Canelo Alvarez boosted his win column this past weekend with a dominant points success over John Ryder as he retained his undisputed title at 168lbs.
The victory allows Canelo to push on with his career and it appears the next target is a rematch with Dmitry Bivol who handed the Mexican only the second loss on his ledger last year.
Despite being one of boxing’s best fighters for most of the last ten years, Canelo still believes he has plenty to prove following the setback to Bivol.
Universally respected in the boxing world, Canelo has consistently sought the biggest tests available, but Teddy Atlas, an elite trainer, believes the four-weight world champion is ‘overrated.’
“Canelo has always been overrated,” said Atlas when speaking on The Fight podcast.
“Now, that doesn’t mean that he is not a real good fighter, but he is not the greatest Mexican fighter of all-time.
“He is not the greatest Mexican fighter, he is overrated, he probably lost to [Erislandy] Lara, he lost twice to GGG. I know it’s old news, it is old history, he lost the first two [against Golovkin], especially the first one, he lost to Mayweather, every round, except for with that judge who should be in jail.”