Meanwhile, it seems unlikely that Canelo is facing Mungia. Canelo is starting to pick opponents that are beatable but also marketable. Canelo said he is not fighting a Mexican and his next fight is against an American. I say Crawford or Jermall.
But so far Jaime Munguia is a pretty ideal potential opponent for Canelo, considering Mugia performance is currently on fire compared to the other two potential opponents, of course it's quite disappointing if Canelo prefers a weak opponent and to be honest it seems like Canelo is a little afraid of Jaime Munguia and makes somone comes from Mexico as a reason to avoid Jaime Munguia, as we know, Jermall Charlo has taken a break from the world of boxing for a while and if he returns to face Canelo on May 4, of course he won't have enough time to restore his stamina so it will clearly be an easy opponent for Canelo later, apart from that Charlo has reportedly denied that he will fight Canelo because so far Charlo is on holiday and said in an interview that he has not received an offer for the fight, I think so far there doesn't seem to be any solid information about who the opponent will be to faced by Canelo to defend his IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO super middleweight title belts.
Ideal yes, but Canelo as we have been saying, is hiding on the reason that he doesn't want to fight another Mexican, so strike it out,
Munguia and
Benavidez. Charlo though trying to deny for now that he will be the next opponent, so if not him and not Crawford, who will be?
Bivol will have his fight already against Beterbiev, and so he is also out of the equation, and if we look at the champions at 168 lbs, David Morrell is the only one for him. Unless he is willing to fight the number 1 rank in two divisions its, Christian Mbilli.
Then I guess Canelo would retire at the current status as he doesn't want to fight a Mexican boxer. Let's hope that Bivol will win so he has no excuse, a rematch would be fun to watch and people will surely be invested on the fight. Maybe after Bivol beating Beterbiev which is a tough opponent despite an aging boxer already, both camp might agree already with a 50/50 sharing.
But who the hell is Mbilli? He is not American, not Mexican but a French fighter.
Fighting a mandatory challenger or a boxer with a good rank is okay, but it's better if Canelo would fight a popular one as that would satisfy the fans.