Best Next Opponent for Canelo -- Charlo, Andrade, Callum, BJS, Bivol, SOG?

**yankees7448** · 11-04-2019, 02:14 PM

Originally posted by USMCer

Light Heavyweight:

Dmitry Bivol has no fight scheduled

Artur Beterbiev has no fight scheduled

Andre Ward has no fight scheduled, inactive

Super Middleweight:

Callum Smith is facing John Ryder in November

Billy Joe Saunders is facing Marcelo Esteban Coceres next week

Chris Eubank Jr is facing Matvey Korobov in December

Middleweight:

Gennady Golovkin has no fight scheduled

Jermall Charlo is facing Denis Hogan in December

Demetrius Andrade has no fight scheduled

Super Welterweight:

Jaime Mungia has no fight scheduled

Julian Williams is facing Jeison Rosario in January

Who do YOU want to see him fight next?

Technically Chris Eubanks Jr is going back down to 160. And Canelo's team already alluded to it being difficult to make it back to middleweight. So Mungia, Williams, Eubanks and any 160lber who isn't planning to move up is not an option.

**yankees7448** · 11-04-2019, 02:19 PM

My guess is that Gennady Golovkin won't be the option. He's going to be fighting the last week of February or early March. I don't think he's of the age where he'd be ready to turn around and go through another camp in time for a fight in the first week of May.

I am thinking it will be someone you forgot. David Lemieux is moving up to 168 if memory serves me correctly. He'd be an easy mark to make sure Canelo is comfortable at the weight again and he is promoted by Golden Boy.

**USMCer** · 11-04-2019, 02:22 PM

Originally posted by yankees7448

Technically Chris Eubanks Jr is going back down to 160. And Canelo's team already alluded to it being difficult to make it back to middleweight. So Mungia, Williams, Eubanks and any 160lber who isn't planning to move up is not an option.

Good info. I think he'll be back at MW. But the question is who do you want to see him fight next (what weight it's fought at is secondary, ya know).

**USMCer** · 11-04-2019, 02:23 PM

Originally posted by yankees7448

My guess is that Gennady Golovkin won't be the option. He's going to be fighting the last week of February or early March. I don't think he's of the age where he'd be ready to turn around and go through another camp in time for a fight in the first week of May.

I am thinking it will be someone you forgot. David Lemieux is moving up to 168 if memory serves me correctly. He'd be an easy mark to make sure Canelo is comfortable at the weight again and he is promoted by Golden Boy.

Who do YOU WANT to see Canelo fight next???
Not asking for a prediction on who they will give him.

Is Lemieux who you'd pick?

**belerof** · 11-04-2019, 02:25 PM

bivol,callum smith and joe saunders the rest are not competitive fights

**belerof** · 11-04-2019, 02:26 PM

ward could be an interesting fight too

**yankees7448** · 11-04-2019, 03:02 PM

Originally posted by USMCer

Who do YOU WANT to see Canelo fight next???
Not asking for a prediction on who they will give him.

Is Lemieux who you'd pick?

Oh he absolutely isn't who I'd pick. If going back down to 160 isn't an option I would like him to take on Callum Smith next. He's the top rated 168lber.

Edit...the more I think about it the more I would prefer to see him fight Billy Jo Saunders. I think his more mobile boxing style might give Canelo problems. Plus if he beats Saunders Canelo would have beaten all three guys who were longtime middleweight champions in recent years. It would cement that he was the best middleweight of that era.

**Born X Raised** · 11-04-2019, 03:36 PM

I wanna see Canelo fight Callum Smith next.

If Canelo beats Smith he’d legitimately be a champion in 3 different weight classes at the same time.

I think it’s funny how the people that don’t consider Canelo’s WBA Regular title at 168 legit do consider Golovkin’s title defenses streak at 20 legit even though he only had the WBA Regular title for a bunch of them.

**Boxing_1013** · 11-04-2019, 03:43 PM

I would say GGG at 168

Best Next Opponent for Canelo -- Charlo, Andrade, Callum, BJS, Bivol, SOG?