Canelo Alvarez’s plans for 2025 have started to crystallize.

The super middleweight king is planning to fight either IBF title holder William Scull or top-ranked contender Christian Mbilli in May and then move on to a megafight against Terence Crawford in September, according to his manager and trainer Eddy Reynoso.

“They're the ones that are more or less there right now,” Reynoso told Azteca TV on Wednesday. “You can also hear about Crawford for September, but really right now, we still don't fear anything. I think it will take about 15 more days.”

Earlier this month, the four-division champion Alvarez (62-2-2, 39 KOs) met with Turki Alalshikh, owner of The Ring and head of Riyadh Season, in London to better map out his year and the matchups he's seeking.

“We're here to make the best deals, and always the chance [to face Crawford]," Alvarez said during The Ring Awards.

Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions and TGB Promotions have been the chief handlers for Alvarez’s last three fights dating back to 2023 against Edgar Berlanga, Jaime Munguia, and Jermell Charlo. Each fight resulted in Alvarez dropping the opposition and cruising to a unanimous decision win.

Alvarez, formerly the undisputed super middleweight champion, was stripped of his IBF title in July when he opted to face Berlanga in September instead of the little-known mandatory challenger Scull (23-0, 9 KOs).

Alvarez is still The Ring, WBA, WBC, and WBO super middleweight champion and universally known as the best fighter in the division. Scull, a Cuban who lives in Germany, beat Vladimir Shishkin in October by unanimous decision to scoop up the vacant IBF title five months after fighting deep on the undercard of Alvarez’s fight against Munguia.

The Cameroonian-Canadian contender Mbilli (28-0, 23 KOs), meanwhile, has also positioned himself for a fight against Alvarez through the sanctioning bodies. Mbilli is ranked No. 1 by the WBA and WBC, No. 2 by the WBO, and No. 3 by the IBF and is coming off a unanimous decision win against Sergiy Derevyanchenko in August.

Mbillia is also ranked No. 1 by The Ring, while Scull is ranked No. 5.

Scull and Mbilli would set up Alvarez to finally accept the four-division champion Crawford’s persistent challenge to move up from 154 pounds to face the Mexican superstar.

The pitting would feature two of the sport’s top pound-for-pound stars. Crawford is ranked No. 2 on The Ring’s P4P list, and Alvarez is No. 7.

Alvarez’s sentiment over the last couple of years has been that he doesn’t feel he’d get full credit for beating the smaller Crawford.

“I don't think [Alvarez is] ducking me,” Crawford said last year soon after beating Israil Madrimov for the WBA junior middleweight title. “Canelo has fought so many world champions who were threats that everybody said would be a tough task. One thing about us fighters is that we are not scared to fight each other. It just has to make sense business-wise. For that matter I think Canelo is more so nervous of losing to a smaller guy like myself than being scared of me. I just think he knows that I have the tools and ability to disrupt anything that he brings to the table. Canelo is very strong and punches very hard but you're going to need more than just power and strength to beat Terence Crawford. And I think for a little small guy from 135 to go to 168 and defeat Canelo Alvarez would be a big tarnish on his legacy as well.”