
Pumpkins and PPVs, vampires and vamping: The Canelo-Mbilli running diary
As I’ve always said, when Saul “Canelo” Alvarez headlines an all-day pay-per-view on Halloween in a war zone in Saudi Arabia, you have to write a running diary about it
Saul "Canelo" Alvarez: record, next fight and profile →

As I’ve always said, when Saul “Canelo” Alvarez headlines an all-day pay-per-view on Halloween in a war zone in Saudi Arabia, you have to write a running diary about it

We take a look at five potential next opponents for Canelo Alvarez following his victory over Christian Mbilli.

Super middleweight titleholder Mbilli weighed in at 167.8 pounds, while Alvarez, the challenger, hit the scales at 167.6 pounds on Friday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

The worst-case scenarios are far worse than any past scenarios I can recall for any fight, as Saul “Canelo” Alvarez faces Christian Mbilli atop a fight card in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, during which any of the usual talk from the commentators of fighters throwing “bombs” or “detonating” left hooks will make us all squirm

The scheduled IBF junior welterweight title fight between Lindolfo Delgado and Arthur Biyarslanov has been thrown into doubt amid ongoing security concerns in Saudi Arabia.

With the "Canelo" Alvarez-Christian Mbilli event is still reportedly going ahead on Saturday, October 31, in Riyadh, despite the US State Department ordering non-essential embassy staff and their family members in the city to evacuate Saudi Arabia today.

Saul “Canelo” Alvarez has been training with Oleksandr Usyk in Spain ahead of his October 31 shot at WBC super middleweight titleholder Christian Mbilli.

Precedent exists for the “Canelo Alvarez-Christian Mbilli: Mexico vs. The World” event to be relocated rather than postponed, even with just over two weeks remaining before fight night

Despite Saudi Arabia boxing financier Turki Alalshikh’s assertion that the fatal bombing of Riyadh’s airport will not dissuade him and Canelo Alvarez from staging the planned October 31 fight card in the city, others involved are less enthusiastic

Canelo Alvarez will fight Christian Mbilli in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on October 31 “no matter what happens”, according to Turki Alalshikh