Willy Hutchinson says he would give Canelo Alvarez 'a boxing lesson' at light heavyweight
Alvarez's trainer Eddy Reynoso has called the new WBC light heavyweight champion "an option", and Hutchinson says he has had a phone call about the fight.
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Willy Hutchinson says he would give Canelo Alvarez "a boxing lesson" if the Mexican moves up to light heavyweight to challenge him for the WBC title he won on Saturday.
Hutchinson told Sky Sports he had heard "a day ago or something" that Alvarez would be interested in coming up to light heavyweight to challenge him for the title, and said he would welcome him with open arms. Asked what it would mean to share the ring with Alvarez, he said: "I wouldn't really be interested in sharing the ring with him. I'm only interested in, in beating this man." He added: "I would, I would give Canelo a boxing lesson."
Hutchinson also told talkSPORT he had "had a phone call" about fighting Alvarez. "That would be one I'd open my arms to. I think he is too small and too old," he said. "I think I'd box his head off."
Alvarez's trainer Eddy Reynoso told ESPN Knockout: "Yes, without a doubt Hutchinson is an option for Canelo. We'll see." Reynoso said he had been analysing Hutchinson's fight with Joshua Buatsi and added: "I think it's a fight where we can be very strong and beat him." After Alvarez beat Christian Mbilli to win the WBC super middleweight title in Riyadh, Reynoso had said he would like Terence Crawford next, but that the team would rest first.
Alvarez is 1-1 at light heavyweight. He stopped Sergey Kovalev in 11 rounds to win the WBO title in 2019 and was outpointed by Dmitry Bivol in a bid for the WBA title three years later.
Hutchinson beat Buatsi by unanimous decision at the AO Arena in Manchester to win the vacant title and move to 21-2. The belt was vacated by David Benavidez when he moved up to cruiserweight, and Hutchinson named Benavidez as the other fight he wants. "He's the man to beat still," he told Sky Sports, adding that he believed "he was the best in the division". In the ring on Saturday he called out Anthony Yarde.
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