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Canelo Alvarez Next Opponent And Fight Date Revealed

Saul "Canelo" Alvarez now has his next fight and date booked, according to Turki Alalshikh.
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Sep 17, 2022; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Canelo Alvarez (red trunks) and Gennadiy Golovkin (white trunks) box during a super middleweight championship bout at T-Mobile Arena. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-Imagn Images
Sep 17, 2022; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Canelo Alvarez (red trunks) and Gennadiy Golovkin (white trunks) box during a super middleweight championship bout at T-Mobile Arena. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-Imagn Images | Joe Camporeale-Imagn Images

Saul "Canelo" Alvarez has been at the center of discussion among the boxing world over the past week or so due to various reports about who and when he is going to fight this year.

This all started when Ring Magazine announced on February 2 that Canelo had an agreement in place to fight pound-for-pound great Terence Crawford in Las Vegas in September 2025. However, that fight fizzled out once it was rumored that Canelo was in advanced fight negotiations with Jake Paul.

But things changed quickly on February 6, once Turki Alalshikh entered the picture and offered Canelo a lucrative four-fight deal (which included him not fighting Paul), which Canelo accepted — leaving Paul upset at the altar.

Soon after this contract was signed, it was revealed that the first fight of Canelo's deal would be in May, in Riyadh. While there had been several potential opponents listed, there wasn't a confirmation on the exact date and opponent Canelo would fight until Turki Alalshikh made a February 8 X post that disclosed both.

"The legend Saul Alvarez Canelo will fight William Scull in undisputed fight in Riyadh on the 3rd of May … if he win the fight in September will be undisputed again 🔥🥊," Alalshikh wrote.

It was later revealed that this fight will be for the undisputed Ring, WBA, WBC, IBF & WBO super-middleweight world titles.

It's no surprise that Canelo is fighting on May 3, as he almost always fights in or around Cinco De Mayo.

William Scull is a 32-year-old boxer with a perfect 32-0 record that includes 9 KOs. Despite this undefeated resumé, it's hard to imagine Canelo having a tough time with him en route to what will likely be a showdown with Terence Crawford in September.

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Grant Young is a Staff Writer for On SI’s Boxing, New York Mets, Indiana Fever, and Women’s Fastbreak sites. Before joining SI in 2024, he wrote for various boxing and sports verticals such as FanBuzz and NY Fights. Young has a bachelor’s degree in marketing and a master’s degree in creative writing with an emphasis on sports nonfiction from the University of San Francisco, where he played five seasons of Division 1 baseball. He fought Muay Thai professionally in Thailand in 2023, loves a good essay, and is driven crazy trying to handle a pitpull puppy named Aura. Young lives in San Diego and was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area.