Crew Canelo Alvarez has reportedly approached IBF tremendous middleweight champion William Scull (23-0, 9 KOs) for a battle in Might on the Mexican Cinco de Mayo vacation weekend.
This undisputed championship match would give Canelo (62-2-2, 39 KOs) an opportunity to recapture his IBF title to make him a two-time four-belt champion.
Shock Opponent
It’s a little bit of a shock that Canelo is seeking to face Scull, as there have been rumors that the Mexican famous person is planning to battle Terence Crawford subsequent Might. These have been pretend information, as Canelo is now seeking to doubtlessly battle the Cuban Scull subsequent, seeking to develop into an undisputed champion at 168.
On October nineteenth, the 32-year-old Scull, based mostly in Germany, gained the IBF title towards Vladimir Shishkin in a 12-round unanimous determination. Though his efficiency wasn’t spectacular, Scull bought the job accomplished, profitable the battle regardless of a questionable determination in Germany. There had been speak of a rematch to clear up the controversy, however that doesn’t seem like it can occur.
“William Scull confirms for this system Cubanos Punos that there’s a rapprochement between his staff and the #Canelo Crew for a doable unifying confrontation subsequent Might in Las Vegas. Scull provides that this January 10, there will probably be an official assembly between each groups to lastly agree on every thing. Moreover, the IBF Tremendous Middleweight World Champion clarifies that Berlanga did exist as a chance, as did Christian Mbilli, who was dominated out for financial causes,” stated Carlos Linares on X.
Boxing followers on social media are taking the information of Canelo vs. Scull, which may doubtlessly occur subsequent, fairly arduous. A lot of them needed to see Terence Crawford as Alvarez’s subsequent opponent. Nevertheless, Crawford doesn’t convey a lot to the desk both as a result of he’s NOT a family identify with informal boxing followers within the U.S.
A section of hardcore boxing followers take pleasure in Crawford’s counterpunching preventing model, however he’s by no means been a PPV attraction. He has solely had one battle that introduced in good numbers towards Errol Spence.
Errol, not Crawford, introduced the followers in. It’s reported that Terence’s final battle towards Israil Madrimov, their August third conflict on DAZN pay-per-view, introduced in 75,000 to 100,000 PPV buys. These are horrible numbers, which confirms that Crawford isn’t a PPV attraction.
