The good news is that the main event is up next. It hasn't been good. Love is seemingly on the cusp of stardom and being placed in the co-main will only help enhance his profile should he have a good outing here tonight. While Yildirim is being pitted as the overwhelming underdog heading into the fight, he has an impressive 21-2 record and has 12 KOs under his belt. It’s about the most popular being the most popular. It’s probably one of the biggest mega-fights, somewhere like Houston or close to home. Plant has some good wins on his record -- Caleb Truax (2021) and Jose Uzcategui (2019) -- but he has not competed at anything like the level that Alvarez has operated at for nearly a decade, and this has perhaps persuaded some to suggest this will be an early win for Alvarez. In November 2019 and February 2020, Garcia beat Romero Duno and Francisco Fonseca following two brutal knockouts to win and hold onto the WBC silver lightweight title. The 21-1 boxer, sarcastically took aim at the lightweight on twitter saying, “Just reported that Georgie lost on purpose in attempts to deceive Devin” referring to Kambosos’ earlier statements about missing weight on purpose.
“I’ve gone up and fought at 175lbs, I’ve gone out of my comfort zone to fight at a weight that’s not mine, there’s no shame in that,” he added. And GGG is almost certainly going to have to move up in weight for it - again, Alvarez holds the bigger leverage, by quite a bit - whether that’s a full 168 or maybe a 165 catchweight or something like that. Canelo's last 20 fights have been on US soil, Reynoso could make the trilogy against GGG happen in Japan, Dubai, or anywhere around the world. Canelo Alvarez has expressed disinterest in fighting GGG due to his inactivity but now it seems, he is open to a trilogy clash. Coppinger reported on July 29 that a September bout had fallen apart at the "11th hour." Dmitry Bivol was floated as a replacement for Alvarez to continue his streak of fighting on Mexican Independence Day (Sept.
The fight date for Canelo Alvarez vs Gennady Golovkin 3 has been made official for Saturday, September 17 as the pair squares off in the trilogy fight live stream on DAZN. “The plan is to fight our mandatory in February and then fight again in May and in September. The date when Canelo Alvarez vs Dmitry Bivol airs live in the United Kingdom and Australia is Sunday, May 8. The start time is scheduled for 1 am BST and 10 am AEST, respectively. The date is Saturday, May 7. The start time is scheduled for 8 pm ET / 5 pm PT. Canelo Alvarez vs Dmitry Bivol tickets to witness all the action at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, May 9 are on sale. Alvarez readily embraced his role as the “B” side because he wanted to get in the ring to witness boxing at its highest level. ESPN boxing writer Mike Coppinger, who dropped Alvarez from No. 1 all the way to the No. 5 spot on his list, said moving Alvarez down was a tough call. Making his ring return in Las Vegas for the first “Cinco De Mayo” fight since 2019, boxing super star from Mexico faces Dmitry Bivol (19-0, 11 KOs), who eyes to make the tenth defense of his belt, most recently defeating Umar Salamov by unanimous decision last December.
9:07 p.m.: Marc Castro improved to 7-0 in his young career with an easy decision win over Pedro Vicente Scharbaii. 2018, with Canelo winning a controversial majority decision. Bivol is not giving Canelo anything and continues to fire away. Round Eleven: Canelo on the hunt and Bivol fights him off to make sure he doesn’t setting into a groove. GMT. As ever with a live fight night, these timings are subject to change depending on the length of the undercard fights. Beterbiev. Those are good fights. Tickets for the event taking place at T-Mobile Arena are on sale. The location, venue and tickets information for a long-awaited showdown is expected to be announced shortly. Canelo vs Bivol PPV tickets cost in the United States for current subscribers is $59.99. Zhang Zhile didn't play with his food and made sure to make short work of Scott Alexander in the opening bout on the PPV. Sources: Canelo Alvarez and Caleb Plant are once again nearing a deal for an undisputed super middleweight title fight, a PBC on Fox PPV that would take place in November. The main event fighters are expected to make their ringwalks at approximately 11 pm ET / 8 pm PT.