Canelo Alvarez is hoping to regain a super-middleweight world title when he returns to the ring in September, seeking to prove once again that he is the top dog in the 168lb division. Although, there is one world champion that the Mexican has admitted he will not face.
Canelo claimed all four of the super-middleweight world titles in just 11 months when he became the first undisputed super-middleweight champion of all time back in 2021, before defending those belts on four occasions.
Alvarez then became a two-time undisputed ruler by outpointing William Scull last year, but he lost all of his titles to Terence Crawford four months later, with the American’s retirement then causing the fragmentation of the undisputed throne.
Christian Mbilli was upgraded to the full WBC world champion, with Canelo scheduled to challenge ‘Solide’ in September, whilst the other straps now belong to Hamzah Sheeraz (WBO), Jaime Munguia (WBA) and Osleys Iglesias (IBF).
With this new set of champions, Canelo has one roadblock standing in the way of becoming undisputed at 168 once again. Speaking to Ring Magazine, Canelo declared that he will never rematch WBA champion Munguia, who recently joined Team Canelo and began training under Eddy Reynoso.
“I am not going to fight Munguia again. No. We are in the same team, we like Munguia, he is a great person. He works very hard, we are never going to fight again.
“We are always looking for good fights, big fights, and I think there is other big fights out there.”
Munguia was trumped by Alvarez back in May 2024, that being the first and only time in his career that Canelo has defended a world title against a fellow Mexican.
