By Elisinio Castillo

WBC/WBA 154-pound champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (42-0-1, 30KOs) disputes all of the reports that suggest he took the fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. (44-0, 26KOs) in order to get a career-high payday. Canelo will face Mayweather on September 14th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Canelo, 22-years-old, says he took the fight for one reason - to fight, and beat, the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world.

"Obviously you have to make a perfect fight to win. Floyd Mayweather is a fighter who is very difficult and complicated to face, but if we make a perfect fight we will win. I am 22-years-old and I'm not worried about money at the moment because I have a long future ahead of me. This fight is about pride, and winning, because I want to be one of the best boxers in history and this is the opportunity to reach that goal," Canelo said.

"We are preparing physically and mentally. It will be a very difficult fight, but that's what we want. This is the most difficult fight of my career, so I have to prepare very well to win. People can say whatever they like, everyone has that right. I'm going to prepare very well and on September 14 we will see the results."