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Canelo vs Yildirim results, live stream fight coverage Share this story Handout Photo-USA TODAY Sports Pound-for-pound boxing superstar, Canelo Alvarez, makes his fastest turnaround in the past decade TONIGHT (Sat., Feb. 27, 2021) when — just two months after unifying the WBA and WBC Super middleweight titles — he takes on mandatory challenger Avni Yildirim inside Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. After a lengthy reign atop the Middleweight division and a couple of forays into th...

Alvarez (55-1-2, 37 KOs) was an enormous favorite in the fight and showed why that was the case.

Canelo Alvarez comfortably retained his Super Middleweight world titles with a third round stoppage of Avni Yildirim in Miami on Saturday Photo Credit: Ed Mulholland/Matchroom Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez did exactly as expected, as he easily defended his WBC, WBA ‘Super’ and Ring Magazine Super Middleweight titles at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, forcing mandatory challenger, Avni Yildirim, to retire from battle after three one-sided rounds. Canelo (55-1-2, 37 KOs) was last seen as recently...

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Saul “Canelo” Alvarez has reached a point in his boxing career where he can dictate terms. One of the sport's best pound-for-pound fighters and arguably its most popular, Alvarez can determine fight patterns, moving between divisions while sanctioning bodies keep him as champion in separate weight classes. The 30-year-old from Mexico can also choose his opponents, and Avni Yildirim, whom he will fight Saturday night, r...

Find out when and where to catch the action later tonight (Sat., Feb. 27, 2021) as Canelo Alvarez and Avni Yildirim collide in a super-middleweight title fight live on DAZN from inside the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida.

​Saturday nights in Miami used to be reserved for Gloria Estefan, but this weekend sees another Latino superstar roll into town as the worlds pound-for-pound No. 1 fighter, Mexicos Saul

Miami Vice: Canelo vs Yildirim In his quest to become undisputed champion, boxing politics means that Canelo cannot avoid an underwhelming assignment against the overmatched Yildirim, writes Paul Wheeler BECOMING an undisputed world champion is a difficult thing to do – especially in this day and age. Not only do you have to get into the ring and actually win the titles, but in the meantime you also have to keep four separate sanctioning bodies happy. The WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO each have manda...

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Saul “Canelo” Alvarez has reached a point in his boxing career where he can dictate terms. One of the sport’s best pound-for-pound fighters and arguably its most popular, Alvarez can determine fight patterns, moving between divisions while sanctioning bodies keep him as champion in separate weight classes. The 30-year-old from Mexico can also choose his opponents, and Avni Yildirim, whom he will fight Saturday night, raised eyebrows. Yildirim, of Turkey, hasn�...

Who is Avni Yildirim, the man set to face Canelo Alvarez for two world titles? Avni Yildirim enters his super middleweight world title fight without major expectations from the outside world, but simply by reaching Saturdays fight at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Yildirim has made Turkish sports history.  Eva Marie Uzcategui Trinkl/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images The small, bold font at the bottom of a full-page spread in the Feb. 2 edition of Fanatik, a daily sports newspaper in Turkey, posed a...

February 22nd, 2021 Bad Brad At the end of February, the WBC and WBA super-middleweight champion, Saúl Canelo Álvarez, will face-off against the Turkish Wolf, Avni Yıldırım. The 29-year-old former IBO and WBC challenger was last seen in 2019 when he lost a split technical decision to Anthony Dirrell after an accidental clash of heads. Though no one has watched Yıldırım box for two years, fans of the sweet science see this fight as nothing more than a squash match, a quick cash-grab ...