Canelo Alvarez is combating exterior Mexico and the U.S. for the primary time in his profession. The unified tremendous middleweight champion travels to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to face William Scull on Saturday (DAZN PPV, 7 p.m. ET).
Alvarez (62-2-2, 39 KOs) is attempting to change into undisputed champion at 168 kilos for the second time in his profession. With a victory, Alvarez will transfer on to face Terence Crawford in September.
Alvarez unified all 4 main tremendous middleweight titles with an 11-round TKO over Caleb Plant in November 2021. He made 4 profitable defenses earlier than the IBF stripped him of the title when Alvarez determined to struggle Edgar Berlanga as an alternative of Scull, the necessary challenger.
Scull (23-0, 9 KOs) fought Vladimir Shishkin in October for the vacant IBF title and received a controversial unanimous choice. Scull will probably be making his first title protection towards Alvarez.
Within the co-main occasion, Badou Jack defended his WBC cruiserweight title with a majority choice victory over Norair Mikaeljan. Jack (29-3-3, 17 KOs) was combating for the primary time in two years. His earlier struggle was a Twelfth-round TKO of Ilunga Junior Makabu to win the belt. Jack was scheduled to face Ryan Rozicki, however Rozicki was pressured to withdraw in early April with an harm suffered throughout coaching.
Mikaeljan (27-3, 12 KOs), entered the struggle because the WBC champion in recess, and was driving a four-fight profitable streak following a call loss to Mairis Briedis in November 2018.
Keep right here for reside updates, outcomes and round-by-round evaluation all through the evening.
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