CANELO ALVAREZ posed next to Max Verstappen as the sporting champions linked up. Dutchman Verstappen is still celebrating his first-ever but controversial Formula One title winning season. It comes just weeks after Verstappen, 24, pipped Britain’s Lewis Hamilton, 36, to the 2021 F1 title – but in dramatic and disputed fashion. But a late Safety Car after a Nicholas Latifi crash cued the most incredible finish, with Verstappen controversially overtaking Hamilton with one lap left. For Canelo, 31, his run to the undisputed super-middleweight title was, well, far less disputed. But in an unprecedented move, Canelo is now braced to move up more than TWO STONE and two divisions to cruiserweight.

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