By Gerardo Romero
Feb 26, 2024, 2:00 PM EST
The Mexican boxer and current undisputed super middleweight champion, Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez, is still in the middle of rumors about who will be his next rival in the ring as he has not yet made the formal announcement for the fight he will star in next. May 4 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Now in this last week a rumor has emerged about a possible dispute that the Aztec champion has with the company Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) with which the Aztec champion is fulfilling a contract for three fights of which he has only starred in one of them. ; The information details that said company wanted Canelo’s rival to be Jaime Munguía from Tijuana given the unattractive nature of a fight against the American Jermall Charlo.
This fact was not to the liking of the man from Guadalajara and according to the information provided by journalist Fernando Schwartz on his account on the social network faces exclusively against Jermall Charlo; With this he cut off any possibility of facing Munguía in the ring.
“Canelo does not accept another: Canelo threatened Al Haymon and PBC, if not Charlo, he will not fight. This is what Canelo said and I quote: Well, if it’s not Jermall, there’s no fight in May,” said Schwartz after learning what happened to the super middleweight champion.
These words would have been mentioned by the Colorado during a conversation he had with Al Haymon recently in the face of growing rumors that Jaime Munguía would be the next rival he would fight; It is important to highlight that these words arise in the midst of a series of criticisms against him for not accepting to fight against other Mexicans like David Benavídez.
Let us remember that Canelo Álvarez defeated Jermall’s twin brother, Jermell Charlo, last September in a fight that ended by unanimous decision in favor of the man from Guadalajara due to his fighting ability with which he was able to defeat his rival in most of the fights. disputed rounds.
One of the main candidates to face the Mexican is precisely David Benavídez, who will become the mandatory challenger of the World Boxing Council (WBC) for the month of March after statements made by the president of the organization, Mauricio Sulaimán.
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