‘His Aura of Invincibility Has Diminished a Bit’: Kamaru Usman Blames Canelo Alvarez for Tarnishing Their Potential Fight

The loss of Canelo Alvarez against Dmitry Bivol attracted a lot of attention from the combat fraternity. Similarly, the UFC Welterweight champion, Kamaru Usman, who is also a potential opponent for Alvarez, opened his views on their probable fight in future. 

In an interview with MMA Underground, the interviewer asked Usman to share his views on his next opponent, who might be the Mexican superstar who lost his last fight. 

‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ replied, “I still think it’s, a… you know it’s a tremendous fight. It’s a phenomenal fight because he’s still there in those pound-for-pound rankings. But of course, it’s a bit tarnished now you know, because his aura of invincibility has diminished a bit, but you know more power to him.”

Usman talked described how Alvarez let the hype down of their potential fight when he lost in his last fight. The hype reached sky-high when both the fighters were at #1 spot for P4P in their respective sport.

Usman also elaborated some applause for Alvarez. He said, “ He’s a true champion, he’s one of the best boxers that we’ve seen. Especially in my generation so you know hats off to him.“

According to Usman, the fight can still attract a lot of attention as Alvarez is still one of the best boxers.

The banter between Kamaru Usman and Canelo Alvarez

Kamaru Usman and Canelo Alvarez had a rift between them when both the athletes ranked at the #1 position in P4P rankings in their respective sports at the same time. 

The beef started with a tweet by Ali Abdelaziz who has managed prominent UFC fighters like Khabib Nurmagomedov and Kamaru Usman.

Abdelaziz criticized Alvarez for picking up Dmitry Bivol instead of Usman as his opponent.

Alvarez didn’t ignore this tweet of Abdelaziz, and he gave a staggering reply thrashing Abdelaziz. He wrote, “who the f**k is this? 🤣🤣🥴”

Abdelaziz replied and he compared Alvarez and Kamaru Usman in his following tweet.

Even Usman couldn’t stop from commenting on Alvarez’s criticism on Abdelaziz, he tweeted a staggering reply to Alvarez which is when the actual banter between the fighters started.

Subsequently, both the athletes kept thrashing each other until Alvarez put up a tweet that indicated that both the fighters might have a brawl in the future.

The Mexican superstar seemed to accept the challenge but asked Usman to wait for his turn. Even though Alvarez held the #1 spot in the P4P rankings, he still felt that he has a lot more to achieve. Until then, Usman should wait. 

Even Usman seemed interested in this challenge, and he took the beef to another level with a conclusive statement, He tweeted, “ Enough said… you don’t want that smoke in a real fight. I hear you! Good luck champ 👊🏿”

Well, this beef between the two prominent fighters indicated that they might face each other anytime which will entertain the combat fans and also let the fighters prove their legacy. 

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If both the fighters agree to fight, then which arena will they choose for their match? Will be the octagon? Or a boxing ring? Let us know your views below in the comments section.

Source: | This article originally belongs to Essentially Sports