Canelo eyes Mbilli or Scull

Canelo Alvarez, a unified Super Media champion, will fight against Christian Mbilli or IBF champion William Scull in May to help stay ready for September.

Eddy Reynoso, coach/manager of Canelo, told @boxzteca7 that Scull (23-0, 9 kos) and Mbilli (28-0, 23 kos) are the two candidates to choose in May.

Why mug? / Why scull?

Mbilli would be the much more difficult opponent of Alvarez due to his power, the rate of high work and the aggression without stopping. It would be like a smaller and more compact version of David Benavidez, and would attack Canelo non stop.

It would be an absolute nightmare for Alarez to fight Mbilli, but it would be a fun and competitive struggle to see as long as it lasts. You could not rule out a victory for Mbilli and it would not be a great discomfort at this time of Canelo’s career. Its resistance is so bad now, and it is too enlightened for its small frame of 5’8 “.

None of the two fighters will attract a lot of interest from the fans of Canelo’s followers around the world, but there is no longer much to choose from. Canelo, 34, has broken all interesting contenders now that David Morrell and David Benavidez are no longer in the weight class.

The Scull, born in Cuba, won a 12 -round decision on Vladimir Shishkin on October 19 in Stadhalle, Falkensee, Germany. Scull did not show much power or talent in this struggle and was fortunate enough to win. Many boxing fans felt Shishkin should have won.

The lack of Scull punch power will be problematic if the Canelo struggle is lands because it is too weak to compete. However, he has good skills and can be able to steal the rounds against Alvarez, as Edgar Berlanga did in the last struggle of the Mexican superstar on September 14.

In the first half, the struggle was unilateral, with a totally dominant channel the Berlanga without experience. But in the second half, Alvarez faded badly, allowing Berlanga to start up and enjoy some success.

Canelo has to keep it occupied by preparing for a title defense against Boxer/Puncher Terence Crawford in September. Keeping strong is essential for Canelo because Crawford is a high level fighter with speed, counterpunction capacity and mobility.

Wait for Crawford

Interestingly, Crawford (41-0, 31 kos) will choose to sit and wait until September and take on the risk of entering Canelo’s struggle after a year outside the ring. However, Crawford has struggled once a year since 2020 and has not affected it. He did not fight against the avant -garde opposition and obviously helped.

Crawford has fought a good fighter since 2020, Israil Madrimov, and had a difficult time to overcome it last August. The young man, 37, did not look good against Madrimov, which is not a surprise due to his one -year dismissal and his weak resume in the last six years.