{"id":771725,"date":"2026-09-15T19:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T19:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/771725\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T19:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T19:46:09","slug":"canelo-alvarez-targeted-for-firefight-against-6-ft-3-world-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/771725\/","title":{"rendered":"Canelo Alvarez targeted for ‘firefight’ against 6 ft 3 world champion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canelo Alvarez<\/a> is set to challenge for the WBC super-middleweight world title next month in an attempt to regain the 168lb throne. Should he be successful, a \u2018firefight\u2019 could be waiting for him.<\/p>\n

Terence Crawford brought an end to Canelo\u2019s reign<\/a> as the undisputed super-middleweight world champion 12 months ago, but \u2018Bud\u2019 retired shortly after the win and the belts were subsequently reassigned, whilst Canelo was sidelined through injury.<\/p>\n

On Halloween, Canelo seeks to dethrone one of those new champions as he collides with WBC titleholder Christian Mbilli, atop a mammoth \u2018Mexico vs. The World\u2019 bill in Riyadh, which already features three world title bouts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On the Mr Verzace Podcast<\/a>, reigning WBO super-middleweight world champion Hamzah Sheeraz shared his keenness for a unification clash against the Mexican superstar, if he is able to get the better of Mbilli.<\/p>\n

\u201cAbsolutely, [I want Canelo if he beats Mbilli]. Listen, I have got to keep doing my thing, keep winning, keep putting on big performances, moving forwards and he has got to do the same.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is a legend of the sport. If the fight happens, it happens. If it doesn\u2019t, it doesn\u2019t. I will continue to be the best version of myself that I could be, but yeah it would be an absolute honour to share the ring with him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that it would be a firefight, for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Canelo-Mbilli is set for October 31. Sheeraz has been ordered to take on his mandatory challenger Janibek Alimkhanuly next in order to avoid being stripped of his world title, with a purse bid hearing scheduled for this Wednesday, September 16<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canelo Alvarez is set to challenge for the WBC super-middleweight world title next month in an attempt to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":771726,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-771725","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\/771725","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=771725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/771726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=771725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=771725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=771725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}