banorte, as he told in a recent interview. What did the athlete say?
The world champion revealed in an interview with ESPN that he plans to retire from boxing in style with a massive fight in Mexico, close to his fans, and he even revealed that he has already spoken with businessman Emilio Azcárraga to agree on the organization of the event at the stadium.
“I want my last fight to be in Mexico and I visualized myself fighting at the Estadio Azteca,” the boxer revealed. According to him, he became convinced to fight at the Coloso de Santa Úrsula when he attended the Mexican National Team matches during the 2026 World Cup: “When I was there as a fan supporting the team, I was at the Azteca Stadium, and it is a stadium that generates an impressive vibe.”
The fighter revealed that he held a call with Emilio Azcárraga, majority shareholder of the stadium, to talk about the possibilities of organizing his retirement fight in the not-too-distant future.
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“We got in touch, we had a Zoom call and we saw the possibility of doing a fight in the future and yes, I visualize myself fighting there,” the 36-year-old athlete pointed out.
This would not be the first time that the Estadio Azteca (Banorte) hosts a massive farewell for a boxer of Canelo's stature. Back in 1993, on February 20, the Coloso de Santa Úrsula saw the end of an era with the farewell of Julio César Chávez.
At that time, the Caesar of boxing faced Greg Haugen in front of more than 132,000 spectators, according to available reports. As expected, Chávez said goodbye by winning the match by knockout.
Although Canelo Álvarez dreams of retiring at the mythical Azteca, for the moment there is no clear date for when it will happen or an opponent considered for the great moment for the native of Jalisco.
The boxer is not sure about when he will retire or how many fights he has left before hanging up his gloves, but he believes that he can still compete in four or five fights: “You have to be realistic, if it were up to me, it would never be enough, but I think that 4-5 fights is enough, I have already done too much in boxing, I did more than I ever imagined one day and more than I ever dreamed of.”
He added that once he leaves boxing, he will dedicate himself to other projects, but ruled out being a promoter.
[Publicidad]