Canelo's opponent for September ?

[gilgamesh]

Opponents"lately".

Jacobs, and Golovkin are lately

[ironbeard]

It is pushing the envelope of fighting at all in early September.

[boxing_rocks]

So, it will NOT be Kovalev:

https://www.secondsout.com/news/sergey- ... ed-2958952

[candyslim]

If I could choose - Andrade first, it is a great achievement to be an udisputed champion.

After Andrade, Canelo should move up at SMW, and forget the MW.

If he wants to continue his career at LHW, let he do it, but without soft-matching and catch-weights.

If you beat the #1 guy you're already undisputed. Having all the paper belts that one of them will then proceed to strip you of because you didn't fight the #15 ranked guy who is inexplicably their mandatory needs to stop being held up as somehow important. The belts need to stop being given any respect.

Damn right. It seems to me though, that even if the fans turned their backs and simply ignored the alphabet mafia, it wouldn't make a lot of difference, probably none at all, because those responsible for perpetuating their rule are the networks, the promoters (including the "he's not a promoter"s) and the fighters themselves.

On the subject of Canelo you'd have to be an imbecile to fail to recognize that he's an elite level fighter. Also that he takes on and beats (leaving aside Mayweather and Golovkin) top quality opposition.

Having said that does anyone seriously think there would be all this fuss, all this 'face of boxing' stuff, if he were ... for example, Swedish ?

It seems to me that he's been beaten three times, twice clearly, once officially. He is by my reckoning, one of the best fighters of the present day ... but that's as far as it goes.

[DrDuke]

Didn't Derev become an IBF mandatory? Maybe it will be Canelo's next fight in order not to lose a one of the belts.

[Enlightened-One]

I suspect that Canelo and DAZN won’t have much interest in engaging in a fight against an Al Haymon fighter, like Sergiy Derevyanchenko, who isn’t signed with GBP or Matchroom and has very recently lost to a guy that Álvarez defeated during his latest bout.

I suspect that Canelo’s options are very limited to GGG or perhaps even Andrade.

I feel that Team Canelo are going to bite the bullet and agree to the Golovkin bout in September.

[world ranked]

Callum Smith is a has chance of getting this as well.

[SenorPipino]

Callum Smith is a has chance of getting this as well.

Sounds like half the world is in the running.

Andrade is the choice.

[ValMar]

Callum Smith is a has chance of getting this as well.

Sounds like half the world is in the running.

Andrade is the choice.

Are you sure ?

[SenorPipino]

Sounds like half the world is in the running.

Andrade is the choice.

Are you sure ?

About 75%

They've run out of time to pick a super high profile opponent. Usually there's about a 3 month lead time for promoting the year's biggest bouts.

It's down to just 2 months and no announcement.

Andrade is an outstanding boxer but doesn't yet have the It Factor that would make it a heavily hyped fight.

Or Canelo could bypass the September date altogether. Supposedly his surgically repaired knee is causing some problems.

[world ranked]

Are you sure ?

About 75%

They've run out of time to pick a super high profile opponent. Usually there's about a 3 month lead time for promoting the year's biggest bouts.

It's down to just 2 months and no announcement.

Andrade is an outstanding boxer but doesn't yet have the It Factor that would make it a heavily hyped fight.

Or Canelo could bypass the September date altogether. Supposedly his surgically repaired knee is causing some problems.

Andrade isn't a short notice type of fighter. He or any top level guy will take it in short time like that imo.

[SenorPipino]

About 75%

They've run out of time to pick a super high profile opponent. Usually there's about a 3 month lead time for promoting the year's biggest bouts.

It's down to just 2 months and no announcement.

Andrade is an outstanding boxer but doesn't yet have the It Factor that would make it a heavily hyped fight.

Or Canelo could bypass the September date altogether. Supposedly his surgically repaired knee is causing some problems.

Andrade isn't a short notice type of fighter. He or any top level guy will take it in short time like that imo.

Andrade said right before the Sulecki fight that he would be available in September for a Canelo bout.

Being paid the purse of a lifetime always makes it more appetizing for fighters to adjust their schedules.

[world ranked]

Andrade isn't a short notice type of fighter. He or any top level guy will take it in short time like that imo.

Andrade said right before the Sulecki fight that he would be available in September for a Canelo bout.

Being paid the purse of a lifetime always makes it more appetizing for fighters to adjust their schedules.

Yeah people talk a lot in public lets see if he's offered it. I don't think he will be offered it anyway to tricky of a style.

[SenorPipino]

Andrade said right before the Sulecki fight that he would be available in September for a Canelo bout.

Being paid the purse of a lifetime always makes it more appetizing for fighters to adjust their schedules.

Yeah people talk a lot in public lets see if he's offered it. I don't think he will be offered it anyway to tricky of a style.

Canelo fights all types of styles. Boxers, sluggers, boxer/punchers.

Only the fans bother dissecting the style he's best suited for.

Canelo doesn't give a damn. Just line 'em up. Let the opponents worry about his style.

[world ranked]

Yeah people talk a lot in public lets see if he's offered it. I don't think he will be offered it anyway to tricky of a style.

Canelo fights all types of styles. Boxers, sluggers, boxer/punchers.

Only the fans bother dissecting the style he's best suited for.

Canelo doesn't give a damn. Just line 'em up. Let the opponents worry about his style.

The some truth but how many are where short notice.