{"id":666572,"date":"2026-06-30T19:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T19:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/666572\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T19:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T19:08:08","slug":"canelo-targeted-by-ko-artist-world-champion-who-trained-alongside-terence-crawford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/666572\/","title":{"rendered":"Canelo targeted by KO artist world champion who trained alongside Terence Crawford"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canelo Alvarez<\/a> already has one world title opportunity ahead of him but has now been called out by another belt-holder.<\/p>\n

Alvarez is set to compete later this year when he challenges WBC super-middleweight champion Christian Mbilli<\/a>, marking the first time the Mexican superstar has been back in the ring since his defeat to Terence Crawford last September.<\/p>\n

The bout between Canelo and Mbilli was originally scheduled for September 12, but it was reported over the weekend that it has now been pushed back until late October<\/a>, meaning it will have been over 13 months since Alvarez last fought when he does return.<\/p>\n

If victorious in that bout, Canelo may choose to go after the other world titles at 168lbs, but he is also being targeted by the current WBC interim champion.<\/p>\n

That man is Lester Martinez, the hard-hitting Guatemalan star who trained alongside Terence Crawford while \u2018Bud\u2019 was still active, and who currently holds an unbeaten record of 20 wins and 1 draw, 16 wins by knockout.<\/p>\n

Martinez is set to be in action on August 29 when he takes on Luka Plantic in Los Angeles, and he told ProBox TV<\/a> that he wants the Canelo vs. Mbilli winner next.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst and foremost I\u2019m going to focus on the task at hand that\u2019s Luca because he\u2019s a very dangerous fighter and a very good fighter, but of course I\u2019m going to be watching with a close eye on the fight between Canelo and Mbilli, and hoping to get whoever wins that fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Martinez already faced Mbilli on the Canelo vs. Crawford card last year, with the pair fighting to a split decision draw, and despite there being a score to settle, he would no doubt much prefer a lucrative opportunity against Canelo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canelo Alvarez already has one world title opportunity ahead of him but has now been called out by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":666573,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-666572","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\/666572","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=666572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/666573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=666572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=666572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=666572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}