Canelo Alvarez He has to be one of the most popular athletes on Earth. The most charismatic of boxing, without a doubt. And the greatest idol of Mexico, a country that has historically been a powerhouse in the sport of fisticuffs, one in which many times the heart weighs more than reason.

Sunday evening, and with the wound open from the defeat of Tata Martino’s team against Argentina at the World Cup in Qatar, Canelo was betrayed by his well-known nationalism and decided to start the most unusual battle of his entire life: on Twitter and against Lionel Messi, another GOAT in his own right, but also a gentleman when it comes to respecting his peers. he made a bad mistake.

Because Messi can be blamed as he has been blamed (and will be blamed) for many things, sports and not so much. But no one can doubt his correctness and humility, even in moments of victory like Saturday’s. He set the best example last year, at the Maracana, silencing his teammates who were about to charge the Brazilians after winning the Copa América. Today Canelo says that Messi has committed a “blow job”nonsense, but he was the one who sent it to him.

It doesn’t seem to be a good message to the world that the names of two references like Canelo and Messi appear to be involved in a “controversy” like this and with a threat involved. “I ask God not to find him for me!!”, he warned from Guadalajara, undisputed champion (WBA, WBC, WBO and IBF) in the super middleweight category. All responsibility of the Mexican and his catharsis on Twitter, where no one (not even his own compatriots) has managed to make him think.

In the image the boxer is talking about, Messi is seen with his tiredness (and relief) after the match, nothing more. The locker room is messy and the shirt (not a flag) appears on the floor like so many other things. An accusation as ridiculous as it is exaggerated, like many others that appear on social networks. But that makes another noise in Canelo’s mouth and unleashes a resentment that can become dangerous. That’s the problem with tweeting with boxing gloves on.

A few days ago Lionel Scaloni spoke of the need to minimize defeat and appealed to common sense to remember that football, or the World Cup, is still a sporting competition in which life must not go away. There are infinitely more serious problems here and there. And you face even greater challenges when it comes to trampling on flags. Let Canelo take note.