Canelo Alvarez shuts down "chicken" accusation amid Kamaru Usman fight talk

Rangnick believes full pre-season will help ten Hag at Man Utd

In pictures: Arsenal v Man Utd

Mikel Arteta reflects on Arsenal's win over Man Utd

Pep Guardiola reviews incredible Real Madrid victory

Tuchel confirms Rudiger set to leave Chelsea

Jurgen Klopp previews Villarreal clash

Jake Paul believes fight with rugby legend Sonny Bill Williams is inevitable

Canelo Alvarez has brutally shut down Kamaru Usman's manager after he branded the boxing legend a "chicken".

The Mexican star has frequently been challenged to a boxing fight by UFC pound-for-pound king Usman in recent months. Alvarez is currently focused on securing his boxing legacy but has refused to rule out a future meeting with the 'Nigerian Nightmare'.

Usman's manager Ali Abdelaziz attacked Alvarez on social media, tweeting: "Canelo Alvarez is an absolute chicken, he is fighting guys with 5000 followers on Instagram, these guys will never do anything for his legacy. Now I understand why he doesn’t wanna lose to someone like Kamaru Usman, this is chicken style, no risk - no reward."

Alvarez promptly hit back with a brutal response: "Who the f*** is this?" Abelaziz continued his attack of the Mexican accusing him of ducking two-time rival Gennady Golovkin, tweeting: "You know who I am, what’s the difference between you and Usman? You’ve been ducking Gennady Golovkin for two years now, but Kamaru has fought everybody that the UFC has thrown at him. I’m being very nice to you, because it’s Ramadan."

Boxing's pound-for-pound leading star initially ruled out the possibility of meeting Usman in the ring dismissing his call-out as a payday grab. However he later refused to crush Usman's hopes of a boxing fight insisting it could happen in the future once his