Undisputed super-middleweight champion and debatable ‘face of boxing’, Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez, can be pressured to make an enormous determination within the coming days, along with his plans for 2024 anticipated to be derailed by an unlikely contender that few anticipated he would face.
After an eyebrow-raising run of performances since defeat to Dmitry Bivol in 2022, Alvarez bounced again with a robust show towards Jaime Munguia earlier this month – though the unanimous-decision win meant that Canelo had gone the gap for a fifth struggle in a row, for the primary time in his 65-fight profession.
Nonetheless, Alvarez’s win over Munguia silenced doubters and reassured followers that his dominance at 168lbs will proceed, particularly now that David Benavidez and David Morrell have moved as much as light-heavyweight. Canelo was anticipated to face both Edgar Berlanga or Terence Crawford on his subsequent outing, till Cuba’s undefeated William Scull intervened.
As with many Cuban’s passed by, Scull adopts a standard back-footed fashion that makes it robust to promote a struggle between he and Canelo Alvarez – who’s perceived to be many ranges above ‘El Indomable’.
But, that fashion has confirmed efficient for the 31-year-old, who has not been defeated in his 22 bouts up to now and turned the necessary challenger for the IBF super-middleweight title when he outpointed Evgeny Shvedenko (15-0) in July 2022.
Virtually two years later, it seems as if Scull has flown beneath the radar however that his endurance has paid dividends, as purse bids have been known as for him to disrupt Canelo’s plans and problem the Mexican pound-for-pound sensation for the undisputed super-middleweight throne, Dan Rafael reviews.
“BREAKING: Reps for IBF 168 necessary William Scull have requested quick purse bid (their proper beneath the foundations) for his due necessary vs. undisputed champion Canelo Alvarez & IBF has notified its registered promoters the purse bid is scheduled for June 6 at 12 pm ET. #boxing”
Due to this fact, Canelo Alvarez is seemingly left with 4 choices; squeeze in an additional outing and struggle for thrice throughout 2024, delay his subsequent contest (anticipated to be towards Crawford or Berlanga) earlier than the top of the 12 months, or vacate his IBF world title and proceed along with his unique plans because the unified title-holder relatively than the undisputed champion.
In the meantime, Scull has fought on three events since defeating Shvedenko, successful unanimous-decisions towards every of Abel Nicholas Adriel (26-25-3), Cristian Fabian Rios (23-18-3) and Sean Hemphill (16-1), the final of which being on the Canelo-Munguia undercard.
Like a lot of the boxing group, newfound Saudi boxing catalyst Turki Al-Alshikh was removed from happy with information of Scull’s alternative, because it stunts his imaginative and prescient of staging Canelo-Crawford in December.
Though, there may be each likelihood that Canelo may fulfil his necessary and take the struggle with Scull in an effort to finish his knockout drought with a fast turnaround from the Munguia struggle – much like how he handled Avni Yildirim’s necessary in 2021, earlier than continuing on the undisputed path and defeating Billy Joe Saunders and Caleb Plant later that 12 months.
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