{"id":190492,"date":"2025-10-10T13:06:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T13:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/190492\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T13:06:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T13:06:11","slug":"canelo-alvarez-targeted-for-comeback-fight-by-fierce-rivals-next-opponent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/190492\/","title":{"rendered":"Canelo Alvarez targeted for comeback fight by fierce rival’s next opponent"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anthony Yarde fancies his chances against Canelo Alvarez, if he wins his next fight.<\/p>\n

Yarde is currently gearing up to challenge David Benavidez for his WBC light heavyweight title, on November 22.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Yarde is 27-3 in his ventures on the professional sceneCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

Benavidez is a two-weight champion and has amassed a professional record of 30-0 in his career so far.<\/p>\n

He is also a long-term foe of Canelo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Their rivalry dates back to when Benavidez was the mandatory challenger for the Mexican’s WBC super middleweight title, but a fight never materialised between the pair.<\/a><\/p>\n

Now, the American will put his new title on the line after being upgraded to full champion from interim earlier in the year.<\/p>\n

Should Yarde be the first man to defeat Benavidez, he sees himself sharing the ring with some of the biggest names in the sport – like Canelo.<\/p>\n

After the Mexican’s recent loss<\/a> to Terence Crawford<\/a>, the 35-year-old will naturally be assessing his options for a comeback.<\/a><\/p>\n

In light of that, Yarde told Sky Sports: “We will see. Someone like Canelo? <\/p>\n

“I think Canelo would want to come back and think ‘I can beat this guy. He lost to [Sergey] Kovalev. I knocked out Kovalev.’<\/p>\n

“Do you know what I’m saying?<\/p>\n

“No one knows where this storyline can go.<\/p>\n

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Artur Beterbiev was the latest to hand Yarde a defeat, as the WBC, IBF and WBO Light Heavyweight titles were on the line in 2023Credit: News Group<\/p>\n

“Imagine that. Anthony Yarde<\/a> versus Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez<\/a>. It would be crazy.”<\/p>\n

What else would a victory against David Benavidez mean for Anthony Yarde?<\/p>\n

As well as the chance to face-off with Canelo, Yarde thinks a win could secure him a spot on the sport-wide ranks.<\/p>\n

He told Sky Sports: “I think [Benavidez is] on the pound-for-pound list.<\/p>\n

“Again that’s motivation for me because this will be two people I’ve fought that are on the current pound-for-pound list.<\/p>\n

“It would be a crazy thing to see Anthony Yarde on a Ring magazine pound-for-pound list by beating David Benavidez.<\/p>\n

“That’s the reason I got into boxing, to push the limits and see just how far I can go to be the best.”<\/p>\n

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Yarde has received a lot of praise in his career thus far, despite losing to BeterbievCredit: getty<\/p>\n

As the Briton looks to extend his current four-fight win streak, the only obstacle he has to get over first is his 6ft 2ins foe.<\/p>\n

It will be Yarde’s third shot at a world title, having fallen short in his two previous assault at the division’s elite.<\/p>\n

The carrot of a huge showdown with Alvarez beckons, and despite the Mexican’s recent defeat, he remains a huge commercial draw.<\/p>\n

And the former pound-for-pound king teased a first appearance in the UK, and still has two fights remaining with Saudi boxing chief Turki Alalshikh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anthony Yarde fancies his chances against Canelo Alvarez, if he wins his next fight. Yarde is currently gearing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":190493,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[17251,2560,6102,9554,9556,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-190492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-anthony-yarde","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-news","tag-canelo-alvarez","tag-david-benavidez","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}