Who should Alvarez fight next?

[Galaxy]

I think K9 or Angulo, maybe Ortiz could move up...

Isn't Vanes his mandatory?

I think he is, seems a little high risk low reward to me

I read somewhere that the winner of the Kirkland/Molina fight must face Vanes for the right to be Canelo's mandatory.

In an ideal world, Kirkland beats Molina and Vanes and then we get Kirkland/Canelo. But Kirkland could easily lose either of those fights.

Isn't Vanes already #1 in that alphabet group? Doesn't that make him mandatory challenger?