The Mexican superstar is back in action on Saturday night in Arlington, Texas, when he takes on Billy Joe Saunders for a trio of titles in the super middleweight division. Alvarez, who has won world championships across four weight classes, confirmed beating Saunders and meeting Plant was the only thing on his mind, brushing off the idea of an eventual return to the light heavyweight division. It's expected that Canelo will make short work of Yilidirm and focus on a proposed May unification bout with WBO champion Billy Joe Saunders. Canelo (57-1-2, 39 KO) says he wants to come back in May 2022 - you can expect May 7 to be the exact target date - and he’ll as always have no shortage of interested potential opponents. Golovkin 3 can be moved to September 2021 if crowds still aren’t allowed back into boxing events by May 2021. Golden Boy is cutting it close by scheduling the third fight between the two stars for May 2021 because that assumed that the vaccine will be out by then. Golden Boy will need the gate money for the Canel-GGG III fight to take place next May, as they cannot afford to place this fight behind closed doors.
The reason Canelo-GGG 3 is not official is that they’ll need crowds to be allowed back into boxing events by May, and it’s still up in the air whether that’ll happen. If Callum doesn’t agree to accept the $5 million, which some fans see as a lowball offer, then Golden Boy would need to sign British fighter John Ryder or Jason Quigley. Canelo Alvarez has been through a tumultuous year trying to establish what his in-the-ring future will look like, sparring with Golden Boy Promotions and DAZN over contractual issues that arose at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. He smashes him. Mashed potatoes all over the place. His last fight was a win over Umar Salamov in December. Alvarez (54-1-2, 36 KOs) last fought in December when he thoroughly dominated Callum Smith en route to a unanimous decision to claim Smith's WBA (Super) title and the vacant WBC championship. Despite going the distance and winning by unanimous decision, Alvarez is now reportedly on track to lace up his gloves just two months later. “Just think, five fighters in the history of boxing have accomplished this and I’m going to be the sixth,” he said. One thing Callum has going for him is his promoter Eddie Hearn is a nonstop talker.
EXCLUSIVE: Hearn confirms Canelo vs. The Canelo vs. Yildirim fight will stream live globally on DAZN, to more than 200 countries and territories, including the U.S. Avni Yildirim main card launches at 7 p.m. The rest of the fight card and viewing information is listed below. The bout headlines a four-fight card from AT&T Stadium that is expected to have more than 70,000 fans in attendance and much more watching around the world. ’re not excited at the idea of Canelo fighting Smith, who doesn’t have much of a personality, and he has a weak resume. Canelo has been lukewarm at best on the idea of fighting GGG for a third time - which is why it hasn’t happened despite DAZN pushing very hard for the trilogy bout when both were signed there - but if the money talks a lot louder than it does anywhere else, if Golovkin agrees to go to a full 168, then yeah, it can happen. In Las Vegas, his fighting home, there was something missing from the very start.
Golovkin contest in 2018 brought in $27 million at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Wilder botched his first chance to fight Joshua when he walked away from $150 million offered by DAZN. According to Information Cradle, Caleb Plant's net worth in 2020 was reported to be $1 million. This is mostly a one-fight event given how the sport has produced these cards in recent years, but there are still a few fighters worth keeping an eye on. Golden Boy is still trying to negotiate the Canelo-Smith fight, however. Although he has achieved his lifelong dream of conquering an entire decision, there are still plenty of potential opponents for the all-time great. There just won’t. Reading the comments from U.S. Alvarez vs. Smith will mark DAZN's biggest U.S. Alvarez is the WBO, WBA, WBC and Ring Magazine champion at 168, and the only title missing from his mantle for undisputed status at super middleweight is the IBF belt possessed by Caleb Plant. In total, Alvarez has entered the ring seven times since his September 2018 rematch with Golovkin, including a brutal knockout of Sergey Kovalev to win a light heavyweight title. But Haney remains impressive inside the ring. Just which division Davis is best suited at remains unanswered for the moment.