after came out and walked grously and really showed to the world that he certainly belongs at this extremely high world class level uh Andre you know you are about an hour from the fight so how was the experience like what's going to be you disappointed having that taken away but still came out and your artist tonight um first and foremost I want to thank my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for this opportunity you know with Legend you know we came up obviously I'm win in the hard man so you know I'm a little down but you know I know I the world you know I D the I came back a hard fight for a legend man so a guy like me right you know the whole world was against me right and um I was probably like Z to 100 you know like to 100 my eyes right and facing a legend man something different you know it's uh it's a blessing too to share the ring with him um I'm excited you know at the highest highest level boxing you know I like know it well we fight grade and we fought a great fight we the fans want to see and you know that's mexic and Puerto Ric question for from the media questions straight back your game Rael here heck of a performance even in the loss I wonder if you uh take solace in the fact that you were able to go the distance with him in a fight that so many people thought you were going to be knocked out in the early part of the fight um yeah you like I said before man you know the whole world was against the whole nobody believed in me um you know I felt like I have probably like 20% of the world you know maybe 10% of the world that believe you fight knocked out two three rounds you know but it was a great fight man I know you know that uh it was going to be a great fight day man you know I'm a warrior and uh like I said before you know I was I was calling this guy for 4 years you know and like I said he's a legend you know he for FL me when he was young and look who he became after that lost you know so I gained a lot of experience man with him you know he's a great Fighter um you know but I know that he knows that SP so to follow up on that briefly you feel like that even though this was not a win for you it's similar to what happened with K losing the Floy like you mentioned that this will help you in the future that you're be confident that you're going to be taken seriously that you'll be able to hang with all their top Super midweight out there after going 12 rounds the best one of the best fighters of all time yeah definitely I put the whole 168 PB division on noce um I know that they know that I'm coming to fight and listen you know facing a guy likeo right he he's the he's the man he's he's the top dog that want you know there's no bigger than him you know at the 168 division he's a brother he's a Pacquiao he's that type of guy you know when you fight him it's like a conert you know and I feel like I handled it handled it very very well you know I gave my part you know people laugh right but for real for real right he's a guy that I looked up to Growing Up knowly want to tell him man you know I don't want to tell y you like you're Idol to me you know I didn't want to say that because it's like d I'm about to fight this dude but uh he's somebody that we always studyed that we always looked up to and I wanted to fight him I'm like I want to fight my idol I never I never told him you know I never told the media I never told nobody you know because I felt like people would have really thought that I was going to go out there just take a me or something just to get the opportunity to fight my idol you know but I told him after the fight I said you somebody that we look up to you know for many years and you know it's the best of me to be here you know I'm not lie this is crazy you know 22,000 sold out you know bless hey right here Ed might fight first of all congratulations on this fight do you feel you're a player now at 168 after this performance um actually right you know right now I'm a winner right so we you know I got the feed today so you know 50% of me was down 50% of me feels okay but um you know between my father you know one of the Legends right here at me my coach Eddie Hearns and uh Keith is telling me that you know I shot the world you know right now you I'm a superstar I'm 6 division you know I handle everything man you know I went and they were a legend and I shock the world you know people thought that I was going to probably get knocked out early and I went there and did what I had to do we didn't come out with the victory but hey it is what it is you know it's just another St the greatness um I'll say he hit the hardest um one of the fighters that hit very hard was ulo you know he's a cub guy and he punched very hard too so I'll say both of them are like the same but you know with Canelo I was just mentally ready for shots you know I already told myself I know I'm going get hit on my CH but it's you know I got to bite down my mouth piece and push you know look what happened I got left I we be practicing Camp the whole time you know keeping my right hand to to my chin and I W up his moving and connected around my chin you see how I punch my gloves that's like a thing for me when I you know my last time when I got dropped I was punching my gloves I was like damn I got H with with a shot I'm not supposed to be on the floor but you know it comes to boxing you know the gra got dropped you know got hurt what is about how you come back and resp I had a quick question for Eddie Eddie watch Canelo destroy so many other guys how proud are you of edar and the way that you come in there you're so proud because he's never boxed anywhere near that level before and you know one of the things that we probably wanted and needed was that fight between where he's been fighting those levels and Canelo Al and it's such a huge jump that the worry is is that you're out the death but he never really looked out his depth in there you know we got