Newly crowned world champion Willy Hutchinson is rumoured to have become a target for multi-weight great Canelo Alvarez.
28-year-old Scot Hutchinson faced Joshua Buatsi for the vacant WBC light-heavyweight belt last weekend and secured an impressive unanimous decision, which saw him avenge his loss in their first fight back in 2024.
He has now won 21 of his 23 contests and is looking for the biggest fights possible going forward.
Speaking to Sky Sports Boxing, Hutchinson revealed his thoughts on the emerging news that 36-year-old 69-fight veteran Canelo is keen to fight him.
“Well, I heard last night or a day ago that Canelo Alvarez would be interested in the fight. Coming up to light heavyweight to challenge me for the title. That’s a fight I would love; with open arms I would welcome him in.”
He was then asked if he would go into the ring with confidence.
“I wouldn’t really be interested in sharing the ring with him, I’m only interested in beating this man, do you know what I mean? 100%. He’s stepping up to my weight and he’s 40 years old, I would give Canelo a boxing lesson.”
Canelo got back to winning ways by beating Christian Mbilli for the WBC super-middleweight strap on points in October, his first fight since losing the undisputed championship to Terence Crawford last summer.
He has ventured up to light heavyweight before where he knocked out Sergey Kovalev in 2019 to become WBO champion, then again in 2022 when he took on Dimitry Bivol but lost by decision.
