Deafening slap for Mexico! Alejandro Moreno destroys Canelo Álvarez live and ends up shaking with a million-dollar lawsuit (December 2025)
Mexico City, December 7, 2025.
The Televisa program “Es la Hora de Opinar” became the scene of the biggest political-sports scandal of the year when Alejandro “Alito” Moreno, national president of the PRI, launched a brutal and unscripted attack against Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez, the greatest idol of Mexican boxing.
The theme of the block was “Mexico and its national heroes.” After Canelo’s loss to Terence Crawford in September and his subsequent statements criticizing the Morena government for “stealing everything,” Alito Moreno lost his temper live.
«A deafening slap for Mexico! “We don’t need FAILED CLOWNS like him representing the country!” Moreno shouted, standing up from his seat. The set was in absolute shock. The driver Leo Zuckermann tried to calm him down: “Senator, please…”, but Moreno continued his attack without control.
«This man lives in the United States, fights for dollars and then complains about Mexico. It’s a national shame! “Who do you think you are to criticize the government that does work for the poor?” he shouted while the producer shouted “cut!” in your ear.
The broadcast went to emergency commercial and the signal cut off abruptly.
What happened next is now viral history. Canelo Álvarez, from his camp in San Diego, called Televisa control directly. The call was connected live during the emergency segment. With a voice cold as ice, Canelo read a cease and desist prepared by his lawyers.
«Mr. Moreno, your statements constitute serious defamation and moral damage. “You have 24 hours to publicly recant or you will face a lawsuit for 500 million pesos,” Canelo said. The cameras captured Alito Moreno’s face losing all color, his hands visibly shaking.
According to witnesses, the program’s director, Carlos Loret de Mola, burst onto the set and symbolically slapped Moreno’s empty chair, shouting: “This is over, senator! Champions are respected here! The video of that moment already exceeds 92 million views on social networks.
Televisa issued a statement at 10:27 p.m.: “We deeply regret Senator Moreno’s statements. Mr. Alejandro Moreno has been suspended from all participation in our spaces until further notice. The PRI also announced “internal measures” against its president.
The reaction on networks was immediate and brutal. #AlitoPayaso and #CaneloDemanda became world trends number 1 and 2. The original clip accumulated 150 million views in less than 24 hours, breaking Mexican records for political-sports content.
Canelo’s legal team, led by Guillermo González Camarena, filed the civil lawsuit this morning in the First District Court in Civil Matters of Jalisco for 500 million pesos, the highest amount ever requested by a Mexican athlete against a politician.
Óscar de la Hoya tweeted: «Finally someone put a stop to these politicians who make a living by insulting. Total respect for Canelo. Julio César Chávez Sr. wrote: “Mexican boxing does not deserve to be used for cheap politics.”
For their part, Morena figures such as Claudia Sheinbaum and Gerardo Fernández Noroña celebrated the incident as “poetic justice,” while the PAN and MC maintained strategic silence.
So far, Alejandro Moreno has not published anything on his networks. Close sources assure that he is in his home in Campeche “totally devastated” and under legal advice. His X account remains inactive since the incident.
Televisa has already lost four important sponsors who demanded Moreno’s head, and there is talk of million-dollar losses in advertising. The broadcast of Canelo’s next fight could change networks if there is no immediate public apology.
Canelo Álvarez, who is preparing for his return in May 2026 against David Benavidez, issued a brief statement: “I respect Mexico and its people. “I will not allow opportunistic politicians to tarnish the name that it cost me so much work to build.”
Mexican boxing, divided between those who see Alito Moreno as an “uncomfortable but necessary voice” and those who consider him “the greatest toxic in Mexican politics,” is currently experiencing its biggest crisis since the Chávez Jr. controversy.
One thing is certain: Alejandro Moreno crossed a line that not even Canelo’s harshest critics had dared to cross. And you will pay dearly for it.
One thing is certain: Alejandro Moreno crossed a line that not even Canelo’s harshest critics had dared to cross. And you will pay dearly for it.
One thing is certain: Alejandro Moreno crossed a line that not even Canelo’s harshest critics had dared to cross. And you will pay dearly for it.
One thing is certain: Alejandro Moreno crossed a line that not even Canelo’s harshest critics had dared to cross. And you will pay dearly for it.