Canelo Alvarez admits that he's not exactly motivated to have a third bout with middleweight rival Gennady Golovkin.
On November 2 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, the Mexican superstar will climb up by two weight divisions to challenge Sergey Kovalev for the WBO light heavyweight title.
Canelo and Golovkin fought to a controversial twelve round split draw in 2017, and then Canelo won a close twelve round majority decision over GGG in 2018.
DAZN, who have exclusive contracts with Canelo and Golovkin, tried to match them for a third time - but Canelo had no interest in the contest.
He wants to take risks to further his legacy, and says that sole goal motivated him to move up for Kovalev.
Canelo believes he beat Golovkin the first time and the second time - and for the moment he sees no reason for a third bout.
"The truth is that I did not visualize that fight [with Golovkin] right now. I am taking these risks, these fights for my career, and right now he does not represent anything to me. I beat him twice and he does not represent a greater challenge for me to have a fight with him," Canelo said to ESPN Deportes.
"I am taking these challenges, I think he [Golovkin] should take these challenges in his career, but he has not taken any risks... it really does not represent any challenge to fight him again... so I am doing this [fight with Kovalev], big fights, big challenges for my career and the love of boxing.
"This is making history, it motivates me to make history, climb two divisions, win four titles, it represents more to me, adds more motivation and more risks... it represents much more to me than the other fight. I am taking the risks of this magnitude to make history."
