{"id":493241,"date":"2026-03-24T20:49:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T20:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/493241\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T20:49:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T20:49:07","slug":"canelo-offered-immediate-route-back-to-world-title-by-fighter-who-just-made-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/493241\/","title":{"rendered":"Canelo offered immediate route back to world title by fighter who just made history"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canelo Alvarez<\/a> is the primary target of an unbeaten super-middleweight contender, whose latest triumph has placed him in pole position for a world title opportunity.<\/p>\n

Alvarez, meanwhile, has not fought since his unanimous decision defeat to Terence Crawford last September, when he lost his undisputed crown in convincing fashion.<\/p>\n

The Mexican had become a two-time undisputed king at 168lbs earlier last year, albeit with a lacklustre display to marginally outpoint the unremarkable but elusive William Scull.<\/p>\n

Based largely on that performance, though, many questioned whether Canelo possessed sufficient enough foot speed and explosiveness to retain his four major titles against Crawford.<\/p>\n

As it turned out, the 35-year-old was unable to nullify his opponent\u2019s superior movement, causing him to lose for the first time since facing Dmitry Bivol in 2022.<\/p>\n

But despite that, Canelo looks set to secure another world title opportunity this September, with Turki Alalshikh expecting announcing he will headline a show in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Many suspect that this could be against Christian Mbilli, the WBC super-middleweight champion, but should that not come off, ProBox TV promoter Garry Jonas hopes to see Alvarez face Lester Martinez.<\/p>\n

Speaking with ESNEWS<\/a>, Jonas admitted the decision ultimately lies with Canelo, who he believes would make for an \u2018amazing\u2019 fight with the WBC \u2018interim\u2019 champion.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it would be an amazing fight. I think it\u2019s up to Canelo. Canelo\u2019s at a point in his career where he fights who he wants, so we can only hope [he fights Martinez].\u201d<\/p>\n

Martinez secured his \u2018interim\u2019 title at 168lbs last Saturday, outpointing Immanuwel Aleem in his first outing since boxing to a thrilling 10-round draw with Mbilli<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In doing so, the Guatemalan became the first fighter from his nation to claim a belt of such significance, putting him in line for a potential rematch with Mbilli.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canelo Alvarez is the primary target of an unbeaten super-middleweight contender, whose latest triumph has placed him in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":462781,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-493241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493241","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=493241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}