Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez will launch a sensational bid to become a five-weight champion when he moves up to the cruiserweight division next year.
The Mexican superstar is set to challenge WBC champion Ilunga Makabu in May or June next year after the governing body approved his request to move up two divisions into a new weight category.
‘The WBC has approved unanimously Canelo to fight for the WBC cruiserweight championship of the world,’ president Mauricio Sulaiman said.
‘This is a surprise to me but I’m sure he will continue to make history.’
Earlier this month, Canelo became the first fighter in history to unify the super-middleweight division, beating three previously undefeated champions in Callum Smith, Billy Joe Saunders and Caleb Plant in 11 months to collect all four world titles at 168lbs.
His first world title was at super-welterweight before establishing himself as one of the planet’s most feared fighters in the middleweight division after memorable wins over the likes of Miguel Cotto, Daniel Jacobs and Gennady Golovkin.
In 2019, he stepped up the light-heavyweight division, knocking out Sergey Kovalev to win the WBO title.
Canelo vacated the belt soon after to embark on his mission of unifying the super-middleweight division but will now venture even further up boxing’s weight classes to cruiserweight where the weight limit is 200lbs.
Makabu lost the WBC title to Tony Bellew in 2016 but has since reclaimed his spot at the summit of the division.
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