Mexican superstar Saul ‘Canelo‘ Alvarez is almost 70 fights in to an incredible career.
The 34-year-old from Guadalajara has emerged as one of the greatest fighters of the last decade, where he has won world titles in four weight classes as well as becoming the first undisputed super-middleweight champion of the ‘four belt era’.
He has had a highly successful campaign at 168lbs, defeating the likes of Caleb Plant, Billy Joe Saunders, Gennadiy Golovkin in their third fight, Jermell Charlo and Jaime Munguia. The Mexican icon also made the move up to 175lbs back in 2019 to beat Russian great Sergey Kovalev via eleventh round knockout to capture the WBO light-heavyweight title, though a second attempt in the division years later saw him fall short to Dmitry Bivol.
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As he enters what are expected to be the final few years of his glittering tenure, Canelo can pick and choose the fights he takes. Speaking to The Ring Magazine recently, he expressed his interest in clashing with Bivol once again.
“I hope I have the opportunity to have the rematch with Bivol, that’s the only fight at 175 I would really take but we’ll see. I want to tell myself ‘Hey, you learned something from that fight’, what things you don’t need to do again. I have that thing in myself which says ‘Hey, you need to show that you’re a better fighter than him’.”
In a separate feature with DAZN Boxing, the Mexican star admitted he would also be keen on avenging the defeat he suffered to Floyd Mayweather Jr back in 2013.
“Yes, of course [I would like to fight Mayweather again]. I would love the opportunity to get revenge. Obviously we know it’s not going to happen but yes, I would love to get rid of that little thorn.”
Whilst a rematch with Bivol – who is now unified champion at 175lbs – does have potential, the Mayweather loss is one Canelo will never be able to avenge.
The 34-year-old is pencilled in to face Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford later this year, although his focus remains on IBF super-middleweight champion William Scull, who he faces on May 3 in a bid to become the undisputed champion at 168lbs for the second time.