{"id":155339,"date":"2025-09-19T23:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T23:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/155339\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T23:00:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T23:00:09","slug":"canelo-alvarez-pitched-two-opponents-for-his-world-tour-by-a-boxing-icon-keep-making-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/155339\/","title":{"rendered":"Canelo Alvarez pitched two opponents for his &#8216;world tour&#8217; by a boxing icon&#8230; &#8216;Keep making money&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Canelo Alvarez has two options for his next fight, says a former world champion.<\/p>\n<p>Last Saturday, the Mexican lost his undisputed super middleweight world championship at the hands of <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/tag\/terence-crawford\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Terence Crawford<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite trying everything in his power to contain his rival, there was simply nothing he could do to stop the American from unleashing his incredible offense. <\/p>\n<p>With that in mind, an ex-WBO light welterweight title-holder believes he should head in the opposite direction of a rematch.<\/p>\n<p>WOW: <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2025\/09\/15\/terence-crawfords-trainer-reveals-whether-bud-could-fight-a-boxer-even-bigger-than-canelo-alvarez\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Terence Crawford\u2019s trainer reveals whether \u2018Bud\u2019 could fight boxer bigger than Canelo Alvarez<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2235310603-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Canelo Alvarez interviewed by Max Kellerman\" \/>Photo by Sarah Stier\/Getty Images for NetflixCanelo Alvarez could fight Chris Eubank Jr. or Jake Paul, says Chris Algieri<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2025\/09\/16\/canelo-alvarez-slammed-by-former-world-champion-for-poor-performance-against-terence-crawford-he-didnt-show-up\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Algieri slammed Canelo Alvarez for his performance against Crawford<\/a>. However, he still believes there are big fights out there for the superstar.<\/p>\n<p>And there are two in particular that the American believes make the most sense.<\/p>\n<p>In an episode of Boxing Scene Today, Algieri said: \u201cIf he\u2019s fighting <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/tag\/chris-eubank-jr\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Eubank Jr.<\/a>, then he\u2019s not looking for world titles, he\u2019s looking for name fighters and guys to put on his record, he\u2019s looking to make money, travel, and go on his world tour. And I think he\u2019s earned it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs long as he\u2019s not holding up titles, I don\u2019t really care what he does. He can go and fight <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/tag\/jake-paul\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jake Paul<\/a> for all I care. Go make a couple of million. I\u2019m completely fine with that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy issue with that was when he was doing that while holding onto the titles. But now that he\u2019s not, I wish him all the best. I want him to keep making money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Terence Crawford names the one fighter who punched him harder than Canelo Alvarez<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/tag\/canelo-alvarez\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Canelo Alvarez<\/a> would undoubtedly be a massive favorite against both Eubank Jr. and Paul.<\/p>\n<p>Most fans would pick the powerhouse to knock the pair out.<\/p>\n<p>However, his last opponent wasn\u2019t particularly impressed by his punches.<\/p>\n<p>Surprisingly, <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2025\/09\/14\/terence-crawford-names-the-one-fighter-who-punched-him-harder-than-canelo-alvarez\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crawford said one rival hit harder than Canelo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canelo Alvarez has two options for his next fight, says a former world champion. Last Saturday, the Mexican&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":155340,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,957,34104,40867,9225,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-155339","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-canelo-alvarez","12":"tag-chris-algieri","13":"tag-chris-eubank-jr","14":"tag-jake-paul","15":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}