{"id":662123,"date":"2026-06-28T03:19:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T03:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/662123\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T03:19:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T03:19:09","slug":"dana-whites-latest-signing-targets-fight-against-canelo-alvarez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/662123\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White&#8217;s latest signing targets fight against Canelo Alvarez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/canelo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Canelo Alvarez<\/a> is likely to have no shortage of options if he emerges victorious against Christian Mbilli on September 12.<\/p>\n<p>The pair will collide for Mbilli\u2019s WBC world super-middleweight title in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with Canelo entering his first outing since losing to Terence Crawford.<\/p>\n<p>It came as an iconic moment when, last September, <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/terence-crawford-defines-career-with-remarkable-canelo-alvarez-victory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Crawford moved up two weight divisions and dethroned the Mexican with a unanimous decision victory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Canelo is therefore determined to reclaim one of his titles against Mbilli, who was upgraded from \u2018interim\u2019 to full WBC champion following Crawford\u2019s retirement.<\/p>\n<p>Even at the age of 35, Alvarez is still one of the biggest names in boxing, but must dethrone Mbilli in order to keep his career alive.<\/p>\n<p>If he proves successful, then the former undisputed champion should have plenty of potential opponents, including WBO super-middleweight champion Hamzah Sheeraz.<\/p>\n<p>A less likely option, meanwhile, is Aaron McKenna, who has nonetheless expressed his desire to face Canelo after his next fight.<\/p>\n<p>Having signed with Dana White\u2019s promotional outfit, the 26-year-old will make his Zuffa Boxing debut against Etinosa Oliha at Dublin\u2019s 3Arena on August 8.<\/p>\n<p>But while focusing on his shot at the vacant IBF middleweight title, McKenna has told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/boxing\/news\/12183\/13557258\/aaron-mckenna-eyes-canelo-alvarez-and-chris-eubank-jr-after-world-championship-fight-against-etinosa-oliha-in-dublin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sky Sports<\/a> that he would gladly move up to 168lbs and face Alvarez.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn August 8, becoming world champion will open a lot of doors for me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Canelo] is one of the biggest names in boxing right now \u2013 he\u2019s fighting Mbilli. That\u2019s for the 168lb title. You never know.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[If] I win the IBF title, [I could] try and unify. But I\u2019m definitely open to fighting for titles at 168 as well. I\u2019m taking the best opportunity that\u2019s going to grow my career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before anything else, McKenna must defeat fellow unbeaten contender Oliha, who represents the Irishman\u2019s first opponent since his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/articles\/cvg7zq997p9o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">unanimous decision victory over Liam Smith<\/a> in April 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canelo Alvarez is likely to have no shortage of options if he emerges victorious against Christian Mbilli on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":662124,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-662123","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\/662123","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=662123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}