Saul “Canelo” Alvarez’s upcoming bout has been confirmed, and opposite to earlier hypothesis after Alvarez signed a three-fight take care of Premier Boxing Champions, he might be dealing with one of many Charlo twins, simply not the dual that was initially anticipated. Alvarez will defend his undisputed tremendous middleweight championship against undisputed junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo on September thirtieth in Las Vegas, introduced by the promotion on Friday. Initial stories steered that Alvarez would fight WBC middleweight champion Jermall Charlo after signing with PBC. However, in keeping with SI’s Chris Mannix, Jermall has private points to take care of, main Jermell to step up two weight lessons for a possibility to problem Alvarez for his 4 world titles.Alvarez took to Twitter to announce the fight on Friday afternoon.
Alvarez (59-2-2, 39 KO), aged 32, might be making his third title protection since profitable the IBF tremendous middleweight title and unifying all 4 acknowledged world championships by defeating Caleb Plant in November 2021.
Following the Plant fight, Alvarez tried to maneuver as much as mild heavyweight in May 2022, aiming for a second world title in that weight class. However, Alvarez was outboxed by Dmitry Bivol, leading to his first loss since a choice defeat to Floyd Mayweather Jr. in September 2013.Nevertheless, Alvarez bounced again from that loss with wins over long-time rival Gennady Golovkin of their third bout and John Ryder in May.
Charlo (35-1-1, 19 KO) secured his first world title in May 2016, stopping John Jackson to turn into the WBC junior middleweight champion. He efficiently defended the title 3 times earlier than being upset by Tony Harrison in December 2018. Charlo reclaimed the WBC title within the rematch with Harrison and added the IBF and WBA titles with a stoppage victory against Jeison Rosario. After an exhilarating draw with WBO champion Brian Castano in July 2021, the pair had a rematch in May 2022, as soon as once more delivering a powerful fight earlier than Charlo scored a late stoppage to turn into the undisputed champion.
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