Super-middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez will face Billy Joe Saunders in a highly anticipated unification bout at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on May 8. Bout between the Mexican and the Briton will be one of the boxing highlights of 2021.
This fight will be watched by millions of people around the world, as the WBA, WBC, WBO Super Middle World Titles and The Ring Magazine will be in dispute.
destroyed the WBC’s mandatory challenger, Avni Yildirim, in three rounds on Feb 27 at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami in front of 12,000 fans. Meanwhile, Saunders is coming off a lopsided unanimous decision win over Martin Murray in December.
The winner will most certainly try to book a fight with IBF champion Caleb Plant to secure undisputed glory at super middleweight.
“I want to unify the division. No one has done it in Latin America. In the world only a few fighters have done it, the best. I want to make history and be one of the best in the world.” Canelo said.
How much money will Canelo earn?
On the first day a record was broken, as 40 thousand of the 70 thousand tickets available were sold. It must be remembered that the stadium will not operate at 100 percent of its capacity due to the Covid-19 outbreak.
There are no official figures, but it is believed that Canelo will earn more than $ 30 million to get in the ring and trade blows with Saunders.
The Guadalajara-born created Canelo Promotions after leaving Oscar de la Hoya’s DAZN and Golden Boy Promotions, with which he earned more than $ 35 million. Since then, his agent is the one in charge of organizing his fights and negotiating the amount of money he will earn
Canelo fortune will grow thanks to TV Azteca, ESPN and TUDN being in charge of broadcasting his fight throughout Mexico.