beat we got beat well by a legend but it was always competitive the rounds and I think more importantly the way they handled the Weep the way they handled the dress room the way they handled the ring crowd but for me one of the most pleasing things was that the the boxes that he ticked you know an impregnable chin that took every shot in the artillery of Canelo alare and to be honest like the knockdown was an incredible left hook it was kind of like a flash knock down but he was never really hurt in the entire fight and even when he got dropped and came back he was firing back and people loved it I think he's um ring IQ which we knew was better than people anticipated was good and frustrating Canelo Alvarez at times but you know I said to him after he's disappointed he should be because he's a winner and he lost but ultimately when he drops back down level which is just what you do because you know aare level so high he's going to really start to understand the experience that he's gain tonight and like he said about Canelo Alvarez find Floyd Mayweather at young age that's what he's done he stepped up to a whole new level and got a wonderful experience tonight you know I said to him earlier he's he secured his entire life and his family's life forever at such a young age and it's just the beginning because right now I think we have to say that he's probably number one in the division outside of Canelo Al you know and there's huge fights out there for him you know next year I CB Charlo check Young Gun coming through but he's right now the man in the division as far as say I'm very proud of that performance I think he deserves a huge amount of credit and and just to follow up little quick you worked work Canelo so closely on the heels of this trium make more sense for him to fight guy like Crawford or try to go up for the glory of evil be winner or yeah I mean canelo's going to do whatever canel wants to do to do that a couple of weeks he could have a shot the Undisputed championship at 175 was there chasing and he the right to do whatever he wants hey Caleb what's going on man first of all congratulations you know even in this loss your St going I think you know you gained a bit more respect at this fight um Tay CL was up here before you and one of the questions was asked you know how he would fight you next and you know that was something he wants he made it clear that he wants to fight you so I just want to know um what do you think about that fight I think that fight is possible you know but I just finished fing one of the greatest Fighters right now Ina you know so I'm not really focused on you know I got to go back take time off my family and when I head back in the gym don't call up board manager coach on that and we see on for [Music] [Music] you want tol tol um okay the question was about what's the biggest lesson that took from this fight and was saying that the biggest he took was the experience for Canelo and what it takes to face someone like that and also he talk about wanting to be the next Superstar from Puerto Rico and this is the kind of challenge that he needs to reach that level so what what did uh what was the most complicated part of facing Cano and also was the best opponent you ever had um I think I was I think besides and B you know I think I was one of the best opponents for sure you know I'm definitely show a lot of you know IQ in there um but you know he has a lot of experience you know usually the guys the first title shot they get for one belt you know I could have Undisputed my first title shot against a legend you know so you know I'm growing up somebody that's been there over 20 30 times you know at this level and this is my first time you know so I can't really be too hard on myself you know cuz right now I'm you know I down I'm not you know I got defeated it but hey you know I feel like one the fans for sure hell of a fight CH you did amazing tonight you show a lot of heart uh one thing I seen from watching from outside obviously was you were in tremendous condition you took you took a hell of a shots you got down you got back up and you fought the rest of the fight F how came back hard after uh every every every exchange coming back hard with figh what do you attribute that to uh how how were you able to um keep coming as hard as you did P you know I think I know that this more know this is a you know a lot of a lot of guys man you know under this type of pressure you know like what Canelo said he said oh it's different me you know it's like the fans you know being in his territory and coming to the West Coast you know it sucks energy out of Fighters you know Mak Fighters feel weak you know then you look across the ring like d I'm find Canelo Alvarez I'm find a legend you know so these guys become a different type of fighter with the ni you know with me I feel like I came I came fight know that you know what they wanted to see you know we didn't come out but you know we got the you know I know after this big experience me it was amazing show know build up was amazing building up this fight I'm ready for it all I'm ready for ready to sell out another Stadium you know I know now after this I know I can bu myself you know weekend or we take back to Puerto Rico how's it going Bron Taylor here two School sports um coming into the fight there was a lot of talk about you know IQ you know just smart in I wanted to ask you what enjoy about yourself in those 12 rounds with Canelo Alvarez and what about canelo's skill what in skill set makes it so hard to figure out um I just felt like you know I was pouring too much you know I could have threw more combinations a lot of stuff that I should have did I go back in tap on my team in a lot of things you know cuz it was a lot of stuff that I know I probably like pushed more on him and push him back and you know break his but you know he's a legend man you know so you know he's in the storm you know