Via Sean Jones: Coach/manager Eddy Reynoso said Monday that Canelo Alvarez is not in talks to hit anyone at the moment for his next game. This comes after a report from ESPN said that Canelo is expected to fight Jermall Charlo next instead of WBC heavyweight champion Ilunga Makabu.
In Reynoso’s case, it’s unclear whether he intentionally kept the negotiations for Canelo’s next fight a secret or if he didn’t negotiate with the undefeated Charlo (32-0, 22 KOs).
“Good afternoon! About Canelo’s next fight. No negotiation with any advertiser, or competitor, or date. Next week we will have something concrete,” Eddy Reynoso said on Twitter Monday.
Reynoso and Canelo had to register interest from fans when he faced Jermall next. How could they not notice the fan enthusiasm for the Charlo fight?
Fans want Canelo to face Jermall Charlo
Even if Canelo doesn’t negotiate with Charlo, witnessing the fan’s fascination with this fight will spur Alvarez and Reynoso to put this matchup together.
Let them go back to their original idea of facing the defeated two-time WBC cruiser class champion. Ilunga Makabu, that would be an act of foolishness on their part.
The World Boxing Council has given Canelo the green light to freeze his 168-lb WBC title and move up to cruiserweight to challenge WBC champion Makabu on May 7.
Fans have criticized Canelo continuously since they discovered his plans to fight 34-year-old Makabu as they hoped he would fight one of these fighters:
- David Benavidez
- Artur Betterbiev
- Dmitry Bivol
- Demetrius Andrade
- Jermall Charlo
- Gennady Golovkin
- David Morrell Jr.
Makabu is not one of the fighters the boxing public pushes Canelo to fight after seeing him use the last four years of his career fighting these fugitives:
- Billy Joe Saunders
- Callum Smith
- Rocky Fielding
- Avni Yildirim
- Caleb . Factory
If Canelo doesn’t go head to head with Charlo, Reynoso better make sure he’s up against who fans want to meet if he doesn’t want to face a backlash from the boxing public.
It sucks that Canelo has been burning through the last three years under the pretext of 168-lb division unification to cool him off for having been battling the paper champions one after another since 2018.
With ESPN giving fans hope by reporting that Canelo was in talks to take on Jermall Charlo, it got a lot of people excited about the competition.
Finally, after four years, Canelo will face a talented opponent who has a chance to beat him. However, with Reynoso saying, “no negotiations with any advertisers or competitors,“He tore up the hopes fans had that Canelo would fight someone worth watching for the first time since 2018.
What fans are expecting is that Canelo will carry out his previous plan of gaining weight to challenge Makabu on May 7 in a match that he will choose as the last cherry.
Not interested in the Makabu fight
If Reynoso and Canelo continue their fight with Makabu, it will all be confirmed in the minds of boxing fans that the Mexican star will lift his record with feeble opposition until he breaks. technology in 3-5 years.
All fans know is that they want to see Canelo face off against talented WBC middleweight champion Jermall, as they’re sick of him picking weak belt holders from European and American boxers with Limited skills and strength.
If Canelo doesn’t take on Charlo, he needs to face someone fans want him to be more of than a career to face Makabu next May.
