It's been a lean Yuletide for Eleider Álvarez (13-0, 8KOs), who's planning to tinsel South African Thomas Oosthuizen (22-0-2, 13KOs) for the WBC Silver middleweight crown, at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. on January 18th.

“A lot of hard preparation has been involved in this, and it's the first ever Christmas I've spent without my family. With all my effort and strength, I want to transform this into a nostalgic time. To achieve this I've been preparing at altitude in Big Bear, California- following the training program of Marc Ramsa, to the letter."

“We haven't had a day off, and ate Christmas dinner together. This fight is confirmed for HBO, so I'm determined to put on a festive spectacular, explained Alvarez, who's spent his morning physically preparing. And then after a spare lunch has been focusing on the tactical strategy plan.