Canelo Alvarez recently regained the WBC super-middleweight world title and the four-division world champion could now be eyeing up world honours at light-heavyweight.
However, should he move up in weight, he has been warned that he will be ‘given a boxing lesson’.
After losing the undisputed super-middleweight world title last September to Terence Crawford, Alvarez got back to winning ways and recaptured the WBC 168lb title with a win over Christian Mbilli in Riyadh last month.
With few unification opportunities or title defences that look to be of genuine interest to the Mexican fan-favourite, Canelo’s team have revealed that they are considering a move up to 175lbs, where they could challenge Scotland’s sole world champion, Willy Hutchinson.
Hutchinson claimed the vacant WBC light-heavyweight world title on Saturday night, and in an interview with Sky Sports, ‘The Hutch Train’ said he would relish the opportunity to face Canelo in an attempted first defence.
“I heard last night that Canelo Alvarez may be interested in the fight, coming up to light-heavyweight and challenging me for the title. I mean, that is a fight that I would love. I would, with open arms, welcome him in.”
Hutchinson went on to say that he has no interest in simply sharing the ring with a modern legend and that he is only interested in defeating the 36-year-old, vowing to dish out a ‘boxing lesson’ if the clash gets made.
“I wouldn’t really be interested in sharing the ring with him, I am only interested in beating this man. 100% [I believe I would beat him], I mean he is stepping up to my weight and he has 40 years old. I would give Canelo a boxing lesson.”
Canelo has fought at light-heavyweight on two prior occasions, defeating Sergey Kovalev for the WBO belt back in 2019 but losing out to Dmitry Bivol in a bid for the WBA title in 2022.
