By Hesiquio Balderas
Manager/trainer Eddy Reynoso had some post-fight remarks regarding the future of Canelo Alvarez:
“We are not responsible for who the number one contender is. I don’t pick and choose that. We made an agreement before we fought Callum Smith that if we came out victorious against Callum, we would fulfill the commitment of facing Avni Yildirim. Callum Smith did the same thing if he were victorious that night.
“I don’t make the rankings. Somebody else does and we are just trying to follow the path that will guide us to collect all the championship belts at 168 pounds. Avni was the mandatory challenger we had to fight him in order to face Saunders in May.
“We are looking at Las Vegas for May 8th. Hopefully, it will be open to the public. If not, perhaps Dallas. We’re not sure of the venue at this point but those are the two places I’m looking at.
“Our plan is to fight three or four times this year and to make Canelo the undisputed super middleweight champion of the world.”
If you ever actually needed a reason to understand why malignancies like the WBC need to be investigated at the Federal level, check out the mandatory challenger that they provided for Canelo on Saturday.
Agreed, but there are many other examples that go way back. How many Federal Investigations have there been? There was one against King back in the day, but I don’t recall any against the WBC. They are out in the open with their shadiness, and they seemingly have nothing to worry about. Unfortunately, I don’t think the corruption in boxing will ever get fixed.
My “ideal” Canelo game plan to sweep up 168:
1) Fight BJS in May/2021;
2) Fight Lemiuex or Dirrell in September/2021;
3) Fight Plant in May/2022; and
4) Fight Benavidez in September/2022 with a live Texas crowd, at 50% capacity (PPV). Let’s hope Benavidez (with/without a belt) can find a way to make 168. Otherwise, maybe Charlo can move from 160 to 168 in a shot against Canelo. Andrade’s lack of marketability will keep him in the freezing cold.
However, if Benavidez is unable to make 168, then Canelo should move to other tasks at 175 because I doubt if a fight against Charlo will occur at 168.
1)Fights BJS
2)Fights Congora
3)Fights Plant
4) Tyson Fury
Who will be next..El chapo…maybe Rocky balboa…pipino cuevas..or next november pick someone.El dia de los muertos..death day..from the cementery
The day boxing doesn’t have a megastar able to attract new fans, that day boxing will die. I truly appreciate the presence of them, from the past (Ali, Leonard, Duran, De La Hoya….) to the ones we have now. Thanks for keeping alive my favorite sport.
The guys on this list took risk and fought the very best. There are many fighters in that era that were willing to challenge themselves. Thats what pushes the imagination of the sports fans. We seen last weekend why the sport is suffering so much. The sport needs a De La Hoya or a Felix Trinidad to ‘make Boxing great again’.
I’d love to see Canelo fight Charlo, but there will need to be a lead up for a mega fight. Charlo needs to fight Benavidez or plant at 168, or bot, to set up that mega fight between him and Canelo. That would be great for boxing. I’d even take charlo fighting Andrade, that would be good too, but he needs to fight a marquee fighter so the promoters can set it up.
I think Jermall vs. Lemieux could be enough to lit up the fight
Its already a mega fight that many fans, like you, have been talking about for years! Interesting how a 30-0, 2x world champion like Charlo can still have so many more test he must pass in order for him to have the opportunity to bang up Canelo.
You can see in these post the fans wanna avoid Charlo even more then the Canelo team. Usually, Boxing fans want to see the best fight each other so that we know who will win. Not protect their favorite fighter and argue back and forth about who might win, or how a fight is not worth the risk.
Its Betta energy, the fans are wants wrong with Boxing as much as the fighters.
BJS meets all qualifications with flying colors, right?
NJ, I also hope Canelo fights Charlo, but I can see why it’s not generating promotional buzz.
Charlo hasn’t done much….. and I get it, Yildirim did even less than that. But some of you guys painting Charlo like he’s the boogeyman… he’s not.
He conquered his 1st world title beating a forty something year old K9 Bundrage, and the only notable names on his resume were prior victims of other champs.
He didn’t fight GGG, no Lara, no Andrade, no Munguia…..
You talk about cherry picking, Charlo loudly proclaims he will not fight Benavidez…. but he fought guys coming off losses to GGG and Munguia.
But I get it, some fans have a deeply seeded biased towards Canelo. It is what it is.
He’s not involved in rankings and/or how other fighters train or dont train.
Beto.. agreed.
As of right now, charlo isnt looking for greatness, hes looking for a paycheck. IF he really was looking 2 be the best, he wld set himself up with a fight with Plant, beat him, and then Canelo wld be a sure thing. He doesnt want to risk his descent name for a half descent paycheck. IMO, it wld be one helluva fight with him n plant, and then Canelo
Bivol or Beterbiev or STFU!!!!!!!!!!!! The 168 division is in a sad state.
Or for that matter Gilberto Ramirez.
Gilberto Ramírez Sánchez (born 19 June 1991) is a Mexican professional boxer. He held the WBO super middleweight title from 2016 to 2019, and is the first boxer from Mexico to win a major world title in that weight class. As of October 2018, Ramírez is ranked as the world’s second best active super middleweight by The Ring magazine. Lets see this Mexican showdown!