{"id":752437,"date":"2026-08-28T11:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T11:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/752437\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T11:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T11:42:09","slug":"former-canelo-sparring-partner-makes-honest-preditcion-for-mbilli-comeback-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/752437\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Canelo sparring partner makes honest preditcion for Mbilli comeback fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canelo Alvarez<\/a> is planning on regaining his WBC super-middleweight world title when he returns to action against Christian Mbilli in October, and one of the Mexican superstar\u2019s former sparring partners has offered his verdict on the bout.<\/p>\n

Canelo lost the undisputed super-middleweight crown to Terence Crawford last September<\/a>, only for Crawford\u2019s retirement to lead to the vacation of all four straps and see Mbilli elevated to full WBC world champion.<\/p>\n

Canelo was sidelined by an injury to his right elbow in that scrap and underwent surgery earlier this year, but secured his spot in a challenge for his old belt as Mbilli agreed to a lucrative fight offer in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Sean Zittel<\/a>, Yoenli Hernandez, who sparred Alvarez ahead of his showdown with Crawford, declared his belief that Canelo will come out on top against Mbilli and return to the 168lb throne.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, definitely [he has enough left to beat Mbilli], when he is in that training camp he focuses in on and makes sure that he is ready for his guy.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe still has a lot in the tank, so that should be an interesting fight but I see Canelo winning.\u201d<\/p>\n

Canelo-Mbilli is scheduled to go ahead on Saturday, October 31st, where he will top a \u2018Mexico vs. The World\u2019 themed bill, which is already set to feature one additional world title contest<\/a>, with others expected to be added soon.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Hernandez defeated Francisco Daniel Veron in a career-best success on Saturday and the Cuban is set to be mandated for a shot at Denzel Bentley\u2019s WBO middleweight title, although Bentley will be permitted one voluntary defence before that fight is enforced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canelo Alvarez is planning on regaining his WBC super-middleweight world title when he returns to action against Christian…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":752438,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-752437","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\/752437","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=752437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/752438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=752437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=752437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=752437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}