Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez continues his pursuit of unifying the 168lb division when he meats Turkish challenger Avni Yildirim on Saturday 28 February.
The 30-year-old four-division champion can already lay claim to being the best pound-for-pound fighter still boxing competitively but after Yildirim he is expected to fight Billy Joe Saunders for another unification fight.
Yildirim has twice challenged for a world title, the IBO super-middleweight title in 2017 and the WBC super middleweight title in 2019, and is now getting another crack at the latter along with the WBA belt.
He'll have to pull off a huge shock to last the distance with Alvarez, let alone win the bout.
Here is the tale of the tape for Canelo vs. Yildirim:
Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez
- Born: 18 July 1990 (age 30 years)
- Record: 54-1-2
- Total fights: 57
- % KO: 63.16
- Rounds fought: 414
- Debut: 29 October 2005
- Division: Super middleweight
- Stance: Orthodox
- Height: 5'8"
- Reach: 70"
- Birth place: Guadalajara
- Nationality: Meixcan
- Hometown: Guadalajara
Avni Yildirim
- Born: 5 August 1991 (age 29 years)
- Record: 21-2 (12 KOs)
- Total fights: 23
- % KO: 52.17
- Rounds fought: 132
- Debut: 22 March 2014
- Division: Super middleweight
- Stance: Orthodox
- Height: 5'11"
- Reach: 70"
- Birth place: Sivas
- Nationality: Turkish
- Hometown: Istanbul
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