By Miguel Rivera
Last Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, five division world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (50-0, 27 KOs) broke a two-year retirement to enter the ring with UFC superstar Conor McGregor.
After not doing very much for the first three rounds, Mayweather pressed forward, broke McGregor down and stopped him in the tenth round.
Following the conclusion of the fight, McGregor said that he made good on his promise to make Mayweather "fight like a Mexican."
Canelo watched the fight and saw nothing that resembled a "Mexican style" in Mayweather's tactics.
He felt the only reason Mayweather came forward was because McGregor, who was making his professional boxing debut, was severely overmatched in the fight.
"He did what he wanted in the fight. I think Mayweather did what he had to do, go forward because he knew he was going to knock [McGregor] out and that's what he did; But no [I saw no Mexican style in there]. Mexican boxing does not have a style in itself, Mexican boxing has different styles," Canelo said.
Mayweather is the only boxer to hold a win over Canelo. Their bout took place in September of 2013.
While last week's fight was called a "circus" by many, Canelo promises a "real fight" on September 16th, when he takes part in one of the biggest fights of the last few years.
Canelo will compete at the full middleweight limit, also at Las Vegas' T-Mobile Arena, when he challenges IBF, IBO, WBA, WBC world champion Gennady Golovkin. The bout will headline an HBO Pay-Per-View event.
"This fight is for real... two boxers, an authentic fight, one that people have waited on for a long time. The other was more a show," Canelo said. "The [fans are] going to see a great fight, a natural fight, it's going to be a great fight because of the styles. I'm going to give my best, I hope GGG gets the best out of me to have a great fight."