![]() ![]() Anthony Dirrell: Dirrell (34-2-2, 25 KO) wants the fight, of course, and tried to use his “co-feature” slot on the PPV undercard to pitch for the idea.If nothing goes wrong against Davis next weekend, he’s a real contender to land the fight. He’s got PBC behind him, he’s settled at 168 (unless he doesn’t make weight again), and he’s the clear biggest stylistic and physical threat to Canelo among the fighters already at super middleweight. But Benavidez is in a good spot here, you have to figure. 13 Showtime main event, which isn’t exactly a marquee matchup, and neither was the originally scheduled bout against Jose Uzcategui. Benavidez, 24, fights late replacement opponent Kyrone Davis in a Nov. David Benavidez: Former two-time 168 lb titleholder Benavidez (24-0, 21 KO) will be the choice of a lot of diehard fans who, you know, know who he is.But consider Andrade a serious darkhorse. Another middleweight titleholder who would have to move up, Andrade (30-0, 18 KO) could come into play if, quite frankly, Matchroom Boxing and DAZN are willing to make Canelo a monster offer. Demetrius Andrade: I mean, we might as well mention him. ![]() Jermall may not be a super-duper star, but he’s got more name value than anyone else PBC have on hand. The 31-year-old Charlo has no attractive in-house options at 160 with PBC, but has stated his desire for a big fight, including saying he was interested in the Canelo-Plant winner. ![]() Jermall Charlo: The reigning WBC middleweight titlist, Charlo (32-0, 22 KO) may really be the best name at Premier Boxing Champions can offer Canelo if they’d like to work with him again for his next fight, and obviously they would like to, just like everyone else would nobody doesn’t want to promote a Canelo fight.It would have to be worth it, of course, and the fight isn’t nearly as big in the U.S. Things may have changed since then, of course, but Murata (16-2, 13 KO) is a major star in Japan, and there could be massive money in Canelo going over there for a fight. When Canelo was still with Golden Boy, their president, Eric Gomez, said that Canelo really did want to fight abroad to raise his global brand value even more, and Japan and a fight with Murata were discussed. Canelo and Murata had serious talks in early 2020, which collapsed, but there was real interest there. Ryota Murata: If Murata upsets Golovkin, he might be the play.Canelo has been lukewarm at best on the idea of fighting GGG for a third time - which is why it hasn’t happened despite DAZN pushing very hard for the trilogy bout when both were signed there - but if the money talks a lot louder than it does anywhere else, if Golovkin agrees to go to a full 168, then yeah, it can happen. GGG would also have to accept that he’ll need to move up to a full 168 Canelo has no reason to budge on a catchweight of 164 or 165 or whatever, because he’s the clear money man now, not Golovkin. 29 in Japan, when he looks to unify his IBF middleweight title with the WBA belt held by Ryota Murata. Golovkin (41-1-1, 36 KO) is going to turn 40 next April, and he has a legit fight slated for Dec. Gennadiy Golovkin: This really might still be the biggest fight Canelo can make at the moment, though that could change by the time any discussion gets real.(You can dismiss any return to middleweight, Canelo is never going to fight at 160 again.) Options at super middleweight What comes next depends on what weight Canelo wants to fight at, and most likely, what the biggest fight available to him is going to be, whether that be at 168 or 175. So what now for Canelo Alvarez? What’s next for Canelo Alvarez? ![]() Canelo Alvarez has taken care of business against Caleb Plant, winning via 11th round stoppage to fully unify the super middleweight division, becoming undisputed champion.Ĭanelo (57-1-2, 39 KO) says he wants to come back in May 2022 - you can expect May 7 to be the exact target date - and he’ll as always have no shortage of interested potential opponents. ![]()
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