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IBF super middleweight champion William Scull revealed today that Canelo Alvarez’s team has approached him for an undisputed championship fight at 168 in May in Las Vegas.
If the fight against Cuban Scull (23-0, 9 KOs) is made, WBA, WBC and WBO 168-pound champion Canelo (62-2-2, 39 KOs) would have the opportunity to become twice indisputable. champion
Canelo Calling
That probably won’t make Terence Crawford happy because he was hoping to move up to 168 to challenge Canelo for their unified titles. However, that doesn’t seem to be happening for Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs), and he’ll have to make other plans, such as fighting at 154 or retiring. Well, we don’t always get what we want.
It doesn’t look good for Crawford with his dreams of fighting Canelo, but he probably won’t sit down and hope this fight happens.
If he had kept himself busy fighting often, he wouldn’t have to push so hard for a golden parachute fight against Canelo. He would make a lot of money from his other fights. If Crawford moves up to 175, he could face David Benavidez and try to put himself in position for a big payday by fighting undisputed light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev. Crawford has been reported to fight at lightweight all the time.
Scull, 32, recently won the vacant IBF title with a questionable 12-round unanimous decision victory over Vladimir Shishkin on October 19 at Stadthalle, Falkensee, Germany. The scores were 116-113, 116-112 and 115-113. Many boxing fans felt Shishkin had done enough to deserve the win.
Scull’s big break
“William Scull confirms for the program Cubanos Punos that there is an approach between his team and the #CaneloTeam for a possible unifying confrontation next May in Las Vegas. Scull adds that this January 10 there will be an official meeting between both teams to finally agree. Also, the IBF super middleweight world champion clarifies that Berlanga did exist as a possibility, as did Christian Mbilli, who was ruled out for monetary reasons,” Carlos Linares told X.
