His expert fundamentals - crafted throughout a stellar amateur career - proved too good for Canelo on the night. He's a really good fighter. “An undefeated fighter that didn’t fight anybody back in his prime. Therefore, Canelo will either have to fight him or vacate the belt. Who will Joshua Buatsi fight next? David Benavidez and Jaime Munguia both did what was expected of them on Saturday night, scoring main event wins on Showtime and DAZN, respectively, and leaving no doubt about who the better fighter was in those rings. None of those four champions that Canelo beat were held in high esteem by fans, and you can argue that the guy he should have fought was David Benavidez. If Plant has any hopes for a rematch with Canelo one day, he needs to put that defeat behind him, and accept the challenge from David Benavidez. As Alvarez and his team put it, he made history. Bivol's team said they agreed to fight Alvarez for the light heavyweight belt in September at a 172-pound catchweight, but Canelo and his team decided the window to make a fight had gotten too tight and instead opted for a move to November. Let's take a look at the top three options for Canelo's targeted November return.
She moved up from being the top fight on the undercard to headlining cards, starting with her win in November 2021 over Maiva Hamadouche to win the IBF and WBO junior lightweight belts. Alvarez, the sport's biggest star, competed three times in 2021. He kicked off his campaign with a stay-busy win over a hapless Avni Yildirim in February. Canelo Alvarez has seemed unbeatable since his lone loss to Floyd Mayweather in 2013. The four-weight class world champion successfully defended his titles against mandatory challenger Avni Yildrim in February. The world champion in four different weight classes Saul Alvarez entered this fight with a pro record of 56-1-2 (38 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 super middleweight in the world. Also, in Canelo's pursuit of historic moments, moving up in weight and beating a young, undefeated light heavyweight carries a bit more meaning than his last trip to the weight to beat a past-his-prime Kovalev. The only realistic option for Canelo winning a world title at heavyweight is for him to take on IBF/WBA/WBO champion Oleksandr Usyk, but he’d have to do it soon. “Let’s not act like Oleksandr Usyk is a massive puncher.
“I’ve been in the ring for huge fights like this a lot of times. I felt like a champion long before I won a belt. And now the 34-year-old has won the Canelo sweepstakes after the Mexican picked off three world champions at 168 pounds in the shape of Callum Smith, Billy Joe Saunders and Caleb Plant inside 12 months. Then, in November, Alvarez realized a career-long goal of becoming an undisputed champion with an 11th-round TKO of Caleb Plant. Still, those factors did not add up Canelo and Caleb Plant successfully booking a super middleweight unification fight on Sept. Still, Bivol's willingness to not only make the fight, but also make it at a catchweight, makes him the most likely option if the Plant fight falls through for any reason. Former U.S. Olympic hopeful Keyshawn Davis will make his professional debut on the undercard of Saul “Canelo” Alvarez’s next bout Feb. 27 in Florida. Can Anthony Joshua, Teofimo Lopez, GGG and Ryan Garcia make 2022 a bounce-back year? Ryan Garcia on Devin Haney vs. He's quicker to the punch and is the fresher fighter so far. He likes to punch in between, he can punch in between that guard of Canelo and come around it as well.
Saunders was regarded for his defensive ability and movement, but Alvarez penetrated his guard with a series of well-placed body shots and a relentless pressure style that wore Saunders down and set him up for the finish. For Usyk to get down to the catchweight that he would need to be at, he would have to drop 20 lbs to get there from his last fight,” said Mannix. There will always be a healthy number of people who believe Golovkin won both fights and had his record sacrificed to the younger, more marketable fighter. He ended the fight after just 47 seconds and won it in the first round by KO. That’s what won hearts & minds. They talk about Muhammad Ali because Ali changed hearts and minds. Look, I’m sticking to my hearts & minds and sticking to my nostalgia. “If he’s open to come up to 168, I’m ready. I’m not so sure that there’s anybody at 175 that will give Canelo a real challenge.