Canelo Alvarez has apologised to Lionel Messi for accusing him of cleaning Argentina's dressing-room floor with a Mexico jersey.
The undisputed super-middleweight champion erupted on social media after a video appeared to show Messi kick a jersey given to him by a Mexican player after their World Cup clash last Saturday. Alvarez took to social media to fume: “Did you guys see Messi cleaning the floor with our jersey and flag. He better pray to God that I don’t find him. Just as I respect Argentina, you have to respect Mexico!
"I’m not talking about the country, I’m talking about Messi because of the bulls*** he did. Since the Mexico shirt is on the ground, it’s already an insult. Stop bulls***ing about what was or wasn’t." But it was later revealed Alvarez was fooled by a fake picture showing a Mexico shirt being used as a brush.
