Canelo's Coach Was Not Pleased With Losing Award To Sanchez

By Miguel Rivera

Eddy Reynoso, who trains WBC middleweight champion Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez, was not happy when he lost out on the Trainer for The Year Award (from the Boxing Writers Association of America).

He was one of the finalists in the running but lost out to Abel Sanchez, who trains WBA/IBO/IBF champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin.

Back in Mexico, there was some heavy debating over which fighter had the better year. Canelo started off with a vicious knockout of James Kirkland and ended the year by becoming a two division world champion with a twelve round decision over Puerto Rican superstar Miguel Cotto. Golovkin saw action three times, with knockouts of Martin Murray, Willie Monroe Jr. and closed the year with a TKO of David Lemieux to earn the IBF belt.

Canelo made a superstar statement with over 900,000 pay-per-view buys for the fight with Cotto, while Golovkin's pay-per-view with Lemieux did far less at around 150,000.

Reynoso believes he is often overlooked because he continues to stand by his position of only working with a single fighter. He's worked with Canelo since he was a young boy.

"When you do not win something it does not leave you at ease," admitted Eddy to Eduard Cauich.

"We have always been with Saul from 12 or 13 years. I've received offers to train other well known fighters, but I remain solely focused on Saul because I like doing things right. Because [I choose to only train Saul], it takes away the recognition [of being a successful trainer] from certain media members. But at this level you can not be working with a lot of people."

Reynoso may get the opportunity to test himself against Sanchez. Golovkin is the mandatory challenger to Canelo's WBC title. If both boxers win their upcoming fights, they are required to face each other in the fall.