Saul “Canelo” Alvarez will look so as to add yet one more accomplishment to his already unbelievable resume when he faces WBA mild heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol on Saturday evening. The motion takes place at T-Cell Area in Las Vegas (8 p.m. ET, DAZN PPV — subscribe and purchase now).

Alvarez is the unified tremendous middleweight champion and coming as much as mild heavyweight for simply the second time in his profession. Bivol, an undefeated longtime champion at 175 kilos, is more likely to be a a lot stiffer take a look at than Sergey Kovalev, the fighter Alvarez defeated in November 2019 to win the WBO mild heavyweight title.

Bivol rose from WBA interim champion to “common” champion earlier than being elevated to “tremendous” champion in October 2019. He has now efficiently defended his standing as tremendous champion thrice whereas rising to be typically thought-about one of many two greatest mild heavyweights on the planet, alongside Artur Beterbiev.

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Alvarez vs. Bivol combat card, outcomes

• Saul “Canelo” Alvarez vs. Dmitry Bivol (c), WBA mild heavyweight championship
• Montana Love def. Gabriel Gollaz by way of unanimous determination (114-112, 114-112, 114-112)
• Shakhram Giyasov def. Christian Gomez by way of unanimous determination (99-88, 99-88, 98-89)
• Marc Castro def. Pedro Vicente by way of unanimous determination (60-54, 60-54, 60-54)
• Zhilei Zhang def. Scott Alexander by way of first-round knockout

Alvarez vs. Bivol scorecard