This week, the IBF officially issued an order to the undisputed 168-pound super middleweight champion Carneiro Alvarez to strike a deal with mandatory challenger William Schull for the next four weeks or face being stripped of his title. Earlier this month, Alvarez defeated fellow Mexican compatriot Jimmy Monguia to defend his WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO belts.
According to World Boxing News, they have learned from multiple sources that Alvarez will not face Schull because his opponent is not worthy of a fight, and the four-week negotiation time given by the IBF is too short, so Alvarez is likely to give up the IBF title.
Fans have such a question, who is Scour? If you have watched the live broadcast of Alvarez vs Monguia, you may have an impression of Scour, who appeared in the Alvarez and Monguia battle match at that time, defeating American fighter Sean Hemphill on points, and that's it.
It makes sense that the public is not familiar with Scour, because the 31-year-old fighter from Cuba has not been obvious in the past, he has won the IBO International, IBF Latin America Super Middleweight Championship titles, but unfortunately according to the information provided by the boxing archive network, Scour has only played two 2-star confrontations so far, and the rest are all 1-star or 0-star, it is not difficult to imagine the quality of his fights, and Scour's professional record is 22 wins, 9 knockouts of opponents, and the knockdown rate is only a little more than 40%, it is difficult to arouse the public's interest, It's even less likely to pique Alvarez's interest, and he's not obligated to let such a fighter "bathe in the spring breeze."
Alvarez has always been insensitive to forced title defenses, and the last time he did so was in 2021 against WBC mandatory challenger Avni Yildirim, which seemed to the outside world to be more like Alvarez's adjustment match, and he had to do so in the face of WBC's mandatory title defense order in order to unify the entire division. Right now, Alvarez is already the undisputed champion of 168 pounds, and having a few belts is just a number for him, and it doesn't matter if he has more or less, but if he does give up the IBF title, it means that Alvarez's undisputed supremacy counts down, but in his heart, it doesn't matter.
Now, fans are focused on who Alvarez will face next, and he plans to make his debut in September, and among Alvarez's several potential opponents, Terence Crawford can be temporarily ruled out, as he will be competing in August and is unlikely to be Alvarez's opponent in September. WBA forced challenger Edgar Berlanga is thought to be a possible opportunity, depending on whether the WBA gives the order? Considering that Alvarez is now part of the PBC and Berlanga is part of DAZN, there are a number of issues that need to be resolved between the two camps.
There are rumours that the PBC may arrange Alvarez to play against Djmar Charlo, but Charlo, who was arrested for a traffic accident last week, has a bleak road ahead and is in uneventful form to attract public interest.
If you rule out the fighters involved, Alvarez may only have one opponent left, and that's David Benavidez. Alvarez's gesture to Benavidez sitting in the audience after beating Monguia this month is a positive sign, although it is widely believed that Alvarez has been avoiding Benavidez, but I feel that he does not rule out choosing Benavidez in September, and it is estimated that Alvarez's team is waiting for Benavidez's battle with Oreksand-Grozdik next month, and they will make a decision after fully evaluating this rivalry, and hopefully this will be the case.