The Mexican already holds the WBA and WBC belts, and standing in his way is Britain's Saunders, the current WBO belt holder. The unbeaten Cuban can call out Canelo Alvarez all he wants, but Morrell doesn’t feel it’ll do much good even in a world where boxers sometimes talk their way into paydays. Canelo did notable work to the body in this fight, which may have been the biggest difference maker, apart from the fact that Plant just didn’t seem able to hurt or even really deter Alvarez much at all. This fight would have incredible appeal to younger fans who are more likely to watch Jake Paul than Canelo Alvarez. Morrell, meanwhile, is focused on trying to land a showdown with David Benavidez (26-0, 23 KOs), the interim WBC super middleweight champion who called out Morrell in the ring after his third-round stoppage of David Lemieux (43-5, 36 KOs) on May 21 in Glendale, Arizona.
Plant and Benavidez were reported to fight in September, but Jose Benavidez Sr., David’s father, claimed that Plant declined. “After that, Canelo said, ‘You’re going to fight me at the weight that I want to fight at. As I say that, he lands a solid uppercut - but Bivol finishes the round on the ascendancy with Canelo pinned to the ropes. Round one: They meet in the center, tentatively circling. I think he will box very intelligently and tear Bivol apart round by round. Where Bivol is someone that is versatile and had mobility. And that mobility gave Canelo a lot of trouble because Bivol was able to get in and out whenever he wanted, and Canelo never really figured that out. On May 7, he will face off against Dmitry Bivol for Bivol's WBA light heavyweight title at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Alvarez already is committed to defending his IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO 168-pound championships against Gennadiy Golovkin in their long-awaited third fight September 17. If the favored Alvarez wins that bout, he is expected to embrace a rematch with WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol in his following fight. Alvarez is stepping up in weight class from super middleweight to light heavyweight.
Pound-for-pound boxing superstar, Canelo Alvarez, makes his fastest turnaround in the past decade TONIGHT (Sat., Feb. 27, 2021) when - just two months after unifying the WBA and WBC Super middleweight titles - he takes on mandatory challenger Avni Yildirim inside Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. The best proof of that: The loaded final two months of the year, full of high-stakes showdowns featuring some of the biggest stars in the sport. The four-division champion unified the super middleweight division in just 11 months' time. The 24-year-old Morrell would be an underdog against Alvarez (57-2-2, 39 KOs), but he wasn’t surprised Russia’s Bivol (20-0, 11 KOs) defeated the favored four-division champion from Mexico by unanimous decision in their 12-round match May 7 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Canelo Alvarez lands a right against Gennady Golovkin in their middleweight championship bout at T-Mobile Arena on September 15, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. With Canelo winning the undisputed championship at super middleweight, he became the first Mexican fighter to achieve that. Where Canelo Alvarez became a maiden undisputed super-middleweight champion by thrashing the IBF super-middleweight champion, Caleb Plant, whereas Verstappen was crowned champion in the F1 World Drivers’ Championship in a tough competition with his arch-rival, Lewis Hamilton.
“What my job ultimately is, along with Saul ‘Canelo’ Alavres, is to make an offer to Caleb Plant, to make that fight a discussion. Boxing's super fight rematch Canelo vs. Morrell (6-0, 5 KOs) is set to defend his WBA world super middleweight title against Kalvin Henderson (15-1-1, 11 KOs), of Fayetteville, Arkansas, on Saturday night at The Armory in Minneapolis, where Morrell resides. Morrell-Henderson will be the first of two live fights Showtime will air after its replay of Gervonta Davis’ sixth-round knockout of Rolando Romero, which took place last Saturday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Tensions between the two fighters reached a boiling point at a recent press conference in Los Angeles. Golovkin recently spoke to Los Angeles Times and said he doesn't consider Canelo the best pound-for-pound in boxing after stepping on the ring with him. Coming off from a controversial draw, world's best middleweights will finally settle the score inside the ring to prove who's the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world. A win over Saunders on May 8 led to Canelo owning three of the four world titles in the 168-pound division, with Caleb Plant's IBF strap representing the missing piece of the puzzle for undisputed glory.