Canelo Alvarez is still not Billy Joe Saunders’ biggest fan.

The two fought each other in 2021, with the Brit being the latest in a long line of scalps in an iconic professional career stretching back to 2005.

Canelo forced Saunders into retiring from his chair in the corner in their 2021 battleGetty

The Mexican superstar has won world titles in four different weight classes, including undisputed supremacy at super middleweight.

Canelo was in possession of all four major sanctioning body belts at 168lbs up until July when he was stripped of his IBF strap.

The decision was made by the IBF after Canelo opted to face Edgar Berlanga in his last outing rather than their mandatory challenger William Scull.

Canelo defeated Berlanga via unanimous decision in September and is now being targeted for a super fight against former light welterweight and welterweight undisputed champion Terence Crawford.

‘Bud’ would rank among the highest calibre of opposition Canelo has faced to date, even if he is undersized.

There will be plenty of bad blood between the pair if they eventually end up duking out but maybe not quite as much as he reserves for Saunders.

Asked who he hated most of those he has shared the ring with during a quick-fire social media interview with broadcaster Dan Canobbio, Canelo didn’t hesitate with his answer.

“Billy Joe Saunders,” he said. “He was a bad person, that’s why.”

There was bad blood in the build-up to the fight, which was won by Canelo in the eighth round when Saunders was forced to retire in his corner after ending the night with a broken eye socket.

Asked in the same interview who his easiest fight was, Canelo paused for a moment before picking another Brit in Rocky Fielding.

Fielding felt the power of Canelo when they met in New York in 2018Ed Mulholland/Matchroom

Canelo and Fielding met at Madison Square Garden, New York in December 2018.

Fielding entered the contest as the WBA ‘regular’ super middleweight champion but had the lesser world title snatched from him by Canelo in dominant fashion.

The Liverpudlian got dropped in each of the first two rounds with left hands to the body before he got decked by a thudding right to the chin in the third stanza.

When Fielding made his way back to his feet, the referee warned him that one more knockdown would signal the end of the fight.

And true to his word, he stepped in and waved off the contest after Fielding was dropped by another sweeping left to the body moments later.

It’s no surprise Canelo picked Fielding, although choosing his ‘best’ opponent, on paper, seemed like a harder task.

The 34-year-old has shared the ring with a who’s who of great boxers during his 66-fight (62-2-2) stint in the paid ranks, which includes two defeats to Floyd Mayweather and Dmitry Bivol.

Canelo and Golovkin’s trilogy was iconicEd Mulholland/Matchroom

Despite the aforementioned duo being the only ones to successfully record a victory over Canelo, the boxing icon went with Gennady Golovkin instead.

Canelo and Golovkin fought each other three times, with their inaugural encounter ending in a draw and the latter two going to the Mexican via decision.

Their first two fights were extremely close and several members of the boxing fraternity argue Golovkin should have won at least one of the contests.

However, their trilogy bout was a one-sided affair with the Kazahk well past his best by that point.