Strap yourselves in, because the story of Canelo Alvarez’s next fight is extremely convoluted.
First and foremost, Canelo apparently has no interest in a Gennady Golovkin trilogy, or at least not this fall. DAZN only approved two opponents for Alvarez’s return (which was pushed back from his traditional Mexican Independence Day weekend slot): WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev, and Golovkin. Talks with Kovalev’s camp sputtered and Sergey will defend his title against Anthony Yarde on August 24th, instead of against Canelo. Golovkin is evidently a non-starter.
Short on options, Alvarez and team went back towards IBF mandatory challenger Sergiy Derevyanchenko (13-1, 10 KOs), an opponent DAZN initially didn’t approve, but then later gave the green light to.