{"id":673987,"date":"2026-07-04T20:39:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T20:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/673987\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T20:39:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T20:39:09","slug":"terence-crawford-trainer-sends-strong-warning-to-canelo-on-christian-mbilli-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/673987\/","title":{"rendered":"Terence Crawford trainer sends strong warning to Canelo on Christian Mbilli fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Esteemed trainer Brian \u2018BoMac\u2019 McIntyre believes Canelo Alvarez could be in for a rude awakening when he faces Christian Mbilli in October.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/boxing\/2026\/04\/30\/canelo-alvarez-agrees-to-fight-wbc-super-middleweight-champ-per-report\/89880595007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The two super-middleweights will square off in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia<\/a>, with Canelo entering his first outing since losing to Terence Crawford last September.<\/p>\n<p>This unanimous decision relieved the Mexican of his crown at 168lbs, though now he is attempting to reclaim one quarter of the undisputed championship.<\/p>\n<p>Looking to craft his own legacy, meanwhile, is Mbilli, who was elevated from \u2018interim\u2019 to full WBC champion following Crawford\u2019s retirement in December.<\/p>\n<p>Known for implementing a high-volume style, the Frenchman comes off an <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/christian-mbilli-retains-wbc-interim-title-with-draw-against-lester-martinez\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">enthralling 10-round draw with Lester Martinez<\/a>, which featured on the undercard of Canelo-Crawford.<\/p>\n<p>As Martinez\u2019s head coach, \u2018BoMac\u2019 knows more than most about the intensity and physicality that Mbilli brings to the ring, believing this could play a factor against the 35-year-old Canelo.<\/p>\n<p>Not only that, but McIntyre has told <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ftYibTzn6UU?si=u7-krMP_s73UoK2d\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FightHype<\/a> that he suspects Alvarez was reluctant to take this challenge as part of his multi-fight deal with Turki Alalshikh.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s no walk in the park for Canelo \u2013 I promise you that. Mbilli is a fighting motherf**ker, and he fights all the way to the end.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWill his skills pull through or will Canelo\u2019s skills pull through? That must be seen. If [Canelo wins], it\u2019s probably going to take a toll on him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat motherf**ker Mbilli will fight you toe-to-toe. Does Canelo want that at this age? Probably not.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs he getting made to [take] fights like that with that guaranteed money [from Alalshikh]? Probably so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With Martinez defending his WBC \u2018interim\u2019 title against Luka Plantic on August 29, \u2018BoMac\u2019 is hopeful that his charge faces the winner of Mbilli-Canelo.<\/p>\n<p>The American trainer has already faced both Mbilli and Canelo, albeit while occupying the corner of different fighters, and will likely be confident in guiding Martinez to victory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Esteemed trainer Brian \u2018BoMac\u2019 McIntyre believes Canelo Alvarez could be in for a rude awakening when he faces&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":663221,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-673987","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\/673987","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=673987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=673987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=673987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=673987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}