Saul “Canelo” Alvarez already has a challenger: The Argentine fighter announces he wants to defend Lionel Messi and calls the Aztec boxer a “coward”.

Saul “Canelo” Alvarez has been a big talking point in recent hours.as the Mexican boxer made a splash by threatening Lionel Messi after allegedly kicking the Mexico jersey. In addition, the Aztec has also filmed fights with David Feitelson and Sergio “Kun” Aguero, all on social media.

However, now, after all these messages that Canelo gave, A contender has already come out who wants to fight him, being the Argentinian Franco Tenaglia, who spokeHe explained how he could box against the Aztecs to protect the Argentina star.

“If you have a problem with Messi, we will quickly solve it” he wrote in an Instagram story accompanied by a brutal fight he was in, tagging Canelo and Messi.

Subsequently, TyC Sports spoke with the Argentinean Tenaglia, who He made it clear that “Canelo is a coward” because he invites a footballer to fight, not to play football.

“Canelo is a coward because he invites Messi who is a footballer to a fight, he doesn’t tell him to play football, he wants to take him to the area he knows the most.”he expressed himself. He then referred to a video of the dispute: “He is very ignorant because Messi didn’t kick the shirt, it was unintentional, he took off his boots.“Tenalha said in the said Wednesday.

“He’s shit, he needs to challenge someone who is at his level, so I want to grab him. I am Argentine and I love Messi. I would like to face it I know that I would beat him because I fight in mixed martial arts, and he only boxing. I would like to personally beat him to protect my compatriot, my idol. Messi is the most respected person, he would never do that. Mexicans get a lot of cocaine in the head,” he concluded.

Who is Franco Tenaglia, the MMA fighter who wants to protect Messi from Canelo

Franco Tenaglia He is a 26 year old wrestler born in Burzaco, South Zone of Greater Buenos Aires. However, he himself left Argentina at the age of 18 and currently lives in Alicante, Spain.

However, he is not the only one who came out in defense of Messi, because Ezequiel Matisse also used social media to defend the PSG star and the Argentina national team. In his case, the Argentine MMA fighter used a video with a clear message for the Mexican: “Whenever they want twelve rounds in Las Vegas.”indicates the message that accompanies the Terrible Boy message to the reigning unified super middleweight champion.

In addition, in the same audiovisual message, the Argentine reported that “He who messes with Messi” sees everyone jumping to protect him, reiterating that “Not with Messi.”

“What happened to Messi, Canelon? Look, here’s the one who messes with Messi, all the Argentine guachos are jumping. dog eye. Guard, guacho, yeah Not with Messi. Everything is fine with the greeting you sent me, but not with Messi, ”Ezequiel Matisse wrote to Canelo Alvarez.