{"id":698151,"date":"2026-07-18T09:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T09:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/698151\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T09:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T09:02:11","slug":"canelo-alvarez-targeted-to-face-undefeated-mexican-american","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/698151\/","title":{"rendered":"Canelo Alvarez targeted to face undefeated Mexican-American"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/canelo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Canelo Alvarez<\/a> is set to challenge for Christian Mbilli\u2019s WBC super-middleweight world title in October, hoping to return to the 168lb throne at the first time of asking, but there is now another contender who is eyeing up a Canelo fight, under one condition.<\/p>\n<p>Alvarez\u2019s reign as undisputed super-middleweight ruler came to an end when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/boxing\/story\/_\/id\/46251831\/terence-crawford-tops-canelo-alvarez-historic-undisputed-crown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">he was dethroned by Terence Crawford last September,<\/a> but Crawford\u2019s retirement saw the undisputed crown then become fragmented.<\/p>\n<p>Mbilli became one of the beneficiaries of Crawford\u2019s move as he was elevated to WBC world champion and subsequently targeted for a lucrative showdown with Canelo. Similarly, Jose Armando Resendiz was upgraded to WBA super-middleweight champion, only to then lose the belt to Jaime Munguia.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vIjEMd2lg0g?si=5q8iencBEuXv_JDn\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">K.O. Artist Sports<\/a>, Matchroom Boxing Promoter Eddie Hearn revealed that he had been targeting a bout between Munguia and his fighter Diego Pacheco, but admitted that the Tijuana-born champion\u2019s world title win has made negotiations more difficult.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe one that we really wanted [for Pacheco] was Jaime Munguia. I spoke to Fernando Beltran many times about that fight, it is a huge fight for Los Angeles. He went on and done brilliant and won a world title, so now we would be challenging for the belt, which sometimes makes it a bit more difficult to work out a deal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hearn then went on to explain why he believes Pacheco could secure a world title shot against Canelo, if the four-division world champion is able to overcome <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/title-fight-to-be-added-to-canelo-mbilli\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mbilli in three months\u2019 time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think that Diego is going to struggle to get a shot, whether that is against Hamzah [Sheeraz], whether that is against Munguia, whether that is against Canelo Alvarez.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou look at Canelo, if he beats Mbilli, and Diego is coming through and looking good; he will be 26 or 27-0, from Los Angeles, Mexican-American \u2013 he is a good contender for a Canelo Alvarez fight.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pacheco is set to headline the Dignity Health Sports Park on Saturday, as he fights on home soil in California against the New York-born Immanuwel Aleem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canelo Alvarez is set to challenge for Christian Mbilli\u2019s WBC super-middleweight world title in October, hoping to return&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":689572,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-698151","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\/698151","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=698151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/689572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=698151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=698151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=698151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}