Boxing · Super Middleweight · 168 lb

Who will Canelo Álvarez 🇲🇽 fight next?

Record 63–3–2 · Mexico

Last fight: Canelo Álvarez lost to Terence Crawford on 13 Sep 2025 (UD)

Short answer

Canelo Álvarez is booked to fight Christian M'billi🇫🇷 on Sat 31 Oct 2026 at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Confidence: High · Updated 2 Oct 2026 (UAE time)

Titles held (by body) No world title listed

Forecast: likely next opponents NextSmash estimate

Each percentage is the estimated chance of being Canelo Álvarez's next opponent. These are not chances of winning. The booked fight is official, and the rest covers a late change of opponent.

Christian M'billi🇫🇷
92%chance next opponent

Canelo Álvarez lost to Terence Crawford on 13 Sep 2025 (UD). M'billi defends the WBC super middleweight title against Canelo in Riyadh.
31 Oct 2026 · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Booked BookedRiyadh Season / The RingWBC title
Lester Martínez🇬🇹
4%chance next opponent

The WBC wants the Canelo-M'billi winner to face interim champion Martínez.
After 31 Oct

Sanctioning-body order Mandatory

Field / other: 4%. This covers everyone not listed above.

Last fight: Loss vs Terence Crawford · UD · 13 Sep 2025
Confidence: High (High = officially booked · Medium = credible report, sanctioning-body order, talks or a boxer's own claim · Low = model only)
Boxing factors: Mandatory challengers, vacated belts, rematch clauses, Riyadh Season / The Ring events, promoter and network ties, and crossover fights
Last updated: 2 Oct 2026 (UAE time)

Rankings note: belts are labelled by the body that awards them (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO or The Ring). The order of boxers on these pages is a NextSmash list, not an official ranking.

Canelo Álvarez: frequently asked questions

When is Canelo Álvarez's next fight?

Canelo Álvarez is booked to fight Christian M'billi on Sat 31 Oct 2026 at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Source: WBC: Canelo vs. Mbilli, WBC super middleweight title on the line October 31.

Who did Canelo Álvarez fight last?

Canelo Álvarez lost to Terence Crawford on 13 Sep 2025 (UD). Source: Wikipedia.

Who is Canelo Álvarez likely to fight next?

NextSmash estimate of the next opponent: Christian M'billi (92%), Lester Martínez (4%), field / other 4%. These are chances of being the next opponent, not chances of winning. Updated 2 Oct 2026.

What is Canelo Álvarez's record?

63–3–2 (wins–losses–draws, no-contests in brackets) after the fight on 13 Sep 2025, as listed on Wikipedia.

Other super middleweight boxers

Christian M'billi🇫🇷 · WBC super middleweight · next: Canelo Álvarez Booked
Osleys Iglesias🇨🇺 · IBF super middleweight · next: Oliver Zaren Booked
Jaime Munguía🇲🇽 · WBA super middleweight · next: Bektemir Melikuziev 45%
Lester Martínez🇬🇹 · WBC interim super middleweight · next: Canelo Álvarez 4%
Diego Pacheco🇺🇸 · No world title listed · next: Darius Fulghum 70%
Janibek Alimkhanuly🇰🇿 · No world title listed · next: Jacob Bank 55%

More: Super Middleweight belts and next fights · All boxing

Sources

Wikipedia: Canelo Álvarez · record and last fight (revision 1377661200)
WBC: Canelo vs. Mbilli, WBC super middleweight title on the line October 31 · 30 Sep 2026
The Ring: Canelo-Mbilli set for Oct. 31 in Saudi Arabia · 29 Sep 2026
BoxingNews24: Lester Martinez waits for the winner of Canelo-Mbilli
The Ring: Martinez wants Canelo and Mbilli rematch after Plantic

Percentages are NextSmash estimates from the reports and factors above, not facts and not betting advice. Records and last fights come from Wikipedia. We do not use BoxRec data. Anything we could not verify is left out.