Saul “Canello” Alvarez will try to add another achievement to his already incredible summary when he faces WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol on Saturday night. The action takes place in the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (20:00 ET, DAZN PPV – subscribe and buy now).
Alvarez is the only champion in the super middleweight category and is coming into the light heavyweight division for only the second time in his career. Buffalo, the undefeated longtime 175-pound champion, is likely to be a much tougher test than Sergei Kovalev, the fighter Alvarez defeated in November 2019 to win the WBO light heavyweight title.
Buffalo rose from interim WBA champion to “regular” champion before being promoted to “super” champion in October 2019. He has now successfully defended his super-champion status three times, while rising to be considered one. of the two best in the light heavyweight category in the world, along with Artur Beterbiev.
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Alvarez vs. Buffalo battle card, results
- Saul Canello Alvarez vs. Dmitry Bivol (c), WBA Light Heavyweight Championship
- Montana Love vs. Gabriel Golaz, junior light heavyweight
- Shahram Giyasov def. Christian Gomez with unanimous decision (99-88, 99-88, 98-89)
- Mark Castro def. Pedro Vicente with unanimous decision (60-54, 60-54, 60-54)
- Zhilei Zhang def. Scott Alexander knocked out in the first round
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