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The aspirations of Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez to compete next September, it seems that they will not be fulfilled before the impossibility of making a fight.
As it was custom every year, the Mexican used to fight a fight in that month as part of the commemoration of independence of his country.
Canelo’s plan was to confront Caleb Plant and so on unify the light heavyweight titles , to become the first boxer to achieve it.
Talks with Dmitry Bivol were moving along but time ran out for both fighters to hold proper training camps. With no deal in place, Alvarez won’t fight on Mexican Independene Day Weekend for third consecutive year. Will be interesting to see who gets the call in November https://t.co/ddcEt4GBxa
– Mike Coppinger (@MikeCoppinger) August 6, 2021
But nevertheless, due to conflicts of interest none of the teams agreed to finalize the contract and everything was up there.
The information was confirmed by the promoter of Matchroom Boxing, Eddie Hearn to ESPN reporter Mike Coppinger.
Eddie Hearn tells @ MikeCoppinger that Canelo Alvarez will not be fighting on Mexican Independence Day weekend. pic.twitter.com/CZsG3vjr5a
– ESPN Ringside (@ESPNRingside) August 6, 2021
Although some boxers have asked Canelo for a fight, but the intention of the one from Jalisco was to be able to do it with Plant , bout that could have generated the best Mexican earnings in its history.
Perhaps the closest possibility that Álvarez has is fight with Dmitry Bivol , but for that you must upload to 175 pounds.
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