Athlete

There are no secrets - I've been fighting around 154 lbs and 155 lbs, so I feel comfortable at this weight. This is my weight class.

I take the time to look at my videos after a fight to see not what I did right but what I did wrong, to learn from those mistakes.

I feel comfortable at 154 lbs.

I'm training and preparing because nothing is predictable in boxing. I'm preparing for those rounds, and if it happens that I get a shot, whatever advantage I have, I will be ready for 12 rounds.

In Mexico, you have to defend yourself and your honour.

I'm the kind of person who visualizes things before doing them.

My preference is not to fight a Mexican.

There's a lot more to me than just power.

Boxing is the most beautiful thing after women.

I want to be like a Muhammad Ali, like a Julio Cesar Chavez. So when people talk about boxing, they have to remember Canelo.

I train to fight, to win.

I don't focus much on video. I watch here and there, perhaps two or three of my opponent's fights. That gives me a good idea of his style.

Every fight brings out something different in me, and it will be no different in this one. I have learned and gained from all of those experiences. And as I've often said, the public hasn't seen the best of me yet. I need someone like Mayweather to bring that out of me.

What matters most is the win.

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.

I get motivated by the fact people are following me, that they want a photo or say 'vamos' or 'Canelo.'

There are great legends and great fighters in the history of Mexico, and there will be more to come.

I work a lot of conditioning and stamina.

I started boxing because of my brother. And then I came to admire the all-time greats, like Roberto Duran and Muhammad Ali. I'd say I admired Ali more than any fighter in my life.

I have to stay calm, cool, and collected.