[News] He better pray to God that I don’t find him’ – World champion boxer Canelo Alvarez threatens Lionel Messi after video shows the Argentina captain ‘kicking’ Mexico jersey

World boxing champion and Mexican boxer, Canelo Alvarez has threatened Argentinian football superstar, Lionel Messi after accusing him of disrespecting his country’s flag.

Messi scored for Argentina in their 2-0 win over Mexico on Sunday to keep his nation’s World Cup dream alive, but a video of the Paris Saint-Germain forward and his teammates celebrating in their change room has got Alvarez’s attention.During the celebration,Messi appeared to kick a Mexican jersey or flag that was on the floor after taking off his boots.

Reacting to the incident, Alvarez tweeted: ‘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 like I respect Argentina, he has to respect Mexico!

 

‘I’m not talking about the country as a whole, just about the bulls**t that Messi did.’