Quote from: serjent05 on September 24, 2022, 07:35:57 PM

Quote from: Ziskinberg on September 24, 2022, 07:10:07 PM

Quote from: Kasabus on September 22, 2022, 07:31:10 PM

No news yet about Canelo yet on whom he will likely face next because he just came out from a trilogy fight against his long rival, Golovkin. Some rumors saying that he will activate his rematch after Bivol-Ramirez fight but I guess Canelo will not activate that if Ramirez will win because Bivol won't have belts by that time.

Recent rumors are saying that Canelo might activate the rematch if Bivol succeeds on his title defense against Zurdo and that might pursue because Bivol has nothing to do afterwards as Beterbiev is currently injured and he also have his own title defense he needed to win.

Canelo having a rematch against Bivol is always on the table, I believe it is also written on their first match contract that a rematch is viable when needed. I think it will be an interesting fight to see a rematch between the two and I am curious on the strategy Canelo's camp will implement to adjust to Bivol's strategy during their last fight.

Quote from: Ziskinberg on September 24, 2022, 07:10:07 PM

Also, if you guys remember our past discussion on Canelo's contract, I think it was written somewhere in that said contract that Canelo will face 3 boxers this year or hopefully next year 1st quarter, we already know the 2 boxers namely Bivol and Golovkin. Now, can somebody here guess who's that 3rd boxer? Or can someone confirm that there's indeed 3rd challenger?

I think DAZN has 3 fight deal for Canelo, you already stated the two boxer, the third boxer is either of the two, Ilunga Makabu or John Ryder ( more inclined on Makabu). It was stated in this article[1]

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According to Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn, the third fight for Canelo in December will be Ilunga Makabu or John Ryder. While some boxing fans will see those two as unworthy of

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For DAZN subscribers accustomed to watching boxing as part of their monthly subscription, they’re not going to be pleased having to shell out $60 to watch Canelo fight on PPV against Bivol, Golovkin, and possibly Makabu.

[1] https://www.boxingnews24.com/2022/02/365688/

Yes, I think that's the one. We already came across that name in the previous discussion, I don't know why that fight didn't materialized but I'm inclined that one of the possible reason is that they need to test the lightweight again first before Canelo moves to cruiserweight where Makabu is. Now that Canelo has failed to defeat Bivol in LHW, he needed to pass that test first by doing a rematch because if he can't still do it then I believe there's no point in taking Makabu in CW.

In Canelo's comfortable division, he needed an extra 32 pounds to get a fight in CW, that said weight will slow down Canelo for sure and will give a huge advantage for Ilunga Makabu who holds the WBC belt. Aside from that fact, Ilunga Makabu also have the height and reach advantage, so it's like fighting with the likes of Bivol again but this time he is much slower.