{"id":927294,"date":"2026-10-10T03:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T03:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/927294\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T03:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T03:30:08","slug":"ko-artist-champion-targets-canelo-alvarez-vs-christian-mbilli-winner-after-latest-stoppage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/927294\/","title":{"rendered":"KO artist champion targets Canelo Alvarez vs Christian Mbilli winner after latest stoppage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An unbeaten bogeyman has called for a clash with the winner of Christian Mbilli vs <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/canelo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Canelo Alvarez<\/a> as he looks to unify the super-middleweight division.<\/p>\n<p>Mbilli will make the first defence of his WBC world title in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on October 31, having been upgraded from \u2018interim\u2019 to full champion following Terence Crawford\u2019s retirement.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to that, the Frenchman <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/christian-mbilli-retains-wbc-interim-title-with-draw-against-lester-martinez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">battled to a 10-round draw with Lester Martinez<\/a> in September 2025, while Crawford dethroned Canelo with a unanimous decision victory.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Canelo is now attempting to reclaim a quarter of his undisputed crown at 168lbs, with both the Mexican and Mbilli having been out of the ring for over a year.<\/p>\n<p>Someone who has managed to fight twice in 2026, meanwhile, is Osleys Iglesias, who claimed his IBF title by scoring an eighth-round finish over Pavel Silyagin in April.<\/p>\n<p>Based in Canada, the 28-year-old Cuban trains with renowned coach Marc Ramsay, who is perhaps best known for his work with former undisputed light-heavyweight king Artur Beterbiev.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding his skills in the ring, Iglesias adopts a fluid style and delivers considerable power at the end of his punches, as reflected by his record of 16-0 (15 KOs).<\/p>\n<p>Following his latest victory \u2013 a <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/super-performance-osleys-iglesias-tko-061635477.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">seventh-round stoppage of Oliver Zaren<\/a> on Thursday \u2013 \u2018El Tornado\u2019 told those in Quebec that he would like to capture the WBC title next.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope the winner [of Canelo-Mbilli] faces me. I\u2019d like my next fight to be a unification.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Entering their showdown as an unbeaten contender, Zaren was pulled out by his trainer, former multi-time world champion Mikkel Kessler, after enduring a sustained beating.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Back to back KD\u2019s for Osleys Iglesias \ud83d\ude2e\u200d\ud83d\udca8<\/p>\n<p>GambleAware 18+ Please play responsibly<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/IglesiasZaren?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#IglesiasZaren<\/a> | Live NOW on DAZN | <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/DZBTUK?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#DZBTUK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/DAZNBTFR?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#DAZNBTFR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/DZBTCANADA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#DZBTCANADA<\/a> \u25aa\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z32tB3FGDN\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Z32tB3FGDN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DAZNBoxing\/status\/2108397704393142767?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An unbeaten bogeyman has called for a clash with the winner of Christian Mbilli vs Canelo Alvarez as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":927295,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-927294","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\/927294","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=927294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/927295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=927294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=927294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=927294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}