Canelo eyes another lame zebra

**Master** · 01-27-2022 11:53 PM

Canelo Alvarez next fight: Offer from Eddie Hearn including Gennady Golovkin trilogy, Dmitry Bivol clash, Jermall Charlo also an option

Canelo Alvarez is weighing-up his options over who to fight next with a number of intriguing options on the table.

The Mexican has already achieved so much in the sport, winning multiple world titles in four different weight classes.

Most recently Canelo became the first person to ever become undisputed champion at Super Middleweight.

The 31-year-old remained incredibly active in 2021, fighting three times including victories over Billy Joe Saunders and Caleb Plant.

What does work in Canelo’s favour is that he is a free agent, not signed to a single promoter or TV company, meaning he holds all the cards on his future.

According to ESPN, Al Haymon’s PBC made a one-fight offer to defend his undisputed super middleweight titles against middleweight champion Jermall Charlo on May 7.

His fight with Plant in November was signed with PBC for a Showtime PPV and he earned a guaranteed $40million.

The other intriguing offer came from Eddie Hearn at Matchroom and was a two-fight offer.

The first clash would be against light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol, also on May 7.

This would then be followed by the much awaited trilogy clash with Gennady Golovkin later in 2022.

Their previous two fights were at middleweight, but this time would be fought at super middleweight for Canelo’s four belts.

Canelo and Golovkin drew their first clash in 2017, before the Mexican won their rematch a year later by majority decision.

https://talksport.com/sport/boxing/1...ermall-charlo/

**Master** · 01-31-2022 01:24 PM

Ilunga Makabu eyes Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez clash after retaining cruiserweight crown

Ilunga Makabu retained his World Boxing Council cruiserweight world title with a split-decision victory over Thabiso Mchunu.

Congolese Makabu, 34, was fighting the South African for the second time having stopped him in 2015.

This bout was much closer, with judges in Warren, Ohio, scoring it 115-113 and 116-112 for Makabu, and the third judge seeing it 115-113 for Mchunu.

Makabu said his next fight would be against Mexican Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez.

"My next fight is with Saul Canelo - I'm going to box and knock you out," he said.

Makabu, whose record now stands at 29-2 with 25 knockouts, insisted he would be meeting the boxing superstar in the ring in May.

The WBC has already approved their match-up, although it would mean a two-division leap for the undisputed super-middleweight champion, who has won world titles in four weight classes.

Alvarez, though, has plenty of options, including WBA, WBC and IBF middleweight champion Jermall Charlo and WBA light-heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/60187327

**TitoFan** · 02-01-2022 08:51 PM

Isn't Canela already looking in another direction?

**Master** · 02-10-2022 07:18 PM

Canelo Alvarez reportedly close to agreeing new $85million deal with Eddie Hearn and DAZN which will see him take on dangerous Russian Dmitry Bivol before facing Gennady Golovkin in trilogy bout

Canelo Alvarez is reportedly now closing in on a two-fight deal with Eddie Hearn and DAZN worth upwards of $85million.

Boxing’s pound-for-pound king became a free agent in late 2020.

As a result, he holds a position of extreme power when negotiating fights with promoters and broadcasters, giving him freedom of choice to survey the landscape and select whichever offer suits him best.

Upon first becoming a free agent, Canelo set himself the goal of becoming undisputed super-middleweight world champion.

To do this, he worked with Eddie Hearn and DAZN for a bout with Callum Smith, in which he won the WBA and vacant WBC titles.

Canelo next agreed a two-fight with Hearn/DAZN and dispatched of his mandatory Avni Yildirim before dethroning Billy Joe Saunders of his WBO belt.

Finally, in his last fight, the Mexican partnered with Al Haymon’s PBC on Showtime and knocked out Caleb Plant to win the IBF title – achieving his goal as undisputed champion in just 11 months.

Now, once again, Canelo is free to seek new challenges.

And, according to ESPN, he’s close to agreeing a fresh two-fight deal with Hearn and DAZN worth over $85million.

It’s claimed this will first see him move back up to light-heavyweight (where he previously beat Sergey Kovalev to win the WBO world title back in 2019) to challenge unbeaten Russian champion Dmitry Bivol for his WBA world title on May 7.

Then, assuming all goes well, it’s reported that Canelo would next return to super-middleweight and defend his undisputed titles in a trilogy bout with Gennady Golovkin on September 17.

GGG is first set to face Ryota Murata in a WBA and IBF middleweight world title unification and must win to set up the third Canelo bout.

When they first met back in 2017, the fight was a controversial draw with many believing Golovkin was very unlucky not to be awarded the victory.

However, in their second bout a year later, Canelo won a close decision which was contentious, but ultimately accepted by most boxing fans.

Now, the Mexican is fully in his prime at age 31, while GGG will be 40 in April.

The other option on the table for Canelo came from Haymon, who reportedly put forward a one-fight deal for a bout with Jermall Charlo.

It seems that in the end, boxing’s pound-for-pound king was swayed by Hearn and DAZN.

https://talksport.com/sport/boxing/1...nady-golovkin/

**TitoFan** · 02-11-2022 02:22 AM

All I've ever wanted is for Canelo to face fighters at their peak. Without cherry-picking... without sh*tty weight clauses... without any frigging advantage he can get his hands on so as to hold all the cards going into a fight.

Subliminal and unconscious way of saying no loaded gloves.