Juan Manuel Marquez, a residing legend of Mexican boxing, already desires to go away behind his compatriot Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and proposes names for his attainable successors within the sport of gloves in Mexico when “Canelo” retires.
The person nicknamed “Dinamita” is without doubt one of the authoritative voices of boxing in Mexico and placed on the desk two names that may very well be the successors of Saul “Canelo” Alvarez.
Juan Manuel Marquez desires to go away Canelo Alvarez behind and proposes names for his attainable successors
In a latest interview, Juan Manuel Marquez confessed who he considers would be the subsequent face of Mexican boxing when Saul “Canelo” Alvarez retires. After being defeated by Terence Crawford, the place he misplaced all his tremendous middleweight division belts, questions arose amongst followers and consultants about who will develop into the subsequent determine in Mexican boxing when he decides to place an finish to his profession.
Who might take Saul Canelo Alvarez’s place when he retires in response to Juan Manuel Marquez?
Juan Manuel Marquez, in an interview with Izquierdazo, stated that Christian “Chispa” Medina, who has simply develop into world champion, or Rafael “Divino” Espinoza are two of the boxers who can take the place of Saul “Canelo” Alvarez when he retires to be the brand new determine of Mexican boxing.
“There may be, for instance, a brand new champion, Chispa Medina. There may be Rafael ‘Divino’ Espinoza, who for me has what it takes to be the face of boxing, he has good rivals within the featherweight division and if he jumps to tremendous featherweight,” stated Juan Manuel Marquez.
Each Mexican boxers are world champions with the World Boxing Group (WBO). Christian Medina holds the title within the bantamweight division, whereas Divino Espinoza is within the featherweight class.
Divino Espinoza and Chispa Medina: Mexican world champions
Rafael Espinoza grew to become world champion on December 9, 2023 when he defeated Robeisy Ramirez in a really intense combat. After 12 intense rounds, the Mexican took the victory after the judges gave him the victory by majority resolution with scores of 113-113, 114-112 and 115-111.
After that second, Divino has managed to make three profitable defenses, all of them by technical knockout. The primary was in June 2024 in opposition to his compatriot Sergio Chirino Sanchez, the second in opposition to Robeisy in December of the identical 12 months and the final in opposition to Edward Vazquez in Could 2025.
For his half, Christian “Chispa” Medina was topped world champion on September 14, 2025, when he defeated Japan’s Yoshiki Takei by technical knockout within the fourth spherical on the IG Area in Nagoya, Japan.
The trajectory of each Mexican boxers displays the strong second that Aztec boxing goes via on the world stage, with championships achieved in worldwide arenas and defenses that reveal the solidity of its champions.
