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Saturday nights in Miami used to be reserved for Gloria Estefan, but this weekend sees another Latino superstar roll into town as the world's pound-for-pound No. 1 fighter, Mexico's 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 mandatory challengers for their belts, and there comes a time when these obligations have to be fulfilled...
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. The Mexico-based World Boxing Council, which recognizes Alvarez as super mid...
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 Saturday's 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 simple question: "So who is Canelo Alvarez?" The query was accompanied by a short paragraph and an...
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 for Canelo following his dominance of Callum Smith. Top legal mobile betting sites also do not give ...