Canelo Alvarez: Mexican superstar set to return with fight against Christian Mbilli for WBC super-middleweight championship

Former world champion Canelo Alvarez is set to fight newly crowned super-middleweight title-holder Christian Mbilli in the autumn, says Top Rank president Todd duBoef.

Canelo is looking to bounce back from a disappointing defeat to Terence Crawford last September, a fight that ended his reign as the undisputed super-middleweight champion.

The undefeated Mbilli was elevated to WBC super-middleweight champion after Crawford retired and has been gunning for a fight with one of boxing's biggest stars in Canelo - a contest which Mbilli's promoter says is set to happen.