Errol Spence Jr believes Cancelo Alvarez can become undisputed at light heavyweight

Errol Spence Jr believes Canelo Alvarez has what it takes to become undisputed in another division.

The Mexican completed the set at 168lbs after beating Caleb Plant in November, and now steps up to light heavyweight to face Dmitry Bivol in Las Vegas on May 7.

Canelo beat Sergey Kovalev at that weight in 2019, and while his next fight should he beat Bivol is expected to be against Gennady Golovkin, a December bout against potentially Artur Beterbiev or Joe Smith Jr has been rumoured.

That would suggest there is an ambition to become undisputed in the lightheavyweight division and Spence insists there is no reason why Canelo can’t deliver the goods once again.

“I don’t know, I mean Canelo does whatever he wants to do,” he told DAZN.

“He can, I think he can. He has the skill set, seems like he got the chin, I think he can do it.

“I feel like Canelo is doing whatever he wants to do - he’s chasing history. What he’s doing is unheard of, skipping weight classes. Fighting who he wants to fight.

“I don’t feel like he’s ducking anybody.”

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