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Canelo Alvarez confirms 2026 comeback date and debuts his own promotion
- On September 12, 2026, Canelo Alvarez will headline 'Mexico against the World,' launching Canelo Promotions in Saudi Arabia with Riyadh Season as sponsor, as Turki Alalshikh said, "Wait for us on the 12th of September."
- After his defeat to Terence Crawford, 35-year-old boxer Canelo Alvarez entered the longest layoff of his career and faced retirement talk, but he has maintained he would return later this year.
- Turki Alalshikh confirmed that the main event will feature a world title, with the opponent kept secret and described as a surprise, fueling wide speculation about the fight.
- Alvarez remains under a four-fight Riyadh Season agreement with two bouts remaining, and Riyadh Season's unlicensed status has allowed him to work with Zuffa Boxing.
- Following a familiar path, Alvarez is joining the ranks of fighter-promoters as Terence Crawford's retirement reopened the 168-pound belts with Alvarez central to unification talks, ESPN and BoxingScene noted.
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Mexico City.- Saul "Canelo" Álvarez will return to the ring just a year after his last fight, in which he lost all his titles in the Supermedian weight. The boxer capatío will again climb into the ring on September 12 according to a video on Turki Alalshikh's social network X, the head of entertainment in Saudi Arabia. However, the rival is not yet defined. "September 12 will be a big fight. This will be the first poster of Canelo Promotions," A…
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, as a wounded beast, licked his wounds and went ahead with a more than ambitious plan.
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