The Mexican and the undefeated Englishman each scored 168 pounds prior to their fight for the WBC and WBA Super Feather titles.
The fight between the Mexican Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez and the undefeated English Callum Smith it is official.
This Friday morning both fighters scored the regulation 168 pounds for their fight for the WBA super middleweight title and the WBC vacancy at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
This fight marks the return of ‘Canelo’ Alvarez to super middleweight after venturing into the semi-complete division where he took Russian Sergey Kovalev off the belt, and it is also his first fight of 2020 after a year marked by a legal battle outside the ring against Golden Boy Promotions.
‘Canelo’ Alvarez He is 53-1-2 with 36 knockouts, two of which are in his last three bouts.
The Briton appears with a perfect record of 27-0, 19 of which on the fast track and also fights for the first time in 2020, his last fight was in November 2019 when he defeated John Ryder by unanimous decision to retain the Super Middleweight title . the World Boxing Association.
‘Canelo’ Alvarez He is one of five Mexican fighters in history with titles in four different divisions, along with Juan Manuel ‘Dinamita’ Márquez, Jorge ‘Travieso’ Arce, Érik ‘Terrible’ Morales and Leo ‘Terremoto’ Santa Cruz.
Since his only professional loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr. in 2013, ‘Canelo’ Alvarez He is 11-0-1 with six knockouts and in world championships he has a record of 14-1-1 (with eight chloroforms).
In front of Callum Smith This is the third defense of his belt he won in 2018 after beating George Groves.
‘Canelo’ Álvarez has a favorable record of fighting in Texas He also has experience at the Alamodome, where he beat Austin Trout by unanimous decision in 2013.
In 2015, he defeated James Kirkland in three rounds at Minute Maid Park in Houston, with the most recent knockout win over British Liam Smith in nine rounds to win the World Boxing Organization middle title.