Boxing’s hot 2023 continues with a unique super fight in Canelo Alvarez vs. Jermell Charlo on September 30. Charlo, the undisputed super welterweight champion, moves up two weight classes to face the undisputed champion at super middleweight.
The fight, in the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, airs on Showtime PPV. It features two dominant champions, one who boxes regularly and one who is just coming off surgery. Outside of that bout, one dream matchup that has circulated around the internet is Canelo vs. undisputed welterweight champion Terence Crawford.
Is this a fight that needs to be made?
On paper and social media, it would be considered one of the biggest fights in boxing. The names alone will bring in plenty of fans. But is it necessary? Both fighters have multiple contenders in their division waiting to fight for gold. There is also the issue regarding weight.
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The basic gist of this topic, per The Sporting News: The fight is never going to happen. By making news out of thin air, rumors of fighters “ducking” the other start. Unrealistic expectations form and the same cycle of debates form.
Back to the fight actual happening, would would win between Canelo and Charlo? On this episode of Fightin’ Words, The Sporting News' Andreas Hale, Karisa Maxwell, and Tom Gray break down the fight, including the following topics:
- Debating whether Canelo is on the decline
- Looking into why it seems David Benavidez is being ignored by Canelo.
- Discussing why Canelo vs. Charlo is happening and why it shouldn’t
- Playing matchmaker on who Charlo, Crawford, and Canelo should fight next
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