Canelo Alvarez’s next opponent appears to have been narrowed down to two contenders.
The beginning of the week looks like Mexicans will pursue war against Badou Jack in Saudi Arabia. Fighting the Swedish-American will help him jump to cruiser class, the fifth weight class that Alvarez will fight. Jack currently holds the WBC belt at 20olbs.
Skill Challenge Entertainment, Jack’s promotion agency, is in conversation with Canelo’s team. Head of boxing at SCE Amer Abdullah is optimistic.
“I hope that the negotiations move forward and I think we have a lot of negotiations and terms that are met to everyone’s satisfaction. There’s one or two more hard points that I hope won’t turn out to be hard points. But Canelo is a very charismatic person and his team knows what they are doing,” he said boxing scene.
Next Canelo’s most recent win was in May against John Ryder he told the 50,000 crowd at Estadio Akron that a rematch with Dmitry Bivol was his preferred pick for September. However, since then. Russia’s light heavyweight team has announced its interest in a four-belt clash against Artur Betterbiev. The 38-year-old defends his three pieces of jewelry against Callum Smith next month in Canada.
ESPN’s knockout match reported that Jermell Charlo is now Canelo’s preferred opponent.
The American tennis player will switch from middleweight to super middleweight if he faces the 32-year-old player. In an interview with Showtime in March, Charlo made it clear that he would be happy to hit 168lbs.
“Will Jermall Charlo weigh 168 pounds and be super middleweight? Yes I will. Let’s see what they do.
“I always have a chance to fight either of them, but [those fights] never happened.
“At this point, where is Jermall Charlo going? Of course I want Canelo.”
The Houston native, owner of the WBC belt at 160 lbs, is undefeated in 32 fights, but fans have been waiting for his 33rank since he beat Juan Macias Montiel in June 2021. Back injuries and personal problems have kept him out of action for the past two years.
ESPN Knockout says that “Several options have been analyzed, from midsize to cruiser class” for Canelo, and signs are now pointing to Charlo, whom advisor Al Haymon recently met in Cleveland. with Team Canelo.
