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Canelo Alvarez doesn’t have a ton of interest in boxing Kamaru Usman.<\/p>\n

Usman and Alvarez are the current top pound-for-pound fighters in MMA and boxing, respectively, so with that, the UFC’s welterweight champ has called out the Mexican to box<\/a>. He believes it would be a massive fight and one he thinks he can actually win, but Dana White hasn’t shown much interest in making it happen.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that [Usman] serious about it \u2014he shouldn\u2019t be serious about it. I don\u2019t like that fight at all\u2026 Everything about it is horrible,” White said. “Usman is not a boxer. Canelo is probably the best guy out there right now. It\u2019s a stupid fight that makes no sense. I don\u2019t even know how many people would be interested in seeing that. It\u2019s like when Conor [McGregor] and Floyd [Mayweather] fought, it sort of took on a life of its own.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Canelo<\/p>\n

Not only does White not have an interest in making the fight happen but Alvarez himself doesn’t see a need in doing it. Instead, he says he is focusing on legacy fights for him and his career but he won’t for sure say the Usman fight won’t happen one day.<\/p>\n

\u201cNever say no, but right now it\u2019s not in my future. Not right now,” Alvarez said to TMZ Sports<\/a>. “Yeah, it\u2019s all about legacy right now, but you never know.”<\/p>\n

Canelo Alvarez is set to return to the ring on May 7 against Dmitry Bivol at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas as he looks to become the new WBA (Super) light heavyweight title. If he wins that, it seems likely the trilogy bout between him and Gennady Golovkin will be next.<\/p>\n

As for Kamaru Usman, he’s currently rehabbing a hand injury and is expected to rematch Leon Edwards when he is healthy. However, it is clear he still wants this Alvarez fight to happen.<\/p>\n

Do you want to see Kamaru Usman box Canelo Alvarez?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Canelo Alvarez doesn’t have a ton of interest in boxing Kamaru Usman. Usman and Alvarez are the current top pound-for-pound fighters in MMA and boxing, respectively, so with that, the UFC’s welterweight champ has called out the Mexican to box. 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