I don't want to be named myself as one of the elite boxers of Puerto Rico. That's for the fans and for the people that know about boxing. I just want to do my job the best I can, and I am going to do that the rest of my career.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Boxing is a sport, but it's also entertainment. I wanted to transcend the sport and be considered just not as a fighter, or a champion, but someone very special.
America is the mecca of boxing, and they've had some great champions here. It's good to establish your skills and let people know what you're about in the States.
Some of our best fighters are not only Puerto Rican greats but all-time greats of the sport. Carlos Ortiz, Wilfredo Gomez, Wilfredo Benitez and Felix 'Tito' Trinidad and many others have made Puerto Rican boxing what it is today, and I am only an extension of their greatness.
The thing with professional boxing is you have to have the right promoter and the right fights. It is a cut-throat business.
I would like to be remembered as a boxer who tried to do his best.
My goal in boxing is to be the best.
I want to be like a Muhammad Ali, like a Julio Cesar Chavez. So when people talk about boxing, they have to remember Canelo.
Boxing's not a career for anyone: it doesn't last long enough to be a career.
I want to be remembered as a great athlete. As a boxing champion.
I'm honored and blessed by God to be in the sport I love, and I want to accomplish all the goals I set in the sport of boxing - to be successful and make history.