LAS VEGAS — Canelo Alvarez has accomplished everything he set out to do in two decades as a professional boxer.

Yet he doesn’t feel anywhere close to finished.

“I want to still make history with these kind of fights,” the Mexican fighter said before Saturday’s Prime Video pay-per-view main event against undefeated countryman Jaime Munguia at T-Mobile Arena.

Alvarez (60-2-2, 39 knockouts) has no timetable on how long he wants to keep etching his name in the sport’s lore, but he’s still enjoying drawing boisterous crowds to his annual Cinco de Mayo weekend bouts.

He is already wealthy beyond his dreams, as his 12 pay-per-view bouts have generated nearly 10 million buys. He has just two decision losses and two draws, and the four-division champion is the first fighter to unify all five belts at super middleweight.

But the 33-year-old said his body is as healthy as it has been in some time, and he believes he could fight for another five or six years.

That will probably depend on continuing to get positive results in the ring. Alvarez looked every bit one of the best fighters in the world when he battered Jermell Charlo for 12 rounds in October, but his three previous fights included a decision loss to Dmitry Bivol and pedestrian decision victories over John Ryder and Gennady Golovkin.

Munguia no pushover

Alvarez has a chance to continue the momentum against a capable opponent Saturday. And while he has plenty of respect for his opponent, he’s not measuring himself against Munguia.

“I don’t need to prove anything to anybody,” Alvarez said. “I just need to keep proving to myself I’m the best.”

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