TEDDY ATLAS has questioned how Canelo Alvarez has been able to bulk up so much ahead of his fight against Dmitry Bivol.
Alvarez, 31, is moving back up to the light heavyweight division to fight Bivol for the WBF world title on May 7.
Atlas claimed the Mexican is now bigger than opponent Dmitry Bivol
Atlas believes the Mexican is taking a risk by facing Bivol after unifying the belts at middleweight level by beating Caleb Plant.
But Atlas also suggested Alvarez is no longer smaller than his Russian opponent and hinted at his bulking up being unnatural.
Atlas said on THE FIGHT: “This is a guy who started as junior middleweight and he’s moved all the way up.
“Junior middle, middle, light heavyweight, back to middle and I can’t see him going back down from light heavyweight because he is no longer close to that man anymore.
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“Whether it’s through the natural or unnatural things, listen I don’t known (whether) it’s from eating those burgers in that Mexican shop over there.
“Maybe the Whoppers that they serve over there that have a special sauce? I don’t know.
“Listen, people get mad at me but there’s some truth in there. We know he tested positive for that stuff that you’re not supposed to put in your veins and punch somebody.
“I don’t know, maybe it was just a great weight programme of lifting weights, maybe that’s all it is.”
Atlas speculation about Alvarez’s workout regime may be motivated by the fact the world champion tested positive for the banned substance chemical clenbuterol in the build-up to his rematch with Gennady Golovkin.
Alvarez claimed that the substance was in his system after eating contaminated meat, which his promoters claims has “impacted dozens of athletes in Mexico over the last years”.
Regardless, Atlas is certain Alvarez now has the weight advantage over his Russian opponent, despite moving up a weight division.
He added: “Whatever it is, he’s not the smaller guy anymore. So stop this ‘he’s moved up to light heavyweight and he beat a light heavyweight’.
“He’s a light heavyweight, he’s bigger than the light heavyweights now legitimately, he’s stronger.
“He’s thicker, just look at him. So he’s the bigger, stronger guy in there with a naturally bigger guy who was born to be bigger. He’s bigger.
“This is the first fight for me, for Canelo since his second fight with GGG that I actually think there’s a legitimate chance that his opponent can win – the first one.”
