Undisputed super middleweight champion Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez is one of boxing's global superstar and it looks like the Mexican is wanting to take his show across the world.
Canelo aims to become a two-time world light heavyweight champion when he faces Dmitry Bivol on May 7 live on DAZN, with two more fights set to follow this year and according to Matchroom's Eddie Hearn, the third of Canelo's three fights in 2022 could be in the UK.
"Canelo wants to fight in London in December,” Hearn told talkSPORT.
“We’ve got the mandatory for his super-middleweight championship and the mandatory for his light-heavyweight championship.
“So John Ryder or [the winner of] Joshua Buatsi vs Craig Richards. We’re well-placed to provide him for one of those fights in London.
“Buatsi vs Richards is a fight where the winner can stake a claim to be in those kinds of fights with Canelo.
“At the moment they’re two domestic, world class prospects.
“You need to go out there and be involved in a big fight like that at the O2 to start calling out a legend like Canelo Alvarez.
“He’s going to want a dance partner in the UK.”
If Canelo does get past Bivol next month, he is expected to face Gennadiy Golovkin in a much-anticipated trilogy fight.