{"id":414078,"date":"2026-01-16T22:58:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T22:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/414078\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T22:58:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T22:58:11","slug":"hes-back-canelo-draws-big-fight-for-mexico-against-the-world-boxing-card-in-riyadh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/414078\/","title":{"rendered":"He\u2019s back! Canelo draws \u2018big fight\u2019 for \u2018Mexico Against the World\u2019 boxing card in Riyadh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Former super middleweight champion Saul \u201cCanelo\u201d Alvarez will make his return to the \u201csweet science\u201d for a \u201cbig fight\u201d against an opponent to be named atop the \u201cMexico Against the World\u201d event on Sept. 12 in Riyadh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThe 12th of September, a big, big, big fight,\u201d said Turki Alalshikh, chairman of Saudi Arabia\u2019s General Entertainment Authority and owner of The Ring.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Let\u2019s just hope it\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2025\/3\/7\/24379909\/saul-canelo-alvarez-dismisses-jake-paul-as-real-fight-that-event-can-wait-until-i-retire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:not against Jake Paul;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">not against Jake Paul<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cAnd this will be the first card for Canelo Promotions,\u201d Alalshikh added. \u201cIt will be named \u2018Mexico Against the World.\u2019 All the fighters from the team of Canelo against the world. And [Alvarez] in the main event [for] a world title, and it will be a surprise in Saudi Arabia, in sha Allah.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Canelo, now 35, is coming off a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/boxing\/389252\/and-new-terence-crawford-makes-history-upsets-canelo-to-become-undisputed-champion-for-third-time-highlights\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:unanimous decision loss to Terence Crawford last fall in Las Vegas;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">unanimous decision loss to Terence Crawford last fall in Las Vegas<\/a>, just the third time Alvarez (63-3-2, 39 KOs) tasted defeat in his hall of fame career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Crawford <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/boxing\/410364\/terence-crawford-announces-shocking-retirement-from-boxing-at-age-38\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:recently retired from boxing;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">recently retired from boxing<\/a>, leaving the WBC, IBF, and WBO super middleweight titles vacant and nullifying Canelo\u2019s contractual rematch clause.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former super middleweight champion Saul \u201cCanelo\u201d Alvarez will make his return to the \u201csweet science\u201d for a \u201cbig&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414079,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,16054,82,13036,5057],"class_list":["post-414078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canelo","tag-sports","tag-terence-crawford","tag-turki-alalshikh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}