What’s Left for Canelo Alvarez After Terence Crawford Loss?

Friday | Sep 19, 2025

The WBC’s latest super middleweight rankings are in and Canelo Alvarez is no longer the champion, he’s now listed as the No. 1 contender at 168 pounds. We break down the biggest movements in the division and what this change could mean for Canelo’s future.

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champion4everFri Sep 19, 2025, 8:15 PM UTC

A very good question that I thought that no one was going to ask. If one were to ask me I would say retirement or running it back with Bud. He has nothing left to prove. However, I am grateful that he gave Crawford an opportunity though. So he should be commended for that because it was a fight that he didn’t need or

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