Canelo Alvarez expects to make light work of Conor McGregor if the two were ever to meet in the boxing ring.
The super middleweight champion defends his WBA, WBC, and WBO titles against Edgar Berlanga this Saturday, but that hasn’t stopped reporters from asking him what he has lined up for his next fight. Boxing reporter Manouk Akopyan asked Alvarez if he’d ever be interested in fighting UFC star Conor McGregor, which Alvarez found amusing.
“I know, and then we show boxing is better,” Alvarez said, before adding, “Easy, easy, way easy money.”
McGregor, who previously held UFC titles at 145 and 155 pounds, has participated in only one pro boxing bout, a high-profile contest that saw him go