{"id":440956,"date":"2026-01-29T14:02:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/440956\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T14:02:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:02:13","slug":"canelo-offered-immediate-world-title-shot-in-comeback-fight-im-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/440956\/","title":{"rendered":"Canelo offered immediate world title shot in comeback fight: &#8220;I&#8217;m ready&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/canelo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Canelo Alvarez<\/a> could land an immediate world title shot against a newly-crowned champion when he returns to action on September 12.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old is set to headline a show in Saudi Arabia, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/boxing\/story\/_\/id\/47623740\/canelo-alvarez-return-ring-big-fight-sept-12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">with boxing powerbroker Turki Alalshikh having recently revealed the date and location.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Along with that, Alalshikh has promised to deliver a world title fight, most likely at 168lbs, despite Canelo coming off a defeat to Terence Crawford last September.<\/p>\n<p>Before their super-middleweight clash, many felt that Alvarez\u2019s natural physical advantages would prove too much for \u2018Bud\u2019, who was moving up from 154lbs after dethroning Israil Madrimov.<\/p>\n<p>But instead, <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/terence-crawford-defines-career-with-remarkable-canelo-alvarez-victory\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crawford was able to claim a convincing points victory in Las Vegas<\/a>, becoming a three-division undisputed champion before announcing his retirement in December.<\/p>\n<p>Following his exit from the sport, several of the top contenders at 168lbs have been jostling for their opportunity to become a world champion.<\/p>\n<p>Both Jose Armando Resendiz and Christian Mbilli have since been upgraded from interim to full WBA and WBC champion, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Mbilli, in particular, has expressed his desire to face Canelo later this year, telling <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/7ETQQ15jMt8?si=jSojV6wtJahTqiUH\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fight Hub TV<\/a> and several other media outlets that he could soon defend his WBC strap against the Mexican.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow I\u2019m the guy that everybody wants to fight because they want the belt, but I will be ready.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[I admire what he has] achieved in his career, he\u2019s a very good fighter, and I hope I\u2019m going to fight him very soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Given Canelo\u2019s history with the WBC, and his still favourable ranking, it\u2019s highly unlikely that the sanctioning body would stand in the way of the defence.<\/p>\n<p>Mbilli comes off an enthralling 10-round draw with Lester Martinez, which featured on the undercard of Canelo-Crawford last year. Many fans, and Crawford himself, want to see a rematch against Martinez.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canelo Alvarez could land an immediate world title shot against a newly-crowned champion when he returns to action&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":440957,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-440956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440956","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=440956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/440957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}