Saulo Canalo Alvarez, a world champion boxer from Mexico, has tweeted out a sequence of offended messages in opposition to Lionel Messi. He believes that Messi kicked a Mexican jersey insultingly inside Argentina’s locker room.
Canelo Alvarez is the undisputed champion (WBA, WBC, WBO and IBF) of the tremendous middleweight class (76 kg). He’s additionally the very best grossing boxer of the second.
Uncommon video of Messi “Kicking a Mexico jersey” whereas solely attempting to take off his boots.pic.twitter.com/etF7g4fLBZ https://t.co/S9pIZOocSk
— FELA GRANDSON😎 (@jerriejerrie_) November 27, 2022
What’s the difficulty?
In a video of celebrations in Argentina’s locker room, there’s a Mexican jersey crumpled on the ground, simply in entrance of Messi who has his jersey off. Presumably, the Mexican jersey was exchanged by him after the sport with an Mexican participant.
Messi is chanting and swaying together with his team-mates, and as he sits down, he tries to take off his proper boot, by lifting it within the air and utilizing his left foot to tug down the heel of the shoe. Within the course of, when he lifts the proper boot initially, it pushes the Mexican jersey away.
🔥 Así está el vestuario de #ARG tras ganar a #MEX #FIFAWorldCup pic.twitter.com/g5jKfBstx9
— Mundo Deportivo (@mundodeportivo) November 26, 2022
Relying on the perspective of the watchers, it has been interpreted as he kicked the jersey away. It’s not a flag as some have speculated; it’s a jersey.
What did the Mexican boxer Canelo, a world champion, tweet?
la afición es una cosa nosotros como ejemplo otra… no sea tanto!! https://t.co/fuvEbA28aA
— Canelo Alvarez (@Canelo) November 28, 2022
1) ” Did you see Messi cleansing the ground with our shirt and flag???? ” Canelo wrote within the first of his tweets.
2) Then, accompanied by fist and anger emojis, he tweeted: “Let him ask God that he doesn’t discover it for me !”
3) ”Simply as (I) respect Argentina, (he) has to respect Mexico! I’m not speaking in regards to the nation (Argentina) I’m speaking about Messi …
4) ”The followers are one factor, we for example one other… don’t be a lot!!”
5) It’s one factor that they’re higher than us (in soccer), one other factor is respect.
6) Anybody who doesn’t defend their homeland is a****e… fanaticism is one factor, your id is one other. LONG LIVE MEXICO CABRONES
What’s the historical past of Canelo and Messi?
Nothing however admiration, going by the previous.
Final 12 months, in a conventional weigh-in earlier than a boxing bout, Canelo even wore the pyjamas from identical model as Messi, retouched with Mexican colors.
“Among the best gamers. I like him. I believe perhaps he could be an awesome fighter,” Alvarez stated about Messi, mirror.uk had quoted. He did name Ronaldo as a “nice participant” however the media went to city saying that Canelo charges Messi increased.
Even couple of weeks again, he had stated: “”If I had been a soccer participant I’d change into Pelé, Maradona and Messi. To Maradona and Messi, my respects.”
Did the boxer settle down?
There have been indicators of thaw. When a twitter consumer, informed him, “Canelo, right here in Argentina folks financial institution on you numerous, you might be letting your self be carried away by one thing taken out of context, Messi might be probably the most respectful athlete that exists… get off this, a hug!”
Canelo Alvarez replied: “Maybe… hopefully so greetings.”