Due to the sanitary emergency for Covid-19, the possibility has fallen that the Canelo will have a fight soon in Mexican ground
The possibility that canelo Álvarez will appear next February in its native Jalisco ended up knocked out by the pandemic, according to revealed sources to ESPN KNOCKOUT.
The announcement of the future of the international boxing star is expected in the coming days, as the advances for both February and May are great., But they would have destination in American territory where the conditions have allowed to do more events of boxing with public under certain measures.
Canelo Alvarez has not fought in Mexico since 2011, when he did so twice and already as World Boxing Council Superwelter Champion, first defeating in his first defense the British Ryan Rhodes in the VFG Arena of Jalisco in June and then with his third defense over the Puerto Rican Kermit Cintrón for the month November at the Monumental Plaza de Toros Mexico in the capital. With the high salaries of the Mexican Alvarez, his return home has become more and more complicated, but since he became a free agent a few months ago, he was willing to make sacrifices in the economic part in order to fulfill the dream of returning to tricolor territory; however, now the conditions of the pandemic have not allowed it and they are not going to cling to something that will prove counterproductive.
Avni Yildirim, 29, with 21 wins, 12 of them by knockout, in exchange for just two defeats, is the mandatory challenger on the part of the World Boxing Council. In fact, to allow Canelo to dispute before Callum Smith the vacant scepter of the 168 pounds, they had to give compensation to Yildirim and accept that he had to be exposed before him within a period not exceeding 90 days and therefore would be his rival for in February.
With that in mind and if all goes well, then comes the fight next May, once again in US territory, and Billy Joe Saunders remains at the top of a list that also includes Caleb Plant and Gennadiy Golovkin, all High-caliber rivals for the future of Mexico, considered by many to be the world’s best pound-for-pound fighter.