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Callum Smith is not the first English boxer to face Canelo Alvarez. In fact, he s not even the first person in his family to box the Mexican superstar.
Smith (27-0, 19 KOs) is one of four brothers who have all either fought for or won world titles. In 2016, Callum was ringside when elder sibling Liam Smith lost his junior middleweight world title to Alvarez in front of 51,240 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
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Canelo Alvarez will face WBA Super Super Middleweight world champion Callum Smith on December 19 in Texas
It’s a blockbuster end of the year for the sport, as the consensus pound for pound number one takes centre stage as Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez (53-1-2, KO36) makes his first appearance of 2020.
The Mexican has been bouncing up and down the weights, and comes back down from his last fight to challenge Callum Smith (27-0, KO19) with the Liverpudlian’s WBA (Super) and Ring Magazine Super Middleweight crowns on the line, as well as the vacant WBC title.
Alvarez’s last three fights have taken place at Super Middle, Middle, and Light Heavyweight, in an attempt to cement his legacy, which has long been assured.
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Callum Smith, above, faces Canelo Alvarez in super middleweight unification fight on Saturday.
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Callum Smith is scheduled to make a third defense of his WBA super middleweight world title against Canelo Alvarez on Saturday, confident of his ability to pull off arguably the biggest upset in boxing this year. But who is the 30-year-old from Liverpool, England, trying to put a dent in the Mexican superstar at the Alamodome in San Antonio?