{"id":12870,"date":"2022-12-01T11:01:30","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T11:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=12870"},"modified":"2022-12-01T13:44:33","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T13:44:33","slug":"canelo-alvarez-issues-apology-for-overreacting-and-threatening-messi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/canelo-alvarez-issues-apology-for-overreacting-and-threatening-messi\/","title":{"rendered":"Canelo Issues Apology For Overreacting And Threatening Messi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/canelo-alvarez-and-lionel-messi.jpg\" alt=\"Sa\u00fal \u2018Canelo\u2019 \u00c1lvarez and Lionel Messi\" title=\"Canelo \u00c1lvarez Issues Apology For Overreacting And Threatening Messi\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12871\" \/><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mexican superstar boxer Canelo \u00c1lvarez threated Lionel Messi for disrespecting Mexico\u2019s jersey<\/li>\n<li>Multiple MMA stars and football stars came to Messi\u2019s defense<\/li>\n<li>Canelo has now issued an apology to Messi and the people of Argentina<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Argentina played Mexico on Nov 27 at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/betting-opportunity\/fifa-world-cup-2022-preview\">2022 FIFA World Cup<\/a> and went on to win comfortably with a 2-0 scoreline with their captain <strong>Lionel Messi<\/strong> scoring the first goal. <\/p>\n<p>Thousands of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/mexico\/online-betting\">Mexican sports<\/a> fans in the stadium and millions around the world were disappointed with Mexico\u2019s loss to Argentina but one Mexican fan in particular got mad at Messi not for his goal but for his alleged disrespect against the Mexican team jersey.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/canelo-alvarez-calls-out-floyd-mayweather-tarnishing-boxing\/\"><strong>Sa\u00fal \u2018<em>Canelo<\/em>\u2019 \u00c1lvarez<\/strong><\/a> is the most famous and decorated boxer in Mexico. Canelo was very unhappy over a video that showed Lionel Messi kicking a Mexican jersey after the match. Canelo who has over 14 million followers on Instagram said he <strong><em>felt Messi was cleaning the floor with the Mexican jersey<\/em><\/strong> and said <strong><em>Messi needs to pray to God so that he does not find him!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Canelo had some strong words for Messi after seeing his locker room celebration \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Canelo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@canelo<\/a>, nicolasotamendi30\/IG) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/emRRHK1nGO\">pic.twitter.com\/emRRHK1nGO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ESPN Ringside (@ESPNRingside) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNRingside\/status\/1597038454050807808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 28, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<h2>MMA Stars Support Lionel Messi <\/h2>\n<p>A number of MMA stars and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/sports-betting\/football\">football<\/a> players came out in support of Lionel Messi and asked Canelo to take another look at the video as Messi was in no way cleaning the floor with the Mexican jersey, his foot touched the jersey in the video which was more of an accident than deliberate. <\/p>\n<p>Canelo wasn\u2019t willing to back down and continued to go after Messi on social media. A number of MMA stars from Argentina including veteran <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/sports-betting\/mixed-martial-arts\/ufc\">UFC<\/a> fighter <strong>Santiago Ponzinibbio<\/strong> came to Messi\u2019s defense. Ponzinibbio told Canelo that he needs to leave Messi alone and if he wants to fight, he can come fight him!<\/p>\n<p>Swedish football star <strong>Zlatan Ibrahimovi\u0107<\/strong> who is a friend to Messi called Canelo a clown and said that if he touched Messi, he would send him into the afterlife!<\/p>\n<p>After received a lot of flak on social media, Canelo released a statement and issued an apology to Lionel Messi and the people of Argentina. Canelo said that he <strong><em>got carried away during the last few days and let him emotions get the better of him due to his love for Mexico<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Canelo ended by saying that every day we get to learn something new and now it was his turn!<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Estos \u00faltimos d\u00edas me dej\u00e9 llevar por la pasi\u00f3n y el amor que siento por mi pa\u00eds e hice comentarios que estuvieron fuera de lugar por lo que quiero disculparme con Messi y la gente de Argentina. Todos los d\u00edas aprendemos algo nuevo y esta vez me toc\u00f3 a m\u00ed.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Canelo Alvarez (@Canelo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Canelo\/status\/1598009219013562370?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 30, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary Mexican superstar boxer Canelo \u00c1lvarez threated Lionel Messi for disrespecting Mexico\u2019s jersey Multiple MMA stars and football stars came to Messi\u2019s defense Canelo has now issued an apology to Messi and the people of Argentina Argentina played Mexico on Nov 27 at the 2022 FIFA World Cup and went on to win comfortably with 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