Canelo Alvarez has revealed the heartwarming reason he left his training camp ahead of one of the biggest fights of his career against Terence Crawford this weekend in defence of his undisputed super middleweight titles.

The Mexican left the gym behind briefly around four weeks ago to welcome his third daughter, Eva Victoria, with his wife Fernanda Gomez. Canelo admitted that attending the birth reminded him of why he fights and gave him extra motivation for Saturday’s fight.

Alvarez told the Daily Mail: “I left training to be at the birth of my daughter. I received my daughter, and everything was amazing.

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“It was so beautiful. But then I had to go back to my training camp. It was incredibly hard to be away from them.

“Especially when she had just arrived, but it made me feel motivated. I do everything for them. I will win this fight for them.”

This is Canelo’s fifth child – and his second with his wife of four years, Gomez.

His three other children – Emily Cinnamon, who arrived when the Mexican was just 17, Mia Ener, and Saul Adiel were all born to different mothers.

He will be hoping this added motivation will help him get over the line and beat the hungry challenger Crawford, who is vying to become a three-time undisputed champion and five-weight champion.

After being forced to vacate the IBF title, he reclaimed his undisputed super-middleweight championships in his last fight against William Scull, who had held the belt, before being comfortably outpointed by Canelo, who looked frustrated by Scull’s cat-and-mouse antics.

Crawford will be a different proposition; he is a fighter who does not fear exchanging and holds power in his hands with 31 knockouts in 41 wins, as well as an acute boxing intelligence, the likes of which is rarely seen.

If Canelo can defeat Crawford, his name will rise further through the ranks of the greatest fighters of all time.

Terence Crawford has two of his best wins completely ripped apart by a former boxing world champion

Terence Crawford has had his resume dissected by a retired boxer.

On Saturday night, the American will go head-to-head with Canelo Alvarez at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

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While ‘Bud’ is smaller, many believe the underdog has a chance of defeating the Mexican. Even Canelo admits there is something about Crawford that worries him.

However, one former world champion believes the undefeated fighter is going into the contest with a relatively thin record.

Paulie Malignaggi slates two of Terence Crawford’s best wins

Paulie Malignaggi has criticized Terence Crawford’s level of opposition.

‘The Magic Man’ believes two of his countryman’s best opponents were far past their best when the fights took place.

In an episode of Boxing Scene Today, Malignaggi said: “When Crawford got Amir Khan and Kell Brook, they were a shell of what they were before.

“It looked good on the resume, but they weren’t those guys.”

Terence Crawford poses one serious problem to Canelo Alvarez, according to a legend

Canelo is undeniably the favorite going into the fight this weekend.

However, with such a tremendous skill set, a four-weight world champion won’t write Crawford off.

He had a very interesting take on the bout.

Terence Crawford returns to the ring this weekend for the first time in over a year, stepping up to super middleweight to face undisputed champion Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez.

Doubts have already been raised over Crawford’s chances as he prepares to jump up two weight classes after just one fight at super welterweight, but inactivity is another factor that may work against ‘Bud’.

Since 2019 Crawford has fought just once a year, and his contest against Canelo will be the third consecutive fight to be staged at a different weight class.

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Can Crawford shake off the ring rust to emerge victorious this Saturday?

Terence Crawford’s rusty performance against Israil Madrimov

Our most recent look at Crawford was his narrow unanimous decision win over Israil Madrimov, the previously undefeated Uzbekistani, last August. Only 11 fights into his professional career, but with over 300 fights as an amateur, Madrimov more than gave ‘Bud’ a fight.

In fact, he was the first man to take Crawford 12 rounds since 2016, with the American edging the score cards 116-112, 115-113, and 115-113.

Crawford’s performance against Madrimov also raised the question of how he coped with the additional weight, with some critics claiming he looked slower carrying another 7lbs.

His lack of activity, the additional weight, and the slowing down that age forces upon us all are road blocks to Crawford’s potential success against Canelo and he will have to perform better than he did against Madrimov to get his hand raised this weekend.