Superstar Canelo Alvarez, one of only a few Mexican fighters to have captured world titles at four different weight classes, is perhaps looking at taking another challenge: that of an MMA fighter facing him in the boxing ring.
Gennadiy Golovkin (40-1- 35 KOs) is hoping to get a trilogy fight against Saul Canelo Alvarez (53-1-1, 36 KOs) after getting the short end of the stick in their rematch last year in September 2018.
Saul Canelo Alvarez has been given the honor of being voted the ‘Fighter of the Year’ for Ring Magazine for his victories over WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev and IBF middleweight champion Daniel Jacobs.
We were treated to some great fights, some big fights and some special fights here in 2019. Indeed, there is a lot for a fight fan to be thankful for, as there are reasons to feel optimistic about the future.
The votes are still coming in in certain qarters, but some big publications/websites have made their pick and have announced such: the 2019 Fighter of the Year, according to ESPN.com
In order to comply with the World Boxing Organization’s (“WBO”) prohibition against its champions holding titles from other sanctioning organizations in multiple weight classes, four-division world champion Canelo Alvarez (53-1-2, 36 KOs) and the WBO have reached an agreement for Canelo to vacate the WBO’s Light Heavyweight World Title.
Right after he made boxing history by stopping the naturally bigger Sergey Kovalev up at light-heavyweight, quickly began wondering what Canelo Alvarez’ next move would be.
This past Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada – in a bout that was televised in the US by the relatively new powerhouse streaming app service known as DAZN – Canelo Alvarez made his 175 pound debut when he moved up to challenge WBO light heavyweight world champion Sergey Kovalev.
Though Canelo Alvarez’ winning performance over Sergey Kovalev has gained mixed reviews – some fans and experts being impressed with the manner in which the middleweight king took out a much bigger man, others saying the fight was boring and Kovalev was “on the way down” before the fight – there are a good number of people stating how the Mexican superstar is now fully deserving of being ranked as the number-one best in the sport pound-for-pound.
Going into last night’s risky gamble of a fight with light-heavyweight belt-holder Sergey Kovalev, Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez claimed he was the best pound-for-pound fighter in the sport; ahead of guys like Vasyl Lomachenko, adding that he has “done more.”