Now, there’s nothing in way of this fight between Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez (59-2-2, 39 KO’s) the undisputed Super-Middleweight champion and Jermell Charlo (35-1-1, 19 KO’s) the undisputed Super-Welterweight champion, who is moving up two weight classes to challenge the bigger man in Saturday’s fight at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The Toshiba Plaza bore witness to the weigh-in approved by the camps of both 33 year old fighters, who had no problems to overcome the scale to mark 167.4 pounds in what will be the confrontation for the undisputed super middleweight championship belonging to theMexican. While Canelo is the bigger man fighting at a weight class 14 pounds above Charlo’s super-welterweight division, the lighter man has a four inch height advantage to go along with a three inch longer reach.
Both ‘Canelo’ and Charlo weighed in at a closed door weigh-in before the final pre-bout face-to-face in the presence of a public, who showed its clear support for the Mexican, while booing the super–welterweight champion.
Canelo’s record against U.S. fighters
‘Canelo’ Alvarez will be facing his fourteenth American-born opponent. So far the Aztec boxer has had 13 such fight opponents in his career: 12 wins and only one loss; against Floyd Mayweather Jr.
The undisputed super middleweight champion has a total of seven knockout victories against these opponents from the other side of the northern border: Juan Hernandez, Daniel Martinez, Sean Holley, Brian Camechis, Josesito Lopez, James Kirkland and Caleb Plant. On the other hand, his six other wins have come by decision: Daniel Jacobs, Austin Trout, Shane Mosley, Lanardo Tyner and Larry Mosley.
Charlo has won four of his last five fights by KO, including his last against Brian Carlos Castano. That fight however was in May of 2022, marking 15 months of inactivity for the fighter.
The Guadalajara native and the Louisiana-born fighter will face off at around 8pm local time/ 11pm EST, marking Alvarez’s return to the ring after he defeated Britain’s John Ryder by unanimous decision this past May in his homeland.
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