Via Dan Ambrose: Coach/manager Eddy Reynoso reported on Monday that Canelo Alvarez is NOT negotiate with any boxer or promoter for his next fight. Reynoso says they will have an update next week on Canelo’s next fight.
Last weekend, ESPN’s Mike Coppinger said that talks were underway for a fight between Canelo (57-1-2, 39 KOs) and Jermall Charlo for Cinco de Mayo over the weekend of May 7.
However, that information now seems wrong, as Reynoso said there weren’t any negotiations with any opponents.
“Good afternoon! About Canelo’s next fight. No negotiation with any advertiser, or competitor, or date. Next week we will have something concrete,” Reynoso said on his Twitter earlier on Monday.
This was disappointing news for fans who had hoped that Canelo would face Jermall undefeated, but that match never had any chance of happening.
Canelo has NEVER showed interest in fighting Charlo, who was dangerous, and far more talented than the feeble opponent the Mexican star regularly defeated in the wastelands of the 168-lb division.
Reynoso didn’t offer any hints to boxing fans as to who Canelo might face next. But it looks like they’re going stick with their original plan promoted to cruiser to face WBC champion Ilunga Makabu.
Given that Canelo and Makabu were best friends at the WBC convention, chances are their fight will play out similar to Alvarez’s fight against Sergey Kovalev in 2019.
That fight, if you want to call it that, was like a duel of wits. Kovalev seems to have been fighting in first gear all night and throwing shots with weak power.
It was a VERY strange fight. It’s unsettling to watch because Kovalev looks like a different person in it to Canelo. It’s not like the Kovalev we’ve seen in his previous fight against Anthony Yarde or in ANY of his battles in the past.
Some boxing fans believe that Kovalev deliberately knocked Canelo out of gratitude for giving him his payday.
Fans don’t want to see Canelo take on Makabu, but he’s likely not listening to what they want. In other words, Canelo is doing what he wants, and it looks like the fight with Makabu is the one he’s focused on.
If Canelo and Reynoso hadn’t been 100% called up to the fight with the 34-year-old twice-beaten Makabu, they wouldn’t have had trouble attending the recent WBC congress so the sanctioning body had a plan to move on board. cruiser for this war.
It was an easy match for Canelo as Makabu was flawed and an easy mark for him to claim his fifth-place world champion title. Canelo not planning to fight Jermall Charlo because that guy has talent, and he doesn’t have to deal with quality guys anymore.
Canelo stopped fighting elite level opponents four years ago after having a bad experience against Gennady Golovkin. The only guys Canelo fights these days are boxers who basically have no chance of defeating him.
Canelo’s matches over the past four years:
- Rocky Fielding – 168th WBA
- Billy Joe Saunders – 168 WBO
- Avni Yildirim – * ex-partner
- Sergey Kovalev – 175 WBO
- Caleb Factory – IBF 168
- Callum Smith – WBA 168
Those are the fighters that most of the top 5 at 168th place are expected to beat easily in one-sided fights.
Well, it’s not surprising to this writer that Canelo isn’t in talks to take on undefeated Jermall (32-0, 22 KOs) because it’s a move that goes against the odds that the Mexican boxer has. have faced since a rematch with Golovkin in 2018.
Since Alvarez’s second fight with GGG in 2018, a match many boxing fans have lost, he mostly deals with light touches in the form of champions on paper from the UK, old partners and old people.
If Canelo doesn’t take on Makabu, you can expect him to face the winner in the February 12 match between John Ryder and Daniel Jacobs. That is the prediction of this writer.
However, you can fully expect Canelo to fight Makabu as it is an easy money fight for him.
You can’t understand how interested Canelo is in winning world championship titles at this stage of his career and he will never have a better chance than this to win his fifth title. me.
Yes, it’s a completely pointless endeavor that won’t impress the boxing public of this or any future generation, but it’s something he believes in.
Canelo’s popularity allows him to fight together against champions like Makabu. Ordinary martial artists capable of defeating Makabu will never have a chance to fight him because they are not as famous as Canelo.
