On Saturday night, Hutchinson (21-2, 14 KOs) realized a childhood dream by beating Joshua Buatsi to win the vacant WBC light heavyweight title.

The Scotsman barely had time to let his achievement sink in before finding out he had jumped toward the front of the line to face multi-weight world champion Canelo Alvarez (64-3-2, 39 KOs).

“Yesterday, I heard that Canelo Alvarez would be interested in the fight, coming up to light heavyweight and challenging me for the title,” Hutchinson told the Sky Sports Toe2Toe podcast.

“I mean that's a fight I would love. I would open the arms and welcome him in.”

It is less than a month since Alvarez reclaimed the WBC super middleweight title he lost to Terence Crawford by easily outboxing Christian Mbilli in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. His trainer Eddy Reynoso, however, told ESPN Knockout that the 36-year-old Mexican could consider a return to the light heavyweight division.

Back in November 2019, Canelo briefly stepped up to light heavyweight and stopped Sergey Kovalev to win the WBO title. He returned to the 175-pound division in May 2022 but was outpointed by current Ring, WBA, IBF and WBO champion Dmitry Bivol.

Taking on the unpredictable Hutchinson is a challenge that interests Reynoso.

“Yes, without a doubt [Hutchison is an option for Canelo]. We’ll see. I’ve been analyzing his fight and I’ve been following him for a few fights. I think it’s a fight where we can be very strong and beat him. He’s also the WBC champion. Let’s see what happens.”

Hutchinson would enter the ring with Canelo as a sizable underdog but he insists he wouldn’t approach the fight as though he'd won the lottery by signing the contract.

The 29-year-old from Carstairs is a unique, confident fighter but for all his bluster, he has spent his life involved in the sport and would understand the scale of the task at hand.

Still, if he does land a fight with the Mexican legend, Hutchinson believes that age, size and timing would all be on his side.

“I wouldn’t really be interested in [just] sharing the ring with him. I'm only interested in beating this man,” he said.

“He's stepping up to my weight and he's 40 years old. I would give Canelo a boxing lesson. He's a great champion and he's been incredible. I've watched him all of my life. A great fighter. Unbelievable. His time has run out.

“I never watched his last fight to be honest with you. I know how good he is and I know what he can do but his time's up, man. You know what I mean? You can't do that at 37, 38, 40 whatever he is. I believe his time has run up and probably ran up two years ago. He's just getting through. So, I believe if he stepped up to fight me, I would chop him down.”