Unified tremendous middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez will take a stay-sharp combat towards Christian Mbilli or IBF champ William Scull in Could to assist keep prepared for September.
Canelo’s long-time coach/supervisor, Eddy Reynoso, instructed @BoxAzteca7 that Scull (23-0, 9 KOs) and Mbilli (28-0, 23 KOs) are the 2 candidates to be picked for Could.
Why Mbilli? / Why Scull?
Mbilli can be Alvarez’s far tougher opponent as a result of his energy, excessive work charge, and nonstop aggression. He can be like a smaller, extra compact model of David Benavidez, and he can be attacking Canelo nonstop.
It might be an absolute nightmare for Alarez to combat Mbilli, however it might be a enjoyable, aggressive combat to look at whereas it lasts. You couldn’t rule out a win for Mbilli, and it wouldn’t be an enormous upset at this level in Canelo’s profession. His stamina is so dangerous now, and he seems to be too bulked up for his small 5’8″ body.
Neither of those two fighters will entice a lot fan curiosity from Canelo’s followers worldwide, however there’s not a lot to select from at 168 any longer. Canelo, 34, has overwhelmed all of the fascinating contenders now that David Morrell and David Benavidez are not in weight class.
The Cuba-born Scull off a questionable 12-round unanimous choice win over Vladimir Shishkin on October nineteenth in Stadthalle, Falkensee, Germany. Scull didn’t present a lot energy or expertise in that combat and was fortunate to be given a win. Many boxing followers felt that Shishkin ought to have received.
Scull’s lack of punching energy will probably be problematic if he lands the Canelo combat as a result of he’s too weak to compete. Nonetheless, he has good expertise and would possibly have the ability to steal later rounds towards Alvarez, as Edgar Berlanga did within the Mexican celebrity’s final combat on September 14th.
Within the first half, the combat was one-sided, with Canelo completely dominating the inexperienced Berlanga. However within the second half, Alvarez pale badly, permitting Berlanga to return on and revel in some success.
Canelo should keep busy getting ready for a title protection towards boxer/puncher Terence Crawford in September. Staying sharp is crucial for Canelo as a result of Crawford is a high-level fighter with velocity, counterpunching potential, and mobility.
Crawford’s Wait
Apparently, Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) will select to sit down and wait till September and can take the chance of going into the Canelo combat after a 12 months out of the ring. Nonetheless, Crawford has been preventing every year since 2020, and it’s not affected him. He wasn’t preventing cutting-edge opposition, and that clearly helped.
Crawford has fought one good fighter since 2020, Israil Madrimov, and had a troublesome time beating him final August. The 37-year-old didn’t look good towards Madrimov, which isn’t stunning as a result of his one-year layoff and weak resume within the final six years.
Some consider that Terence’s choice to sit down with out preventing a tuneup earlier than September indicators that he’s cashing out towards Canelo, utilizing the combat as a ‘golden parachute‘ retirement cash the best way CEOs are sometimes given once they depart corporations.
That’s dangerous for followers who pays their hard-earned cash to look at the Canelo-Crawford mismatch will really feel silly afterward, considering they bought rooked.
To keep away from this, Turki Al-Sheikh ought to insist that Crawford show himself towards one top-flight tremendous middleweight contender earlier than giving him his golden handshake retirement combat towards Alvarez.
It might be an actual strong if Turki instructed Crawford that he should beat one in every of these fighters to earn his payday towards Canelo:
David Morrell
Christian Mbilli
David Benavidez
Janibek Alimkhanuly
Bakhram Murtazaliev
Caleb Plant
