Mexican top Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (57-2-2, 39 KOs) and his Kazakh counterpart Gennady Golovkin (42-1-1, 37 KOs), who, if nothing happens, on September 17 in Las Vegas (USA) they will have a third fight, and in addition to all the “normal” championship belts, they will also play a PR craft from the World Boxing Council.
“Today we present the Zapotec Belt, also known as the Jaguar Warrior Belt, a masterpiece created by the greatest masters of the Zapotec culture from the state of Oaxaca,” the WBC wrote on Twitter, along with a snapshot of the motley and “hallucinogenic” belt.
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The Zapotec civilization is one of the oldest civilizations in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. The first evidence of the Zapotec cultural tradition dates back to around 700 BC. e., and its peak fell on the period from the 2nd to the 9th century AD. e. Its remains in 1521 were conquered by the Spanish conquistadors. This is an Indian people settled in the state of Oaxaca and in some areas of the states of Chiapas, Guerrero, Veracruz. The number is about 450,000 people. In terms of religion, formally they are Catholics, but they retain traditional beliefs. Zapotecs do not have a single ethnic identity, they are mestizo.
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A few days ago, Alvarez spoke about how the defeat of Bivolu affected him, and his opponent in the September fight Golovkin attacked the judges of the fights with Canelo.