Canelo Alvarez is finishing training camp in Spain, eight days from Christian Mbilli, and says he is ready. He’s never fought people who throw a lot of punches like me, and put on a lot of pressure. At this level, between win or lose, it’s a tiny margin.” Alvarez (63-3-2, 39 KOs) has not boxed since September 13, 2025, when Terence Crawford took his undisputed super middleweight championship by unanimous decision in Las Vegas. The security concerns come at a difficult time for Canelo, whose return has already been pushed back once.
- Alvarez, boxing’s top star, will attempt to regain a world title in his first fight since his September 2025 loss to Terence Crawford in Las Vegas.
- The delay changes the timetable for Canelo’s return after his unanimous decision loss to Terence Crawford in September 2025.
- The 35-year-old took some well-deserved time away from the sport following the loss, before it was announced he would return almost exactly one year later against the new WBC 168-pound champion, Christian Mbilli.
- Three months later, Crawford retired, and the sequel the boxing world briefly wondered about never came to be.
- Many times, when an elite-level fighter loses a fight, especially one where they were favored to win, they return to the ring with a “tune-up fight” against an inferior opponent.
The 35-year-old took some well-deserved time away from the sport following the loss, before it was announced he would return almost exactly one year later against the new WBC 168-pound champion, Christian Mbilli. Canelo lost his undisputed super-middleweight crown to Terence Crawford last September, before the belts then became fragmented when the American announced his retirement from the sport. Christian Mbilli defends his WBC super-middleweight title for the first time against Canelo Alvarez later this month, and should he be successful, Mbilli has confirmed that he would be willing to take part in a ‘dream fight’ against a fellow world champion.
Shortly after, the WBC ordered an immediate rematch and while Mbilli (29-0-1, 24 KOs) had initial interest, it never progressed beyond that as both teams went in different directions. Mbilli being the first name McIntyre called out shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone after their original September matchup on the Canelo-Crawford undercard was scored a split draw following 10 entertaining rounds. However, now that Lester Martinez is the WBC interim super middleweight beltholder, he already knows who he wants him to fight next. • Go to the My Profile tab for your comment history• C key scrolls forwards through comments / shift-C scrolls backwards• Z key jumps to Next Unread / shift-A marks all comments on your screen as read The kickoff press conference will go down on Sat., May 23 in Cairo, Egypt as part of the week-long festivities for the upcoming Heavyweight title fight that will see Oleksandr Usyk defend his titles against former world kickboxing champion, Rico Verhoeven. As for Canelo, the loss to Crawford was just the third of his storied career spanning two decades.
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The fight was initially targeted for Sept. 12 before being rescheduled for Oct. 31 after personal matters delayed the start of his training camp. For now, boxing fans can still expect Canelo and Mbilli to meet as scheduled. “Everybody should tune in and watch this fight,” Martinez said, “because on anthony joshua vs tyson fury the 29th I will leave no doubt as to why I should be facing the winner of Canelo and Mbilli.” ProBox TV will stream Martinez-Plantic as the main event of a card from USC’s Galen Center. Even if this fight is complicated, we will figure out a way to win.” But all I could do was continue with my own career.
The last time anyone saw the 36-year-old legend in the ring, he was on the losing end of Terence Crawford’s retirement fight. No official reason has been given for the postponement, and the exact date in October has not yet been announced. The WBC super middleweight championship bout has been pushed back from September 12, with the fight now expected to headline Riyadh Season later in October During his storied career, he’s won titles in four weight classes and has been the sport’s top attraction for nearly 10 years. Christian Mbilli had been calling for a big name, and gets the division’s biggest for his first world title defense in September. Shakur Stevenson says he has parted ways with Zuffa Boxing just three months after singing a deal with the promotion company.