Canelo Álvarez (57-1-2, 39 KO) wants challenges. He has been repeating it for years and it seems that his ambition finds no limit. After unifying the super middleweight a few days ago, the Mexican said that he would take a vacation and that by January he would decide what to do. He has not been able to hold on, because this Tuesday (early morning to Wednesday in Spain) Eddy Reynoso dropped the bomb during the annual convention of the World Boxing Council which is being held in Mexico City.
“As a representative of Canelo I’m here to ask the WBC that the next fight is to look for the cruiserweight champion, Ilunga Makabu (28-2, 25 KO). That it gives us the opportunity to seek the fight with the champion immediately, “said Reynoso. Minutes later, the Council put it to a vote and approved it unanimously. Thus, Álvarez will chase his crown in a fifth division.
Undoubtedly the jump and the ordago is great, although the Congolese boxing is very inferior, but we must not forget a detail. The WBC created the Bridgerweight division last year, a ‘bridge’ weight between cruiser and heavyweight. That weight ranged from 200 to 224 pounds, but that scale will change. The Council will lower the Bridgerweight limit to 190 pounds. That is, on the Canelo scale you will have to go to 190 (86.1 kg) and not 200 (90.7 kg) pounds. It is a notable difference for him, and also for his rival who will have to lower it. The forecast is that this fight will take place in May, because Álvarez wants to be in the ring three times in 2022. The option to fight in Mexico has been reopened and it stands out that Eddy Reynoso declared to Chava Rodríguez (ESPN) that They have even offered Makabu to fight in his native country.