{"id":793382,"date":"2026-10-06T05:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T05:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/793382\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T05:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T05:08:10","slug":"canelo-targeted-by-former-world-champion-with-a-score-to-settle-before-its-all-said-and-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/793382\/","title":{"rendered":"Canelo targeted by former world champion with a score to settle: “Before it’s all said and done”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canelo Alvarez<\/a> has been called out by an unbeaten former world champion, who would look to avenge his brother\u2019s defeat to the Mexican star.<\/p>\n

At this stage, the 36-year-old believes he could enter another four or five fights, including his next outing against WBC world champion Christian Mbilli.<\/p>\n

The pair will square off in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on October 31, having both remained out of the ring since their respective super-middleweight encounters in September 2025.<\/p>\n

Back then, Canelo was defending his undisputed crown against Terence Crawford<\/a>, who produced a masterful performance to win their contest by unanimous decision.<\/p>\n

The American would then announce his retirement and, in turn, relinquish his titles, affording Mbilli an upgrade from \u2018interim\u2019 to full WBC champion following his 10-round draw with Lester Martinez.<\/p>\n

But while Alvarez certainly has his hands full against the Frenchman, he is also being targeted by Jermall Charlo, who hopes to face the former four-division world champion before they both retire.<\/p>\n

Speaking with Fight Hub TV<\/a>, \u2018Iron Man\u2019 highlighted Canelo as an obvious opponent, perhaps because he would like to avenge twin brother Jermell\u2019s unanimous decision defeat in 2023<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do want to fight Canelo before it\u2019s all said and done, but I\u2019m not going to be a Canelo chaser. Who knows, man.\u201d<\/p>\n

While hoping the Canelo clash eventually materialises, Charlo must first return to action in a super-middleweight contest with Koen Mazoudier on October 17.<\/p>\n

If he proves successful, then the 36-year-old may look to become a three-division world champion, having previously held major titles at 154 and 160lbs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canelo Alvarez has been called out by an unbeaten former world champion, who would look to avenge his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":793383,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-793382","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\/793382","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=793382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/793383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=793382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=793382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=793382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}