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Coming off his first fight of 2023, Canelo Alvarez is already starting to his eye his next potential opponent and is targeting Jermall Charlo and Badou Jack, according to ESPN’s Mike Coppinger.
Alvarez, 32, defeated John Ryder on May 6 in Mexico via unanimous decision. He and his trainer/manager, Eddy Reynoso, met with PBC founder Al Haymon in Cleveland, the two sides discussed a possible fight with Charlo, per Coppinger’s sources.
The undisputed super middleweight champion has also been in talks with Jack’s manager, Amer Abdallah.
In the past, Alvarez has been adamant about wanting a rematch against Dmitry Bivol in September. Bivol handed Alvarez his first defeat in nearly nine years in May 2022.
But now it looks like the target may be changing for him.
Charlo, 33, would be coming off a very long layoff to fac