Boxing champion Canelo Alvarez has hit back at a pundit after he was branded a "coward" for threatening Lionel Messi.
Alvarez was enraged when after Argentina beat Mexico 2-0 at the World Cup on Saturday when footage showed Messi appearing to kick the jersey of a player with whom he had swapped shirts. The footage is grainy and appears to show Messi's foot grazing the jersey, but it irked the boxing champion enough that he threatened the Argentine football icon.
“Did you guys see Messi cleaning the floor with our jersey and flag,” Canelo wrote in a series of tweets. “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.”
