Sources: Canelo talks PBC reunion, Munguia fight

Canelo Alvarez and Premier Boxing Champions are discussing a reunion, sources urged ESPN, after the perimeters split final week with two fights remaining on a 3-fight deal signed in June.

Alvarez, boxing’s top superstar, is in talks with PBC a pair of Would possibly presumably perhaps honest 4 pay-per-search for fight vs. fellow Mexican fighter Jaime Munguia in Las Vegas, sources mentioned.

Alvarez, ESPN’s No. 4 pound-for-pound boxer, used to be lined up for an undisputed properly-kept middleweight championship defense against Jermall Charlo in Would possibly presumably perhaps honest. Nonetheless, Alvarez and PBC couldn’t comply with phrases for the matchup, which allowed him contractually to explore a amount of suggestions.

Alvarez (60-2-2, 39 KOs) mentioned a return to streaming carrier DAZN for bouts against Munguia and Edgar Berlanga this year, but when those talks stalled, the champion returned to the table with PBC, sources mentioned.

Alvarez, 33, is exploring one- and two-fight affords with PBC, sources mentioned. He every so often fights on Mexican Independence Day weekend in September, as properly.

Alvarez defeated Jermall’s twin brother, Jermell Charlo, thru unanimous choice in September to pick his undisputed properly-kept middleweight championship initially of his three-fight PBC partnership. When the deal used to be signed in June, Jermall Charlo used to be lined up because the first opponent earlier than he in a roundabout blueprint withdrew attributable to deepest matters. Jermell stepped in, whereas Jermall and Errol Spence Jr. loomed as possibilities for the second and third bouts of the deal. That used to be earlier than Spence used to be TKO’d by Terence Crawford in a one-sided beatdown in July, casting off one viable opponent for Alvarez.

Then in November, Jermall failed to provoke in a choice use against Jose Benavidez Jr. The bout used to be Charlo’s first in 29 months. Or no longer it is a immense match any time Alvarez fights, but there is runt business ask for a matchup with one other Charlo after Jermell’s expressionless efficiency in September.

With an Alvarez-Charlo fight much less tantalizing for Would possibly presumably perhaps honest, the door opened for what promises to be a miles more lucrative matchup with Munguia. The 27-year-ragged has progressively improved below the guidance of Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach. Munguia, ESPN’s No. 4 properly-kept middleweight, is coming off a occupation-simplest, ninth-round TKO victory over John Ryder in January.

Alvarez has been the sport’s top appeal since Floyd Mayweather Jr. retired in 2017. The all-time vast’s résumé entails a pair of wins over Gennadiy Golovkin and titles in four weight classes. His use over Charlo used to be preceded by a choice victory over Ryder in Would possibly presumably perhaps honest in Mexico. Alvarez scored knockdowns in each fights.

There’s additionally important public ask for Alvarez to fight rising superstar David Benavidez.

“Him parting ways with PBC, even supposing this fight for me and him used to be on the table … it correct speaks volumes,” Benavidez urged ESPN final week. “… The purpose this fight is never any longer occurring is on memoir of Canelo doesn’t desire it to happen, horrible and straightforward.”

PBC’s stable is led by superstar boxer Gervonta Davis, who is living to reach motivate vs. Frank Martin this summer. PBC’s first match with Amazon’s Top Video will take living March 30 in Las Vegas, a PPV headlined by Tim Tszyu against Keith Thurman.