Canelo Alvarez says his four children will stop him turning into another fallen boxing hero ahead of Bivol showdown

BOXING’S biggest superstar believes his iron will and four bambinos will stop him joining the sport’s long list of tragic fallen heroes.

Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez is a 31-year-old four-weight world champion, the biggest cash cow in the hurt business and a national icon in fight-mad Mexico.

Canelo signed an 11-fight £280million deal he signed in 2018 after earning just £15 for his first bout in 2005

The pound-for-pound No1 became undisputed super-middleweight king last year and is now launching the same assault on the light-heavy class, with Russian Dmitrii Bivol next.

But the flame-haired powerhouse, who made his pro bow aged just 15, insists he will never fall into the traps that left too many legends before him bankrupt, broken-down and doomed.

Canelo earned around £15 for his fighting debut in 2005.

And when asked how the 11-fight £280million deal he signed in 2018 did not corrupt the youngest of eight kids, he said: “I believe that you are born with a certain mentality and I think that I have that. 

“It is not really hard for me to continue in that line. 

“I know what I want and I know that to stay on that path I need discipline and to be grounded and I believe that’s the sort of mentality you’re born with.

“My kids will be the ones that keep me grounded. I always think about them before I make any decisions. 

“I know the repercussions and the impact that it will have in their life so they are the ones I always think of first.”

The hardest game really is a family business for Canelo.

All six of his older brothers fought for money and the boxing brood is in the Guinness Book of Records for all seven being on the same 2008 card, with Canelo one of four winners.

So he never hesitates in letting his three daughters and baby son Saul Jr watch him in action, as they have to learn where their luxurious lifestyle comes from.

Canelo said: “Yes they are allowed to watch me fight live. This is what their dad does and they have to watch and support it.

“They really admire what I do so ys, they do watch live.”

The Guadalajara gunslinger has now slain SEVEN Brits in his illustrious career.

And the 2018 win over Liverpool’s Rocky Fielding looks even more impressive as it has since been revealed he negotiated the release of his kidnapped brother just days before the three-round demolition.

But the 58-fight veteran, with a 2013 points loss to Floyd Mayweather the only defeat, can handle the hottest situations as has ice running through his veins from the family’s other trade.

Canelo said: “My father used to sell ice creams from a truck and I used to help him make them from when I was five to 17 years old.

“Then my family told me to start just devoting my time to boxing. But yeah, I did help him in the ice cream business.

“I used to eat them all of the time.I could eat a litre of shaved ice all by myself in just three minutes.”