Canelo Alvarez gave a dominant showing when asked to try a boxing game in virtual reality.
The pound-for-pound sports king wore virtual reality goggles in a live interview on Mexican television a few years ago and easily faced his opponent.
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Canelo is the undisputed WBA, WBC, and IBF World Heavyweight and Middleweight Champion
Canelo’s competitive streak didn’t take long to start playing, as he took the game seriously from the start.
He immediately applied his famous defensive head movements and slipped the opposing character’s punches.
Canelo then responded with an early knockout.
Figure stood off the board and fired a few big hits, causing Canelo to swear.
Canelo showed his skills in virtual reality games
But he quickly returned to form, and punched another set of punches to win by knockout.
Canelo proudly celebrated the victory to the applause of the crowd.
It’s a feeling he’s now very used to and recently experienced after beating Caleb Plant last month.
Canelo has now indicated that he intends to move to cruiserweight and face Ilunga Macapo next.
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His old opponent Floyd Mayweather is not a fan of this move.
Floyd told reporters about Canelo, “He’s going heavyweight, he’s fighting a guy who’s not really, uh, the guy up and down.
“If it’s up to me, we’d like to see Benavidez.
“Canelo is a hellish fighter, but in my personal opinion he evades David Benavidez.
“This is only my personal opinion and I have the right to say what I think.
“He’s a cruiser weight, I don’t beat him, but the same guy was at Mayweather Boxing Gym, guys were getting his best at Mayweather Boxing Gym.
He went so far as to quote ‘the weight of a cruiser’ in quotes – David Benavidez could have beaten the same guy…
“Do I like this fight? Absolutely not. We want to see Benavidez, let’s make it happen.”
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