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Canelo Alvarez finally announces new date for Mbilli comeback fight and reveals reason for delay

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It was announced last month that Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez’s comeback fight against Christian Mbilli, originally scheduled for September 12 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, had been pushed back to October. The former undisputed super-middleweight world champion has now revealed why.

Canelo lost all four of his world titles last year to Terence Crawford, but the American’s subsequent retirement saw the belts scattered, allowing the Mexican to immediately book a world title shot on return against new WBC champion Christian Mbilli.

The fight had been confirmed for September 12, though it was announced in June that it would now take place in October. No reason or specific date was given.

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Speaking on The Ariel Helwani Show, Canelo has now revealed that there was no injury or issues with the promotion, rather family matters that saw him push it back. He also confirmed that the fight will now take place on October 31.

“Some problems in my family, so I needed to fix … I’m always very disciplined, organised with my training camps, and I wasn’t ready to be training, so that’s why I postponed the fight – because I needed to attend family [matters]. But, all good now, ready to train, and [it’s] gonna be October 31. Yeah, Halloween, that’s the new date.”

Mbilli – undefeated in 30 bouts with 24 knockouts on his ledger – held the WBC interim belt before being elevated to full champion upon Crawford’s retirement. He applies extreme pressure in the ring, making it a good match-up for fans and a style that may play into Alvarez’s counterpunching.

The card remains billed as Mexico against the World, with undercard bouts featuring some of the fighting nation’s biggest names expected to be announced in the coming weeks.

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Huge backstage update on Sammy Guevara amid rumors of AEW departure

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AEW star Sammy Guevara was rumoured to leave All Elite Wrestling. In the past few days, many revelations were made regarding his run. He has been one of the most precise high flyers in the Jacksonville-based promotion. Despite his immense talent, he hasn’t been able to become ‘the’ star in the company. Recently, he changed his X handle’s bio, where there was no mention of AEW.

This started the rumour that the Spanish God may be out of the company soon. Despite the talk, he was still present on the official roster page. Upon investigation, reports revealed that nobody among the AEW roster seems to know what is going on with the former TNT Champion. However, suspicion arose because in a recent interview he expressed frustration about his absence from AEW.

While speaking on Wrestling Observer Live, Bryan Alvarez said there was no mention of AEW in Sammy Guevara’s bio before. However, someone started a rumour that AEW was removed from his bio because he probably wants to leave the company.

“So what happened was, he tweeted ‘New bio,’ and somebody went up there, looked at his bio, saw there was no AEW mentioned in it, and then they spread around the internet that he had ‘removed’ AEW from his bio. I have been told that he never had AEW in his bio. AEW was never removed from his bio. Someone thought he had removed it from his bio, which is why this whole story came out that he wanted out or had gotten his release. So really, nothing has changed at all over the last week. So that’s the update,” he said. [H/T – Ringside News]

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Update on Sammy Guevara’s wife

While investigating the Spanish God’s whereabouts, major news about his wife, Tay Melo, surfaced. According to Wrestling Observer Live, Tay requested her release from AEW last year. However, it was denied.

“Multiple sources told me that Tay Melo requested a release last year but it was denied. It’s expected we will know what’s up when everyone gets to TV tomorrow,” said Alvarez.

It will be interesting to see when fans will see Sammy Guevara on AEW TV.