Mike Tyson’s Chicana for Canelo Álvarez: ‘If he dares to touch Messi, I’ll have to get in the ring’

Former heavyweight champion of the world Mike Tyson He entered the ring in the Mexico shirt controversy that Lionel Messi left on the floor in the locker room and which earned him harsh criticism from boxer Canelo Álvarez, which he eventually retracted.

The North American, in statements to the BBO Sports chain, was asked about the controversy that broke out after the match in group C of the World Cup and said: “Someone named Canelo threatened Messi. If he dares to touch Messi, I will have to enter the ring after years“.

“Iron Mike”, who retired from professional activity in 2005, visited Buenos Aires the same year to speak with Diego Maradona in “La noche del Diez”, which was the first sign of the boxer’s love for Argentine football.

Now, 17 years later, having become a businessman connected to cannabis products and, occasionally, an exhibition brawl, he has once again come out in defense of an Argentine ten.

On November 26, around 3 pm in Mexico, Canelo expressed his admiration on Twitter for the albiceleste who had beaten Gerardo Martino’s team 2-0: “My respect for Argentina,” he wrote.

The next day, when his compatriots were already thinking about the match on the 30th against Saudi Arabia, Álvarez asked on social networks “Have you seen Messi cleaning the floor with our shirt and flag????”. And in the 2.0 ring, a bare-knuckle fight broke out.

“Just like I respect Argentina, you have to respect Mexico! I’m not talking about the country (Argentina), I’m talking about Messi because of the blowjob he gave,” he added.

One of the first to respond was Sergio “Kun” Agüero, defending his friend and America’s champion captain. Mexican midfielder Andrés Guardado also came out against his compatriot and the ex-Barcelona player himself played down anything “normal” in the dressing room. “Dirty clothes are left on the floor to be washed,” the players explained over and over again.

There have been hundreds of responses from public figures who have explained to the boxer that they made the wrong assessment, but he didn’t give up. He wasn’t throwing in the towel.

On November 28, he doubled down on the bet: “Since the MEXICO shirt is down, that’s already an insult. Stop talking bullshit about whether it was or wasn’t.”

However, just hours before Mexico beat the Saudis but were eliminated from the World Cup, he changed his mind.

“Over the last few days I have let myself be carried away by the passion and love I feel for my country and I have made inappropriate comments for which I want to apologize to Messi and the Argentine people. Every day we learn something new and this time it was to me,” he wrote.

Meanwhile, Tyson, ever wary of returning to some sort of ring, although he told Maradona in 2005 that he would not fight again, joined this fight and with the caveat that he would put on his gloves to defend his others 10 favourites. “If he dares to touch Messi, I’ll have to enter the ring after years.”

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