I feel like I the storm really well took his best shot came back and every time he hit me I hit him right back you know so you know it was a f fight right here Mar TV uh you and I interview after Mia and Canelo in eng GR in front of about probably 800 people in the lobby was packed uh you told me something in that interview you said that if I get the Canelo fight I'm not going out like everybody else did I'm I'm going to represent myself how do you feel you watch the AR the fighting you heard the fans you heard everybody kind of changing over people were cheering for you people were really showing you a lot of respect after all the disrespect that you receive how that make you feel first glad that you know I finally won the world the boxing world you know people just me you know even my country you know Puerto Rico wenter you know how much people like disrespecting islandic and all is everybody up I God is good man after this performance I know you know so I was like I know after this Superstar for real you know experien top of the boxing for the legend I did everything I had to do what fight should do when that Pia was that type of Fight You know I got friends that was from New York and it was like yo we trying to go watch the fight in different clubs and everything is is sold out and I that made me feel good I was like and just today go for the fight yo we try to watch the fight we can't watch the fight no y everywhere so every bar every everywhere in New York you try to go watch that this fight it sold out and I felt good you know cuz like I said before you know it could be 50% people that hate me and 50% people that love me but they still going to watch and you know like I always say man I love my haters you know they push me greatness this question for Eddie hear and I wanted to ask because one of the young guys in Anor was uh jaob is there is that fight happen in the near future yeah I mean first say just just finished his fight so his job is to relax now with his family and then our job with Keith is to plan the future you know um of course Diego is a young Fighter coming through but Ed just for Canelo out on a huge stage and his stop really Rose tonight so I think the guys like Diego definitely chas E angry and they should be you know all all young Fighters should be now chasing people like he's been chasing people for a while but I see him as one of the top top guys of 168 now not just as a fighter but commercial as well like you said you know he's always done big numbers you know when we went to the gardland he did a great game and that only going to increase tonight so yeah I think that's a potential fight down the line but me and ke now will PL the come back I'm really excised you know almost feel like it's like a new sign because we knew he was a big star before but now like we've got one of the biggest stars in the division and I think the comeback Trail and the comeback plan is going to be really really fun first of all super tremendous fight tremendous effort I think first of all he proved all the haters WR as he said he won the world tonight even though he didn't win the fight uh as far as going forward I think like d said we sit down I the smart thing to do would be a homecoming New York or Puerto Rico the Diego fight makes sense that fight as well but there's probably at least three four or five fights that are this uh you were hurt really bad on third round sign and then almost it was like a he me when I hit the floor that's why I my you know when I I know I'm not supposed to be flash down I F the shot but I wasn't I took his best shot and you know I feel like I gave my best shot to him as well hey uh uh so before the fight there was an intense war of work which started at the Los Angeles press conference continued throughout five week what did that mean to you for me you know it's um it's a part of the sport you know it's nothing personal um you know we humble you know I come from a humble family humble beginnings you know but you know this is a fight you know so we got to sell we got to sell the fight and you know after the the day once the fight is sign there's no there's no respect you know I you know at that level between me and him you know so that's what it was it was nothing personal um you seen in the ring I was still talking talking to him and telling him stuff you know when he was hitting me I was telling him to keep hitting me keep hitting me I was trying to feel like with Muhammad Ali know for I was telling like come on if you hit me come on you can't hit me come on I I come on Ed final comments as you conclude what has been a tremendous fight week here in Las Vegas the place was rocking you and Canelo Alvarez treated a fans around the world to a sensational World Championship prize fight the four your um you know first and foremost I want to thank everybody here all my fans that came out you know the Mex Puerto Ric that show up you know um it was a big big event for us you know it's a big event in Las Vegas you know we was up against UFC and I feel know we shut them down with this event um so you know God is great I want to thank Lambo right here you know personal know he's a be a legend I want to thank my brother Johnny my brother Ro you know my whole team you know my dad daddy right for right and the whole Squad you know it was a difficult Camp you know find Legend so it was a lot of was a lot of hard stuff going on gaches but his fight you know because was up against was up against leg you know so I couldn't fight how I F fight you know I had toally it wasn't ment you know when they say it's 90% mental 10% phal people don't really understand but I to get back I want to another main EV York Puerto Ric we wish you all the best of luck one was Ed ber ladies and gentlemen whatever here tonight wishing him all the best of luck back in the near future than back the way the the way hold your head up edar bro thank you so much thank you