IBF super middleweight champion William Scull revealed today that he has been approached by Canelo Alvarez’s team for an undisputed title fight at 168 in May in Las Vegas.
If the fight against Cuban Scull (23-0, 9 KOs) takes place, WBA, WBC and WBO 168 lb champion Canelo (62-2-2, 39 KOs) would have the opportunity to become undisputed twice. champion
Canelo Calling
This probably won’t make Terence Crawford happy as he was hoping to move up to 168 to challenge Canelo for their unified titles. However, it doesn’t look like that will happen for Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs), and he needs to make other plans, such as fighting at 154 or retiring. Oh well, we don’t always get what we want.
With his estimated net worth at $250 millionCanelo is the only fighter that Turki Al-Shiekh can’t convince to take the fights he wants. Of course, anything is possible. If Turki offers Canelo a cool $150 million to fight Crawford, he might be tempted by the sweet offer. In addition to what happens, it is doubtful that Canelo will ever indulge Crawford because it is a no-win type of fight.
It doesn’t look good for Crawford with his dreams of fighting Canelo, but he probably won’t sit around and hope that match happens.
If Crawford was busy fighting as often as the people who work every day, he wouldn’t have to push so hard for a golden parachute retirement fight against Canelo. He would make a lot of money from his other fights.
If Crawford moves up to 175, he could take on David Benavidez and try to put himself in position to get a big payday fighting undisputed lightweight champion Artur Beterbiev. Crawford says he spars with light heavyweights all the time.
Scull, 32, claimed the vacant IBF title with a controversial 12-round unanimous decision victory over Vladimir Shishkin on October 19 at the Stadthalle, Falkensee, Germany. The scores were 116-113, 116-112 and 115-113. Many boxing fans felt that Shishkin had done enough to deserve the win.
Skull’s Big Break
“William Scull confirms for the program Cubanos Punos that there is an approach between his team and the #Canelo Team for a possible unifying confrontation next May in Las Vegas. Scull adds that this January 10, there will be an official meeting between the two teams to finally agree on everything. In addition, the IBF super middle world champion clarifies that Berlanga existed as a possibility, as did Christian Mbilli, who was excluded for monetary reasons. said Carlos Linares on X.
