Canelo Alvarez released from Golden Boy contract, wants Dec. 19 fight against Caleb Plant
Boxing fans have not seen the sport's biggest star in the ring in over one year, but that might change before the end of 2020. Canelo Alvarez is now a promotional free agent after reaching an agreement to sever ties with Golden Boy Promotions and DAZN on Friday. The super middleweight champion ended his lengthy legal battle with his promoter and U.S. TV provider.
"In my role as a manager and coach of Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez, I allow myself to communicate to the boxing community and to all our fans, that starting today, November 6th, Canelo becomes a free agent, so we are ready to continue with his boxing career," manager Eddy Reynoso stated in a press release.
"All this time we have been working very hard in the gym with a lot of responsibility and discipline, to be in great physical shape and ready to fight this year and it will be!
"We will announce date, rival and place very soon, and we will return stronger than ever to keep growing and showing that Mexican boxing is the best."
A source told ESPN's Salvador Rodriguez that Alvarez (53-1-2, 36 KOs) and his team are targeting a return to the ring Dec. 19 against IBF super middleweight titlist Caleb Plant (20-0, 12 KOs), who fights for Premier Boxing Champions.
Trainer Eddy Reynoso says he’s open to the possibility of Canelo Alvarez fighting Errol Spence Jr and Jermall Charlo. But it’ll take time for those matches to happen.
Reynoso points out that Canelo (53-1-2, 36 KOs) is currently fighting at 168, and he would need to slowly drop back down to 160 for him to meet Spence (26-0, 21 KOs) or Charlo.
IBF/WBC welterweight champion Spence, 30, would need to move up from his weight class to 160, and that’ll take time as well.
Spence recently said he’d got three fights remaining at 147 against Danny Garcia, Manny Pacquiao, and Terence Crawford before moving up to 154.
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Canelo Alvarez released from Golden Boy contract, wants Dec. 19 fight against Caleb Plant
Boxing fans have not seen the sport's biggest star in the ring in over one year, but that might change before the end of 2020. Canelo Alvarez is now a promotional free agent after reaching an agreement to sever ties with Golden Boy Promotions and DAZN on Friday. The super middleweight champion ended his lengthy legal battle with his promoter and U.S. TV provider.
"In my role as a manager and coach of Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez, I allow myself to communicate to the boxing community and to all our fans, that starting today, November 6th, Canelo becomes a free agent, so we are ready to continue with his boxing career," manager Eddy Reynoso stated in a press release.
"All this time we have been working very hard in the gym with a lot of responsibility and discipline, to be in great physical shape and ready to fight this year and it will be!
"We will announce date, rival and place very soon, and we will return stronger than ever to keep growing and showing that Mexican boxing is the best."
A source told ESPN's Salvador Rodriguez that Alvarez (53-1-2, 36 KOs) and his team are targeting a return to the ring Dec. 19 against IBF super middleweight titlist Caleb Plant (20-0, 12 KOs), who fights for Premier Boxing Champions.
Trainer Eddy Reynoso says he’s open to the possibility of Canelo Alvarez fighting Errol Spence Jr and Jermall Charlo. But it’ll take time for those matches to happen.
Reynoso points out that Canelo (53-1-2, 36 KOs) is currently fighting at 168, and he would need to slowly drop back down to 160 for him to meet Spence (26-0, 21 KOs) or Charlo.
IBF/WBC welterweight champion Spence, 30, would need to move up from his weight class to 160, and that’ll take time as well.
Spence recently said he’d got three fights remaining at 147 against Danny Garcia, Manny Pacquiao, and Terence Crawford before moving up to 154.
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