{"id":630979,"date":"2026-04-26T00:27:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T00:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/630979\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T00:27:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T00:27:07","slug":"canelo-warned-his-route-back-to-undisputed-will-be-blocked-im-in-his-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/630979\/","title":{"rendered":"Canelo warned his route back to undisputed will be blocked: \u201cI\u2019m in his way\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/canelo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Canelo Alvarez<\/a> could be confronted with a path of considerable resistance if he attempts to become a three-time undisputed champion at 168lbs.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old has not fought since last September, when he lost his four major super-middleweight titles following a unanimous decision defeat to Terence Crawford.<\/p>\n<p>Based on his performance, though, the Mexican is still capable of competing at world level, just not against a generational great such as Crawford.<\/p>\n<p>But still, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/boxing\/story\/_\/id\/47623740\/canelo-alvarez-return-ring-big-fight-sept-12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Canelo is set to secure a world title shot for his next outing<\/a>, which is expected to take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on September 12.<\/p>\n<p>Among the names being mooted as possible opponents is Christian Mbilli, who was elevated from \u2018interim\u2019 to full WBC champion shortly after Crawford\u2019s retirement.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to that, <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/christian-mbilli-retains-wbc-interim-title-with-draw-against-lester-martinez\/#:~:text=Christian%20Mbilli%20retains%20WBC%20&#039;interim&#039;%20title%20with%20draw%20against%20Lester%20Martinez,-Oscar%20Pick&amp;text=BOTH%20Christian%20Mbilli%20and%20Lester,middleweight%20war%20in%20Las%20Vegas.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the Frenchman had boxed to an enthralling 10-round draw with Lester Martinez<\/a>, featuring on the undercard of Canelo-Crawford.<\/p>\n<p>As for the other champions at 168lbs, there is also Jose Armando Resendiz and Osleys Iglesias, while Hamzah Sheeraz bids to collect the vacant WBO world title on May 23.<\/p>\n<p>Standing in his way is Alem Begic, who the 26-year-old must defeat on the undercard of Oleksandr Usyk vs Rico Verhoeven before targeting a showdown with Canelo.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, though, Sheeraz does see himself squaring off against the four-division world champion, telling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringmagazine.com\/news\/hamzah-sheeraz-hopes-wbo-title-puts-him-back-in-line-for-canelo-clash-1z0nnuiOPWq0liTxLdzQYb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ring Magazine<\/a> that he could use the WBO belt as a bargaining chip.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI must admit, it would be nice to get Canelo. And, obviously, it would be far more lucrative if I win the world title before that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am sure his plan is to try and become undisputed [champion] again so, God willing, I become world champion on May 23. I\u2019ll be in the way of him becoming undisputed [champion].<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe we will end up fighting for all the belts. I feel like that fight can definitely flourish in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For an undisputed clash between Canelo and Sheeraz to materialise, the pair must respectively win their next outings and collectively dethrone the remaining champions in their division.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canelo Alvarez could be confronted with a path of considerable resistance if he attempts to become a three-time&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":587458,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-630979","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-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630979","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=630979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/587458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}