Canelo Alvarez, 34, reveals why his own WIFE is trying to wreck his boxing retirement plans
Jack Figg, Digital Sports Reporter
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CANELO ALVAREZ is no closer to retiring from boxing - if his wife Fernanda gets her way.
The Mexican icon turned professional aged just 15 and now prepares for his 67th bout against William Scull on the weekend.
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Canelo has always maintained he will look to hang up his legendary gloves at 37 - vowing not to fight on for too long.
But boxing fans could get the all-time great for a further three years - thanks to his model partner Fernanda.
Canelo, 34, told SunSport: "Actually, my wife wants me to retire at 40!
"Imagine that, and I say 'No, I don't, I don't think so.' She likes to see me fighting and all that kind of stuff.
"And obviously she wants to have more kids and she wants the other kids to see me in training and seeing what I do in the training camps and this and that.
"But I say to her, you know, they're gonna see me in another areas of my life, in my business and that kind of stuff, but we'll see."
Canelo married Fernanda in 2021 but they met almost ten years beforehand - dating on and off until they fully reconciled and wed.
The boxing champion has two daughters, Emily and Maria and a son named Saul Adiel - all with different women.
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He shares youngest Maria with Fernanda and had his eldest Emily when he was just 16-years-old himself.
Canelo's kids are his biggest fans and watch every one of his fights from ringside - but only after being reassured by their super-dad.
He said: "They get a little bit nervous, you know, they get a little bit nervous but they like it. They scream, they support me with all they have.
"I think Maria is the one with more nervous on herself because she says that she don't want somebody to hurt me or something like that.
"And I say, 'Don't worry, that's why I'm here training for and doing my best here in training camp so that doesn't happen.'"
Eldest Emily is the only of his children to truly understand Canelo's superstardom.
He said: "I think they realise a little bit, but not the magnitude of what I do or what I am in boxing.
"Maybe my older daughter, obviously she's 17, so she already realised how big I am. But my other kids Adel and Maria, maybe they realise a little bit."
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Canelo returns in an undisputed super-middleweight title decider against Scull in Riyadh - airing on DAZN in the early hours of Sunday morning.
It marks his first ever fight outside of North America - with Canelo in love with boxing as much now as he was for his pro debut 20 YEARS ago.
He said: "I enjoy it a lot. Believe me, it's not that I don't be here anymore.
"So I still enjoy this kind of thing, I'm gonna fight outside of United States and Mexico.
"So for me, it's something I really want in my career for many years. So that motivates myself a lot."
Canelo also has the chance to regain the IBF title he had to vacate last July - with Scull inheriting the belt to set up the unification.
A super-fight against Terence Crawford, 37, is also expected to follow in September in Las Vegas as part of a four-bout deal with Saudi's Turki Alalshikh.
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Canelo only penned the bumper contract after walking away from a shock fight with 28-year-old YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul in May.
Talks were advanced for a May 3 bout in Vegas - with news even getting back to Canelo's youngest daughter Maria.
He said: "Maybe her friends told her about the fight.
"Because the fathers of her friends told them and everything talking about it - because they don't know anything about boxing.
"That kind of people don't know anything about boxing and they think Jake Paul is really good fighter. Which he is a fighter, but it's levels in boxing.
"And that's why my daughter told me, 'You're gonna fight with Jake Paul?' And I said, 'He's not on my level my love, don't worry!'
"I think it's for that fact that people don't how boxing works."
Canelo still leaves the door open to the spectacle bout - but reveals he is glad the fiasco is now put behind him.
He said: "I'm very happy. Things happen for a reason and I'm happy with this and I'm gonna enjoy it as much as I can."
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