Eddie Hearn understands that there is no talking Canelo Alvarez out of what he wants next if he beats British underdog John Ryder on Saturday night.

The Mexican icon won’t be satisfied unless he gets the opportunity to avenge his loss to Dmitry Bivol. Alvarez also has demanded that their second fight be contested at the light heavyweight limit of 175 pounds, the same weight at which Bivol beat him by unanimous decision last May 7 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

“Yeah, look, Canelo wants to rematch Bivol,” Hearn said during an interview that was posted this week to the YouTube channel of his promotional company, Matchroom Boxing. “I’ve said it a million times. That’s my instructions from Eddy Reynoso. They want revenge from that defeat. It’s a tough fight. It may be the wrong fight. But it doesn’t matter. He should be applauded for that. You know, most people would say, ‘No, don’t fight Dmitry Bivol.’ He wants the opportunity to rematch. But we’ll see what Saturday brings.”

Alvarez (58-2-2, 39 KOs) is listed as at least a 16-1 favorite to defeat London’s Ryder (32-5, 18 KOs) in their 12-round fight for Alvarez’s IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO super middleweight titles at Akron Stadium in Zapopan, Mexico, just outside of Alvarez’s hometown of Guadalajara. Russia’s Bivol (21-0, 11 KOs), the longtime WBA light heavyweight champion, has expressed interest in dropping down to the super middleweight limit of 168 pounds for his second fight against Alvarez, but Alvarez has been adamant about boxing Bivol at light heavyweight again.

“Canelo wants the same terms as last time,” Hearn explained. “Canelo wants the fight on the terms that he got beat on. And Dmitry would quite like it at 168, to try and win the undisputed. But Dmitry’s gonna have to drain himself down to 168. If Canelo wins, he’s not gonna get the, what he feels is the, you know, the rewards from the public, from the people, from the pundits.

“He wants to do the impossible, in some people’s eyes, which is to beat Dmitry at 175. It’s a bit crazy, but that’s Canelo Alvarez. He wants the biggest challenges. You know, he doesn’t want to say, ‘I beat Dmitry Bivol because I brought him down to 168.’ He wants to beat him on all the terms that he lost last time.”

Bivol beat Alvarez, who was a 4-1 favorite, convincingly. Judges Tim Cheatham, Dave Moretti and Steve Weisfeld all scored Bivol a 115-113 winner, but even Alvarez acknowledged his definitive defeat afterward.

Alvarez responded to his first defeat in 8½ years by thoroughly beating rival Gennadiy Golovkin in their third fight. He out-pointed Kazakhstan’s Golovkin (42-2-1, 37 KOs) by scores of 116-112, 115-113 and 115-113 on September 17 at T-Mobile Arena.

Alvarez, 32, and Ryder, 34, will headline a DAZN Pay-Per-View show in the U.S.

DAZN subscribers can buy this five-fight show for $59.99 if it’s purchased through the streaming service’s website. The cost is $79.99 for non-subscribers who buy it through cable and satellite providers.

Keith Idec is a senior writer/columnist for BoxingScene.com. He can be reached on Twitter @Idecboxing.