{"id":810896,"date":"2026-10-23T00:22:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T00:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/810896\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T00:22:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T00:22:17","slug":"super-middleweight-world-champion-says-canelo-vs-christian-mbilli-ends-in-a-ko-hell-beat-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/810896\/","title":{"rendered":"Super-middleweight world champion says Canelo vs Christian Mbilli ends in a KO: &#8220;He&#8217;ll beat him&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/canelo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Canelo Alvarez<\/a> attempts to reclaim his position atop the super-middleweight division later this month as he competes for the WBC super-middleweight world title against Christian Mbilli, and one 168lb titleholder has revealed that he is predicting a knockout win.<\/p>\n<p>Canelo lost all four of his super-middleweight world titles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/boxing\/story\/_\/id\/46251831\/terence-crawford-tops-canelo-alvarez-historic-undisputed-crown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">when trumped by Terence Crawford last year<\/a>, but the latter\u2019s retirement saw each belt either claimed by \u2013 or reassigned to \u2013 alternate super-middleweight contenders, with Mbilli picking up the WBC crown.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Osleys Iglesias got his hands on the IBF strap, Hamzah Sheeraz claimed and then vacated the WBO marble and Jaime Munguia has since become the WBA super-middleweight world champion, after defeating Armando Res\u00e9ndiz \u2013 who was initially elevated to champion.<\/p>\n<p>All eyes are now on Canelo at the end of the month, with each and every 168lber hoping to secure a lucrative shot at the Mexican superstar if he is able to overcome Mbilli.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Z726q8LqYyM?si=Z0TGLPTyw6k80v-5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ring Magazine<\/a>, Canelo\u2019s stablemate, former opponent and reigning WBA titleholder, Munguia, predicted a stoppage win for Alvarez, despite the fact that the four-division conqueror has not won inside of the distance since halting Caleb Plant in 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that Canelo is going to knock out Mbilli. I don\u2019t know [what round] but he will knock him out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, [he is training harder than ever]. He is training good.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Canelo-Mbilli is scheduled to take place on Saturday, October 31, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/canelo-vs-mbilli-full-card-confirmed\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Munguia set to compete against Russia\u2019s Nikita Zon on the undercard<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It is not yet known though if that bout will be sanctioned as a title contest, as the WBA did not initially approve it and instead ordered Munguia to take on Bektemir Melikuziev.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canelo Alvarez attempts to reclaim his position atop the super-middleweight division later this month as he competes for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":810897,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-810896","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\/810896","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=810896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/810897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=810896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=810896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=810896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}