Canelo Alvarez vs Jermell Charlo LIVE Blog: Mario Barrios dominates Yordenis Ugas

Canelo Alvarez takes on Jermell Charlo tonight, Saturday Sep 30 (8pm ET / 5 pm PT), in what will be a packed T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV. The crowd and Showtime PPV viewers at home will be treated to 11 undercard fights, while the main boxing event is expected to start at 10:30 pm ET / 8:30 pm PT.

Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez takes on hard-hitting sensation Jermell Charlo in boxing’s biggest fight of the year. “Two kings, one throne, no mercy”, is the tagline being used to promote the 168-pound bout. Canelo is putting it all on the line, defending his undisputed super middleweight world titles. Meanwhile, undisputed junior middleweight world champion Jermell Charlo has stated he will do what no man has done before: give Canelo the first KO loss of his career.

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Canelo Alvarez, 59-2-2 (39 KO wins), has beamed with his usual confidence leading up to this Premier Boxing Champions event presented by Canelo Promotions. If the Mexican fighter wins, he could pocket up to $50 million dollars from the event, pending television broadcasting rights, ticket sales, advertising and PPV purchases. After back-to-back UD wins against Golovkin and John Ryder, Canelo looks to grow his incredible boxing career even more.

Jermell Charlo, 35-1-1 (19 KO wins), is looking to turn the world of boxing on its head and get a victory that would launch his career into new heights. Hard at work and training away from twin brother Jermall, he is determined to keep his undefeated streak going. His last (and only) loss came in the form of a unanimous decision on Dec 22, 2018 against Tony Harrison.

Canelo Alvarez vs Jermell Charlo: what championship is on the line?

Both Canelo and Charlo fall into the Super Middleweight category, which is 168 pounds; the weight class they will be fighting this weekend. Charlo is the current champion in this category, while Canelo will try to claim this new championship. The winner will also receive the unique “Puebla belt”.

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Jermell Charlo (6’0″) has a four inch height advantage of Canelo (5’8″), as well as a 2.5″ reach advantage. The Mexican, however, has stated his is unphased by this: “I’ve been in the ring with a lot of styles, all kinds of fighters. My whole career I’ve been fighting (fighters) taller than me, so I know how to do it.” It’s also worth nothing that the Guadalajara fighter (168 lb) has a 12-pound weight advantage over the Texas native (154 lb).

Canelo Alvarez vs Jermell Charlo fight card: what are the undercard fights?

There will be 11 fights leading up to Canelo vs. Charlo. In addition to the highly-anticipated main event, these bouts will complete the undercard of the boxing show in Las Vegas tonight. Division and track record for every fighter:

Yordenis Ugas vs Mario Barrios

Jesus Alejandro Ramos Jr vs Erickson Lubin

Elijah Garcia vs Jose Armando Resendiz

Frank Sanchez vs Scott Alexander (Sanchez wins by TKO)

Terrell Gausha vs Keandrae Leatherwood (Gausha wins by Majority decision)

Oleksandr Gvozdyk vs Isaac Rodrigues (Gvozdyk by TKO)

Curmel Moton vs Ezequiel Flores

Other bouts: Justin Viloria vs Angel Barrera, Bek Nurmaganbet vs Abimbola Osundairo and Abilkhan Amankul vs Joeshon James.