LAS VEGAS — Caleb Plant is gone, the 168-pound division has been cleaned out, and for Canelo Álvarez the next challenge is clear.
Beat Gennadiy Golovkin.
What’s that, you say? Álvarez has already beaten Golovkin? That’s true, of course. In 2018, the two traded haymakers for 12 rounds, with Álvarez squeezing out a close decision. But that win was far from decisive, and for the last three years two of boxing’s biggest stars have circled each other, flirting with the possibility of completing their trilogy.
The time for dancing around it is over.
It’s time for Canelo–Golovkin III.