Canelo Alvarez could be out for as long as a year after declaring that he picked up a hand injury before his trilogy fight with Gennady Golovkin last night.
The Mexican retained his undisputed super-middleweight title with a dominant victory over Golovkin to put an end to their years-long rivalry at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. However, it came at a cost as the pound-for-pound great irritated an injury that dates back to his fight with Caleb Plant last year and now faces 12 months on the sidelines.
Since joining up with Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Boxing during the pandemic, Alvarez has been famously active. He went about unifying the division by methodically picking off champions, as well as defending against his mandatory with four fights in a year before this year moving back up to light-heavyweight for an unsuccessful effort at Dmitry Bivol and a quick turnaround trilogy fight.
