Canelo Alvarez fights 2025: Terence Crawford and other possible opponents for May
The Mexican fighter anticipated that he plans to have his first fight of the year in his usual month
Canelo Alvarez has established a tradition of having two fights a year: May and September, the latter on the weekend that celebrates Mexico’s Independence.
Since 2022, he has scheduled his fights in these two months and it is expected that he will do so again, so it is more intriguing who will be his next opponent.
Due to the lack of interest in accepting the challenge of David Benavidez, the mandatory WBC 168-pound challenger, Terence Crawford (41-0) looks like a strong option for Saul Alvarez (62-2-2) and his first fight of the year.
Although it seems that the fight is more media than competitive, as Crawford fights at 154 pounds, the super welterweight, two categories below that of the Guadalajara native.
However, both Crawford and Sheikh Turki Alalshikh are trying to convince Alvarez to accept the fight, for which he was asking for $150 million.
More options for Canelo Alvarez
Given how unconvincing the fight against Terence Crawford could be in sporting terms and the evasiveness against Benavidez, today at 175 pounds, Saul Alvarez could have other interesting options to open 2025 in the ring.
Another name that has been mentioned for Canelo is Christian Mbili, a 29-year-old Frenchman with an undefeated 28-0 record, who in his last fight defeated Sergy Derevyanchenko in August and would be a contender for the World Boxing Council.
A possibility that in September was already ruled out was William Scull (23-0), the IBF challenger, an organization that removed the undisputed tag from the Mexican for refusing to fight the Cuban and stripped him of his world title.
Boxing News is keen to propose a couple of natural super middleweight fighters. Diego Pacheco is one of them, who has a record of 22-0 and 18 knockouts. The 23-year-old would be a challenger for the WBC and WBO, although on January 25 he has his next fight against Steven Nelson (20-0) in Las Vegas.
The other option listed by the media is the Cuban Osleys Iglesias, who at 27 years of age has a record of 13-0 with 12 knockouts and is making his career with the International Boxing Organization.
While waiting for a date and opponent to be announced, Canelo Alvarez does not seem to have any other options, unless it were for a rematch with Jaime Munguia, but it looks difficult after his defeat to Bruno Surace, with whom he would go for the rematch. In the meantime, all information seems to be just rumors.
