- Álvarez and Saunders face off at home of NFL’s Dallas Cowboys
- At stake: Álvarez’s WBA and WBC titles and Saunders’ WBO belt
- Saunders can give Álvarez problems but may regret impudence
Good evening and welcome to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, for tonight’s super middleweight title unification fight between Canelo Álvarez and Billy Joe Saunders. Álvarez, boxing’s biggest star and pound-for-pound No 1, is looking to add Saunders’ WBO title at 168lbs to his own WBA and WBC straps – and the 30-year-old from Guadalajara is a hot favorite to do just that as he returns to the ring for the third time in five months.
Souleymane Cissokho has just won a split decision over Kieron Conway in their 10-round junior middleweight bout, meaning we have one undercard fight to go before the main event: as Elwin Soto defends his WBO junior flyweight strap against Katsunari Takayama in a scheduled 12-rounder. That one should be under way any moment now with Álvarez and Saunders due to make their ringwalks shortly after.
Bryan will be here shortly. In the meantime here’s Donald McRae’s lookahead to tonight’s main event.
Related: Saunders can give Alvarez problems but he may yet regret his impudence | Donald McRae
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