According to Sports Illustrated's Chris Mannix, Canelo
Alvarez will return to the ring in December to face Joshua Clottey on HBO,
meaning that Showtime's biggest star is headed back to the network that
originally brought him to the limelight in the United States.
Alvarez (44-1-1, 31 KO) has two wins this year, decimating Alfredo Angulo in
March and then squeaking past Erislandy Lara via split decision in July. The
24-year-old Mexican superstar doesn't have a world title to defend against
Clottey (38-4, 22 KO), but he's an A-side with or without one, and one of the
sport's biggest draws.
The fight looks like it will take place at the Alamodome in San Antonio, where
Alvarez sold about 40,000 tickets for a 2013 win over Austin Trout.
Clottey, 36, moved up to junior middleweight after his
terrible loss to Manny Pacquiao in 2010, but it took a while, and it's been
over four years since he's been in a major fight on American soil. After losing
to Pacquiao, he was on the sidelines for 20 months before returning to beat
club fighter Calvin Green in November 2011, followed by another lengthy absence
leading to a win over Dashon Johnson in March 2013.
Clottey last fought on April 9 in Australia, pummeling
Anthony Mundine. He hoped that win would get him back in the race for bigger
fights, and it certainly has, as Canelo's about as big a fight as Clottey is
going to get.
Alvarez last fought on an HBO show in May 2012, beating
Shane Mosley decisively on the Mayweather-Cotto pay-per-view undercard. His
last fight on regular HBO came in November 2011, when he routed Kermit Cintron.
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