Canelo Alvarez has been advised to face Anthony Joshua at heavyweight rather than take on Oleksandr Usyk at cruiserweight.
Alvarez is preparing to face Gennady Golovkin in a trilogy at 168lb after failing in his bid to move up to light-heavyweight and become world champion again after losing to Dmitry Bivol. Despite suffering a devastating second career defeat to Bivol after making the seven-pound switch, Alvarez has continued to tease a step up to cruiserweight to take on Usyk in a future bout after his win over Joshua.
Usyk has also suggested he would be open to the fight with Alvarez, but is expected to first prioritise a shot at the undisputed heavyweight titles against Tyson Fury. However the Mexican star's former conqueror Bivol believes a heavyweight clash with Joshua would be a better fight.
