Canelo Alvarez to face Christian Mbilli for WBC belt in Sept.

Canelo Alvarez will make his extremely anticipated return to the ring and problem Christian Mbilli for the WBC tremendous middleweight title in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in September, The Ring introduced Thursday.

Alvarez (63-3-2, 39 KOs) hasn’t fought since dropping the undisputed tremendous middleweight championship to Terence Crawford in September. Following that loss, he underwent elbow surgical procedure.

Now healed, Alvarez will look to reclaim one of many titles that he misplaced final 12 months.

Mbilli (29-0-1, 24 KOs) final fought Lester Martinez to a break up draw on the undercard of Alvaraez -Crawford. Mbilli, who got here into that struggle because the interim WBC tremendous middleweight champion, was elevated to full champion after Crawford retired in December. The highly effective French Cameroonian has been spectacular with wins over Maciej Sulecki and Sergiy Derevyanchenko.

Alvarez’s return had been penciled in for Sept. 12, however no date has been formally introduced for the struggle.