Alvarez vacates WBC title, will next fight Golovkin


  • Boxing
  • Thursday, 19 May 2016

Boxing - Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez v Amir Khan WBC Middleweight Title - T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States of America - 7/5/16 Amir Khan in action against Saul Alvarez Action Images via Reuters / Andrew Couldridge EDITORIAL USE ONLY.

(Reuters) - Saul "Canelo" Alvarez says he has vacated the WBC middleweight title he retained in Las Vegas earlier this month and is now making plans to fight undefeated middleweight Gennady "Triple G" Golovkin "as quickly as possible".

Eleven days ago, Mexican Alvarez improved his career record to 47-1-1 with 33 knockouts when he stopped Britain's Amir Khan in the sixth round of their title bout at the T-Mobile Arena.

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