Who is the opponent of today's No. 1 boxing superstar Sur Alvarez in May? It will be March soon, and he has not yet announced. This is a question that has been left unanswered for a long time. Boxing magazines have revealed in advance that the opponent is WBC middleweight champion Jemal Charlo. But Alvarez himself did not explicitly admit it, and Charlo himself denied beating Ava in May, making things confusing.
But today Alvarez suddenly announced in an interview that he wouldn't be considering a fight with 147-pound overlord Terrence Crawford. In this way, Crawford is definitely going to be disappointed.
The picture above is a screenshot of Alvarez's original words, which roughly means: "Alvarez confirms that there is no possibility of a war with Crawford, because I have nothing to gain by playing Crawford, and there is nothing to lose, and if I defeat Crawford, people will say that I bully him too small." ”
The current situation is that Alvarez has denied choosing Crawford to play. So who is left? It's only Big Charlo. Alvarez also denied the Mexican Monguia two days ago.
As for David Benavidez, Alvarez has not mentioned that he can't play against Big Ben in May, even if he plays Big Ben, he is close to retirement, and it doesn't matter if he loses, he will make a lot of money anyway.
Alvarez's opponent in May is basically Big Charlo, let's wait for the official announcement.
Speaking of physique, Alvarez once reached 175 pounds and defeated Kovalev and later lost to Bivol. It shows that he has a physique of 175 pounds, which is also his limit. Then Crawford raced at 147 pounds at most, and he didn't even go to 154 pounds. We can say that 154 pounds is Crawford's limit.
After all, Crawford started at 135 pounds.
One is the 154-pound limit, the other is the 175-pound limit, a difference of 21 pounds, this is 3 levels, professional boxing is also reasonable according to the weight division, to fight small and big, especially in the case of similar technology, of course, it is the advantage of the big physique, one force down ten, excellent big man can often beat excellent small man.
Alvarez is about to turn 34 and is already on the decline, and he could retire with up to five games left. Before the end of 2025, he may announce his retirement, and it is likely that he will not play until 2026.
Some people say that 34 is not a good time? No, it may be for others, but Alvarez is not. Let's not forget that Alvarez has been boxing professionally since he was 15, several years before the average person, and his body is also wearing a lot.
Alvarez chose Big Charlo, which is very cost-effective, safe and can make a lot of money. He can easily defeat Little Charlo or Big Charlo, and the two Charlo brothers gave Alvarez their heads. Crawford should think of other ways, don't always stare at Alvarez as a straw, such as WBO super welterweight champion Xiao Ziyu, which is also a good choice, and Charlo Jr., can also be considered. Hanging yourself from a tree is never a wise choice. [Text/Fighting Jianghu]