Canelo Alvarez (55-1-2, 37 KOs) battered and stopped the timid-looking WBC mandatory Avni Yildirim (21-3, 12 KOs) in stopping him in the third round in a fight that was so one-sided that it reflected badly on the Mexican star on Saturday night at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida.
Avni Yildirim won’t be coming into tonight’s fight with Canelo Alvarez just to survive, as we saw with his last opponent Callum Smith in December of last year.
Canelo Alvarez (54-1-2, 36 KOs) came in at a shredded 167.6 lbs on Friday for the title defense of his WBA/WBC super middleweight belts against Avni Yildirim (21-2, 12 KOs) on Saturday night live on DAZN.
Canelo Alvarez hopes to turn Miami into another home for his blockbuster fight nights as he prepares to defend his WBC, WBA Super and Ring Magazine World Super-Middleweight titles against mandatory challenger Avni Yildirim on Saturday night (February 27) at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, live worldwide on DAZN and on TV Azteca in Mexico.
Eddie Hearn is already off to a fast start in promoting the May 8th fight between Canelo Alvarez and Billy Joe Saunders even before Saturday’s match between the Mexican star and Avni Yildirim is done.
This Saturday night live on the DAZN app or PPV via OnDemand, Canelo Alvarez takes on his mandatory challenger of sorts Avni Yildrim for a WBC belt that was stripped from David Benavidez in August for missing weight.
Canelo Alvarez is a whopping -5000 favourite entering Saturday’s super-middleweight title fight with Turkish challenger Avni Yildrim. In other words, the Mexican star’s latest fight is not worth betting on – unless you think the stunning upset will happen and are willing to place a wedge of cash on Yildrim, the WBC mandatory.
Eddie Hearn “Cannot quite believe that we are promoting an event at the home of the Miami Dolphins this Saturday– the Hard Rock Stadium.
Canelo Alvarez says he fell asleep while watching IBF super middleweight champion Caleb Plant’s last title defense against Caleb Truax on January 30th.
Trainer Joel Diaz is excited about his fighter Avni Yildirim’s chances of pulling a big upset against WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez this Saturday night at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida.