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title: "Mikey Garcia Predicts Canelo-Jermell Charlo: “It Won’t Be Easy”"
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published: "2023-08-24T19:45:09Z"
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# Mikey Garcia Predicts Canelo-Jermell Charlo: “It Won’t Be Easy”

Four-weight world champion, Mikey Garcia, has laid out his prediction ahead of Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez’s third defence of his undisputed super-middleweight titles against current undisputed super-welterweight champion, Jermell Charlo.\
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Alvarez claimed the last of the 168lb quartet when he defeated Caleb Plant by eleventh-round knockout in November 2021.

Since then, the 33-year-old has stepped up to light-heavyweight to take on Dmitry Bivol, picking up his first defeat in almost nine years, before returning back to super-middleweight to defend his throne.

Canelo completed a famous trilogy over an ageing Gennadiy Golovkin last September, [outpointing ‘Triple G’ in an underwhelming performance](https://wp.boxing-social.com/news/andre-ward-far-from-impressed-with-canelo-after-shocking-performance/) in which many fans felt he should have got the stoppage.

Eight months later, the former pound-for-pound star returned to fight in Mexico for the first time in over a decade, claiming victory over John Ryder in another performance that has fans believing that he could be on the slide.

Despite usually fighting two weight-classes above his opponent, Canelo faces a tough task in the form of the slick Jermell Charlo, but [Mikey Garcia told ES News](https://youtu.be/tWi8g6USuaM) that he believes that the more natural 168lber will come out on top.

> “I think that Canelo wins that fight with Charlo, it won’t be an easy fight, Charlo can box and he’s tall and he’s a good fighter. But, I think Canelo should win, that’s kind of like the safe \[pick\].”

Charlo is stepping up two weight classes to face the Mexican, and despite the lack of apparent size difference, will be contending with a whole new level of power in this heavier division.

[The fight will take place on September 30 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas](https://talksport.com/sport/boxing/1521274/canelo-alvarez-vs-jermell-charlo-live-stream-date-uk-start-time-undercard/), live on Showtime PPV in the States and with a UK broadcaster set to be announced imminently.