Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez will defend his WBC, WBA Super and Ring Magazine World Super-Middleweight titles against Avni Yidirim on Saturday February 27 at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, live on DAZN in over 200 countries and territories (excluding Mexico) or on cable/satellite pay-per-view in the U.S.
WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez has agreed to major points in negotiations with Eddie Hearn to see him defend against his WBC mandatory challenger Avni Yildirim on DAZN on February 27th and then fight on May 8th.
WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez’s February title defense against WBC mandatory Avni Yildirim is being moved to U.S territory rather than original plans of staging it in Mexico because of the COVID-19 health situation, according to ESPN MX.
Matchroom guru Eddie Hearn is reportedly negotiating a two-fight deal with Eddy Reynoso, the trainer, and manager for WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Saul Canelo Alvarez (54-1-2, 36 KOs), for the Mexican superstar to defend against the Avni Yildirim on February 27th and Billy Joe Saunders in May on DAZN.
Canelo Alvarez and Callum Smith will have the privilege of fighting for the vacant WBC super-middleweight title next week when they square off on December 19th on DAZN at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
Ahmet Oner “Still Hopeful” His Fighter Gets Canelo Chance
Right now, nobody knows what is going to happen with Canelo Alvarez; when he will fight again, who against and on which network.
Earlier on Tuesday, the WBC revealed that they accepted Canelo Alvarez’s request to face WBC super middleweight mandatory Yildirim (21-2, 12 KOs) for the vacant 168-lb title that was recently stripped from champion David Benavidez last Friday.
What started out as a ho-hum night of fights eventually picked up and of course because this is boxing we had some controversy by night’s end.
Anthony Dirrell (33-1-1, 24 KOs) defeated Avni Yildirim (21-2, 12 KOs)by technical split decision (96-94 X 2 for Dirrell, 98-92 for Yildirim) for the vacant WBC Super Middleweight World Championship in the main event of Premier Boxing Champions on FS1 and FOX Deportes from the Armory in Minneapolis.
The last weekend of the month of February features an interesting matchup on paper between James DeGale and Chris Eubank Jr.