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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 the higher weight classes, Alvarez officially moved to 168 pounds full-time in Dec. 2020 with a one-si...

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 as December 2020, dominating Callum Smith to reign supreme at the weight, while Yildirim (21-3, 12 ...

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't boxed in two years.

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.