This is weird. Because what I am hearing is that Canelo is 90% close to making a deal against WBC cruiserweight champion Badou Jack. Not an easy fight for Canelo despite Jack at 39 years old. But should Canelo lose again, he remains undisputed at 168 while he's got the chance to become a 5-division world champion if he beats Jack.
Needless to say, what we have here are just a mere speculations of what might be Canelo Alvarez's future move because it sure looks like he got a lot of option right now. But seriously though, CW might be too much for him because it was already clear that he is having a hard time fighting against a natural LHW. What more if it's a CW champion, I can't just imagine what will happen
Anyways, should the rumor of Jermall-Canelo is the one to be made, I wonder if the WBC elevates Benavidez as its champion since he is the interim champ and even fought for an unnecessary eliminator.
As of now, there are no clear signs to Canelo's plan and only their team really knows what's the real score but it will not surprise me anymore if Benavidez will not get his chance even if he's the interim champ because currently, Canelo got the perks of having the organizer, promoter, sanctioning bodies and even judges are on his side.
Yes, that's why it is called rumour though, but as boxing fans, we want to speculate as what will be the next move of their team.
We wanted a Bivol or Benavidez fight, seems not going to happen. Bivol says that the offer is not as good as what they have expected giving the fact that they beat Canelo. And then with the Benavidez fight, it seems that Canelo is not interested.
And so the rumour that recently came out, Charlo the champion at 160 lbs is their next target. So we will see if this is what Canelo's camp wanted and what they are going to accomplished if they chooses a small fighter who is not that active.
It's weird because seeing Bivol do a good job with any boxer is something not to be missed, however Benavidez is a boxer who has been increasing his level, that's what I don't like about current boxers, that you always have him They had to be there licking boots for them to accept a challenge, when before they were nobody, they even fought with anyone who challenged them in the street in order to become famous, now with respect to Bivol he should accept all kinds of challenges, he is someone who needs Being much more valued, he will not fight only with the most famous, because the most famous will not want to fight with him, he has to attract the attention of the famous so that he is at their level.
As far as Bivol goes, he said he is willing to fight the winner of Charlo vs Alvarez, or at least if Canelo wins. He might have a dance partner this October, England’s Dan Azeez. But let's see if this is going to push through or not. Because Azeez could fight Buatsi as well for a eliminator and winner facing Bivol for this belt.
But within 168 pound division and considering that Canelo win his title defense against Charlo because Bivol also said that he was not really inclined to fight with Canelo and have a rematch in his own division as that will not make any difference at all. I mean, that is reasonable in Bivol's side as it was indeed clear as crystal that Canelo cannot defeat the WBC champ in the LHW division.
He is already desperate though, and so he said that he is willing to go down to 168 lbs and fight Canelo.
But it's already a foregone conclusion now, Bivol will have to wait now, as Canelo is with PBC right now and he is now going to defend his 175 lbs to either the mention names. So still not lost for Bivol, he might just have to continue to win and maybe either Canelo or Beterbiev will still be interested. Beterbiev for unification and Canelo so that he can avenge his defeat to Bivol.
But Canelo is not interested in defending the belts at 168 because the first encounter happened at 175, anyhow, Canelo will have to give the demand if he's really that eager to have a rematch even if there's too much risk in his position because he's now not in the A-side and he is the one now chasing Bivol.
It doesn't matter whether 168 or 175 lbs, Canelo will eventually have to rematch Bivol. He said that he will not give Golovkin a rematch and yet they fought in trilogy. So most likely this will happen to Bivol.
As long as Canelo is willing then it will happen. The problem seems to be Canelo ducking Bivol clearly as he moved to PBC to make the fight difficult to do and maybe it's going to be too late as Canelo is somewhat maybe on the twilight of his career although he cherry pick a inactive fighter for his next fight in Charlo to ensure that he is still going to win.
Of course, it does matter because at 168, Canelo got of belts to defend and while he might be the stronger one, but his win is not guaranteed and that is also the reason why he's definitely thinking twice before giving what Bivol wanted because as per the last discussion they have made, Canelo tried to purse the fight at 175 but Bivol and his team declined.
What I meant is that if Canelo wanted to fight Bivol, he can simply made it whether at 168 or 175 lbs. But the reason why the fight is not happening because Canelo have intentionally low ball Bivol for the money.
Bivol's situation is very different compared to Golovkin's because it was the latter who pursued the trilogy and waited for a couple of years before Canelo finally agreed as Canelo doesn't have much choice at that time because it was a 3-fight deal which included the trilogy and Bivol fight before that. While Bivol is not the one right now who is chasing, it is Canelo.
It might be the same if Canelo didn't go to PBC. But clearly, it was just a front for him and his fans that he will stay with Eddie Hearn and Matchroom. But at the last meaning he bailed out and go to Al Haymon. Now he will have only Benavidez to face as a threat in his 3 fight deal with them.
What I understand is that Bivol has already beaten Canelo, Canelo wants to fight him because he wants to get rid of it, but what can Canelo offer a Bivol who has already said he needs to win belts and level up, who wants to face him? the best to gain fame, obviously when you gain fame you earn much more money, I think that the Russian here has everything very clear, he wants money, he wants to go with the best, that's fine, I know that rematches are good, but he What he is looking for is respectable, I don't blame him, of course I want him to give Canelo a rematch, but for CXanelo to offer him something big, I don't know if the current boxing business model allows it, but that would be interesting.
What I intuit is that Bivol thinks, if there is a fight, Canelo will count, because he cannot have an option until a few months from now to face a boxer where he can fight for a belt or a title, if he loses his chance it will be because of the fight of revenge, maybe fame will increase, but it is not guaranteed, I think Bivol is looking for the sure thing.
Bivol Questions Canelo's Negotiating Tactics, Says It Was Wrong to Demand Catchweight Against Badou Jack
mitry Bivol apparently has a low opinion of Canelo Alvarez’s bargaining maneuvers.
The WBA light heavyweight titlist from Russia criticized the Mexican superstar for seemingly employing “bait and switches” and demanding unreasonable catchweights.
Bivol was expected to face Alvarez, the undisputed 168-pound champion, last this fall in a rematch of their fight last year, which Bivol won by unanimous decision. But the two sides failed to come to terms, prompting Alvarez to seek another opponent. Alvarez then engaged cruiserweight titlist Badou Jack but those talks fell through as well. In the end, Alvarez signed a multi-fight deal with Premier Boxing Champions last week, effectively ending his relationship, in the short-term, with Matchroom Boxing, which has promoted the majority of Alvarez’s fights for the past couple of years. Now, the frontrunner to face Alvarez in the fall is WBC middleweight titlist Jermall Charlo.
Source:
https://www.boxingscene.com/bivol-questions-canelos-negotiating-tactics-says-it-wrong-demand-catchweight-against-badou-jack--175707And these, like many other things, are what the Russian shows that he does not want to fight Canelo, I don't know if Canelo wants to take advantage of everything, and always wants to fight for his own benefits, but I believe and consider that sometimes it is better to lose some things to win, I do not agree with a saying that sometimes people preach where I live that says: "Sometimes losing you win", I think that winning is what you should always look for, but it is wise to wait to lose something to finally win something much bigger and that is considered unattainable, this should be seen by Bivol, maybe it won't happen to him like that fight that Spence and Crawford has pending, which from what you can see, Crawford calmly has a better preparation than Spence and for quite some time.
I don't know if Bivol wants this rematch, maybe yes, maybe not, but if he puts it on a scale, all the time that has passed and there is no fight, they have to take Canelo's, if he beats him, he will indisputably have more arguments to say no to Canelo because he already beat him twice.
