Canelo Alvarez challenges for Christian Mbilli’s WBC title in October, but despite that scheduled bout, there is a new potential opponent calling for a shot at the Mexican superstar, with a personal vendetta to settle.
Canelo’s last appearance was a disappointing defeat to Terence Crawford in Las Vegas on September 13 of last year, meaning it will have been 413 days since he lost his undisputed super-middleweight world title when he takes on Mbilli this Halloween.
That stretch trumps Alvarez’s previous longest stint away from the ring by just one day; that being the 412 days that separated his November 2019 light-heavyweight knockout of Sergey Kovalev and a unified super-middleweight world title win against Callum Smith in December 2020 – which kickstarted his legendary undisputed run.
Whilst Canelo is keen to prove that he can rule in this new era of the super-middleweight division by dethroning Mbilli, the four-division world champion may have the option to somewhat revisit a rivalry of old, as Jermall Charlo told Fight Hub TV of his desire to avenge his brother’s defeat.
“[I want to fight] Canelo, I want to avenge my [brother].”
Jermell Charlo was comfortably outboxed by the now 36-year-old when they collided back in September 2023 and the former undisputed super-welterweight world champion is yet to fight since, but is currently being linked to a comeback.
Meanwhile, Jermall Charlo has fought only twice since June 2021, but both of those bouts have been up at super-middleweight and the Texan has teased that he could return to action on Saturday, October 17.
