Group Canelo Alvarez has reportedly approached IBF tremendous middleweight champion William Scull (23-0, 9 KOs) for a battle in Could on the Mexican Cinco de Mayo vacation weekend.
This undisputed championship match would give Canelo (62-2-2, 39 KOs) an opportunity to recapture his IBF title to make him a two-time four-belt champion.
Shock Opponent
It’s a little bit of a shock that Canelo is trying to face Scull, as there have been rumors that the Mexican celebrity is planning to battle Terence Crawford subsequent Could. These have been faux information, as Canelo is now trying to doubtlessly battle the Cuban Scull subsequent, trying to develop into an undisputed champion at 168.
On October nineteenth, the 32-year-old Scull, primarily based in Germany, received the IBF title in opposition to Vladimir Shishkin in a 12-round unanimous determination. Though his efficiency wasn’t spectacular, Scull obtained the job accomplished, successful the battle regardless of a questionable determination in Germany. There had been discuss of a rematch to clear up the controversy, however that doesn’t appear to be it is going to occur.
“William Scull confirms for this system Cubanos Punos that there’s a rapprochement between his crew and the #Canelo Group for a doable unifying confrontation subsequent Could in Las Vegas. Scull provides that this January 10, there will probably be an official assembly between each groups to lastly agree on every little thing. Moreover, the IBF Tremendous Middleweight World Champion clarifies that Berlanga did exist as a risk, as did Christian Mbilli, who was dominated out for financial causes,” mentioned Carlos Linares on X.
Boxing followers on social media are taking the information of Canelo vs. Scull, which might doubtlessly occur subsequent, fairly exhausting. Lots of them wished to see Terence Crawford as Alvarez’s subsequent opponent. Nevertheless, Crawford doesn’t deliver a lot to the desk both as a result of he’s NOT a family identify with informal boxing followers within the U.S.
A section of hardcore boxing followers get pleasure from Crawford’s counterpunching preventing type, however he’s by no means been a PPV attraction. He has solely had one battle that introduced in good numbers in opposition to Errol Spence.
Errol, not Crawford, introduced the followers in. It’s reported that Terence’s final battle in opposition to Israil Madrimov, their August third conflict on DAZN pay-per-view, introduced in 75,000 to 100,000 PPV buys. These are horrible numbers, which confirms that Crawford isn’t a PPV attraction.
