Demetrius Andrade can’t hide his disgust regarding Canelo Alvarez’s potential next opponent.

The two division world champion from Providence, Rhode Island, has long criticized the Mexican superstar and undisputed 168-pound champion for his supposed lack of ambition and has repeatedly accused him of avoiding him, despite the fact that they were network stablemates on DAZN.

Andrade, who left DAZN content provider, promoter Eddie Hearn, earlier this year, recently linked up with Premier Boxing Champions, in a bid to try his hand at the 168-pound division. Andrade takes on Demond Nicholson Jan. 7 at Capitol One Arena in a 168-pound bout in Washington D.C. on the undercard of the lightweight main event between Gervonta Davis and Hector Luis Garcia. Andrade says he has a “fight-by-fight” agreement with PBC.

In response to reports circulating that Alvarez may return to the ring in May against British contender John Ryder, Andrade scoffed.

“Just more bullsh-t, bro,” Andrade said on Tha Boxing Voice. “Just more bullsh-t. That’s just what it is. Just another easy fight. Another situation for him to go in and say ‘I’m fighting the best.’ I’m not disrespecting John Ryder, but c’mon bro, he’s not the best.”

Alvarez and Andrade famously got into each other in a press conference held after Alvarez’s stoppage win over Billy Joe Saunders in 2021. Andrade disrupted the presser and was eventually kicked out.

Andrade, however, now says he won’t be engaging in such trashtalking with Alvarez moving forward.

“Nah, I did my thing,” Andrade said. “I did my Rocky Balboa sh-t, where I put the faces on the characters, man. I did my thing. At the end of the day, I’m not going to sit there and rely on chasing down Canelo when Canelo don’t want to do it. He’d rather fight John Ryder.

“The reporters have to stop letting the situation like Canelo—I know the truth. You can’t even ask Canelo questions because you won’t be able to have interviews with him. You can’t give him real backlash because you never speak to him. I understand. It’s a business for everybody, bro. Everybody wants conversations with people, but if you mention Demetrius Andrade … there’s no conversation. There’s no questions.”

Last year, Alvarez moved up in weight to face WBA light heavyweight titlist Dmitry Bivol, but he came up short. He then dominated Gennadiy Golovkin in a trilogy match. Since then, Alvarez underwent surgery for his left wrist.

Despite those achievements and challenges, Andrade feels Alvarez is taking the easy way out by fighting Ryder. Andrade pointed to fighters such as himself and middleweight titlist Jermall Charlo as the only legitimate options for Alvarez.

“Of course, he’s (Ryder) the worst of options when you got Jermall Charlo, when you got Demetrius Andrade, when you’ve got the rematch with Bivol, when you’ve got other guys that’s been champion in the same weight class as him,” Andrade said. [Alvarez has repeatedly called for a rematch with Bivol and could fight the Russian champion in the fall of 2023].

“You sound like a Canelo fan over there, bro,” Andrade continued, referring to his interviewers. “You’d rather see him fight John Ryder than Charlo because he’s inactive? What kind of sh-t is that? What type of excuse is that. I’m inactive too. What that mean, he don’t fight me? … At the end of the day, in a situation like that, you take the opportunity if it’s presented to you.

“But if Canelo is not offering that, of course not, bro … there’s nothing promised bro. Like I don’t understand why you guys acting like this sh-t’s promised, bro. If I’m off for a whole year and Canelo’s, like, ‘let’s tango,’ I’mma be, like, ‘yeah let’s do it.’ We’re not talking about Charlo saying 'no', we’re talking about Canelo not even having the words to be like, 'yo, let’s make that happen.' Talking’ about fighting John Ryder, c’mon bro.”