CANELO ALVAREZ admitted that his rivalry against GennadyGolovkin is "very personal" before their epic trilogy bout.
They shared 24 memorable rounds that ended with Golovkin losing out to Golovkin in an unfair draw in their 2017 original.
Genndy Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez drew in 2017
Canelo won the rematch one year later in a fiercely contested classic.
GGG had never been able to accept a trilogy until they finally agreed terms to continue their series.
Canelo also revealed that their feud has escalated to a new level. However, it feels much better.
DAZN was told by him: "It has always been very personal with me. This will not change.
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It still feels the same after we have finished our fights. He never stopped talking about my name. You can see that I have never mentioned his name.
"I've always been in his lips, he's always spoken about me, and that makes it more personal.
"The fact that there's this rivalry adds an extra dimension to the training. This makes me train harder. It makes me try harder.
"Personallly, it sometimes feels better that it exists."
FREE BETTING AND SIGN-UP DEALS - THE BEST NEW CUSTOMER OFFERINGSCanelo, a 31-year-old, signed to fight Golovkin (40), on September 17, as part of a deal with Eddie Hearn.
The Mexican was the favourite to win the first contract bout against Dmitry Bivol, a WBA light-heavyweight.
31-year-old Bivol boxed his way to Las Vegas victory as Canelo saw the cloak of invincibility he had worn disappear overnight.
He was also made to drop out of the conversation, becoming a pound-for-pound king.
Canelo, the four-division champ, retorted and said he was still the best in business and should not have to be punished for being courageous.
He said: "I do it. When I don't have to, I will take on everything in order to make history. I have already accomplished so many things.
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"I am in a situation where I don’t have to take any risk, but I still do it. Nobody does that when they’re in a similar position as mine.
"So personal, I still believe I'm best in the universe."
