Eddie Hearn assures that Canelo Alvarez and Dmitry Bivol will meet contained in the squared circle as soon as once more.
This comes as Alvarez (57-2-2, 39 KO) prepares to defend his Undisputed Tremendous Middleweight Championship towards arch-rival Gennadiy Golovkin (42-1-1, 37 KO) in September.
Hearn, promoter and president of Matchroom, revealed that he reached out to Bivol’s camp a few potential rematch with the Mexican famous person in Might subsequent yr.
The British promoter claimed that Alvarez is completely “determined” to avenge his loss to Bivol earlier this month. When requested if a rematch between Alvarez and Bivol will nonetheless occur, Hearn instructed the DAZN Boxing Present:
“Yeah, for certain. It was an attention-grabbing dialog as a result of Canelo needs to struggle Bivol once more. He clearly needs to struggle ‘GGG’, as properly. However actually, I’m fascinated by the timing for the ‘GGG’ struggle and that is the second. There’s just one time to struggle ‘GGG’ and it’s on September. The Undisputed Tremendous Middleweight Championship on the road, an enormous trilogy, this was the second to do that.”
He went on to say:
“We spoke to Bivol and to his staff. We’re working in the direction of the rematch of that struggle on Cinco de Mayo subsequent yr. Canelo, there’s no approach he received’t take that struggle. He’s determined to avenge [his loss].”
Watch Eddie Hearn’s full interview on the DAZN Boxing Present beneath:
Alvarez lately failed to grab the Russian’s WBA Mild Heavyweight title on Cinco de Mayo weekend. He was soundly crushed by the much-taller champion en path to a unanimous resolution setback.
The defeat to Bivol broke the Mexican’s nine-year unbeaten streak. It additionally triggered him to lose his pound-for-pound king title as he was dropped to sixth place by The Ring Journal on their record.
Canelo Alvarez to rekindle rivalry with Gennadiy Golovkin
Earlier than avenging his surprising loss to Dmitry Bivol earlier this month, Canelo Alvarez must settle the rating between himself and arch-nemesis Gennadiy Golovkin.
‘Cinnamon’ and ‘GGG’ are set for a trilogy struggle this September. They first fought in 2017 and 2018 at middleweight. Their first assembly ended with a controversial break up draw, whereas their second struggle was received by Alvarez through majority resolution.
Additionally Learn
Article Continues beneath
Regardless of coming off a loss, Alvarez is the heavy favourite in his showdown with the 40-year-old Golovkin. Nonetheless, the Kazakhstan-born fighter proved that he is not misplaced a step when he defeated Japan’s Ryota Murata for the WBA (Tremendous), IBF, and IBO Middleweight Titles final month through ninth-round technical knockout.
