SOG EP 1609 BONUS: A BOXING ICON'S Passion: Unraveling the Unbreakable Bond with Canelo Alvarez

The Daily Motivation

Lewis Howes

Education, Self-improvement

4.8 • 893 Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Canelo Alvarez, the legendary Mexican boxer, opens up about the immense love and pride he feels for his home country and its people. He shares his journey of becoming a father at the young age of 17, which forced him to take on adult responsibilities and work three jobs while pursuing his boxing career. Canelo credits his unwavering determination and the lessons learned from his family, particularly his grandmother, for his success in and out of the ring. Through his heartfelt reflections, Canelo reminds us of the power of love, hard work, and the unbreakable bond between a fighter and his family.

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0:00.0	Hi my name is Louis Howes and welcome to the Daily Motivation Show.
0:07.0	You're a legend and an icon all around the world, but specifically in Mexico, right?
0:17.0	Mexicans love you. I love visiting Mexico. Obviously my fiance is from Mexico, and people love you there.
0:26.9	Do you ever feel a pressure to make them proud or to do the right things or in some in some point yes really in some
0:35.2	point yes because you know we have a huge history in boxing yes
0:40.4	in Mexico in some point yes but it's on the point yes, but it's some there time I say you know I I always do my best
0:50.1	Yes, I put my best in there so I know they my fans my true fans they probably about me
0:57.4	because I they know I I put everything everything there In some moment yes I feel like oh I need to do this to make my
1:08.7	fans happy but then you realize I put everything I can in there so they they will be happy.
1:16.6	Yeah, what is that you love about Mexico and and Mexican people the most?
1:20.5	Everything everything Mexico is very unique.
1:25.0	It's very unique. You know the
1:28.0	the warm of the person, the service they give you and the love.
1:35.0	We have a lot of places, beautiful places in Mexico.
1:40.0	I think we have a lot of good things in Mexico.
1:43.0	The culture of the people, the love is something that I appreciate and really enjoy.
1:48.0	You've got a, you know, you've got a family, you've got kids.
1:52.0	What change for you in boxing when you started to have kids did something shift inside of you I started having kids since I was 17.
2:03.6	17.
2:04.6	So yeah, changed my mind a lot because then I have responsibility of a big man. So very hard at the beginning but at the end of the day I have three jobs and then go to, and what three jobs and they want to train, because you know, I have the best for my daughter, that moment when I was 17 years old.
2:32.0	What were those jobs?
2:34.0	I sell ice creams.
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