May 6, 2022; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Saul “Canelo” Alvarez steps on the scale to weigh in for the May 7, 2022 Matchroom Boxing card at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV. Mandatory Credit: Ed Mulholland/Matchroom.
LAS VEGAS — It’s the fight boxing fans have been waiting for four years. Undisputed super middleweight world champion Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin will finally settle their rivalry in the third fight of this trilogy on Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena, broadcast live on DAZN and PPV.com.
The 32-year-old Alvarez (57-2-2, 39 KOs) will look to bounce back from his May decision loss to WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol, while the 40-year-old Golovkin (42-1- 1, 37 KOs) will look to avenge the only loss of his professional career.
This will be Golovkin’s professional debut at 168 pounds, although he struggled for a good portion of his amateur career at 165.5 pounds.
The card will also feature budding superstar Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez (16-0, 11 KOs) defending the WBC junior bantamweight title against Israel Gonzalez (28-4-1, 11 KOs). A win for Rodriguez will prominently put him in a position to win the 2022 Fighter of the Year award.
Also appearing on the card are 10-round super middleweight bouts between Ali Akhmedov (18-1, 14 KOs) and Gabriel Rosado (26-15-1, 15 KOs), and Diego Pacheco (15-0, 12 KOs) and Enrique Collazo (16-2-1, 11 KOs).
A truly intriguing eight-round secondary fight pits a pair of unbeaten junior welterweights on the rise in Aaron Aponte (6-0, 2 KOs) and Fernando Angel Molina (8-0, 3 KOs).
Here are the weights:
Unified IBF/WBC/WBO/WBA/Ring super middleweight titles – 12 rounds
Canelo Alvarez (57-2-2, 39 KOs), 167.4 pounds vs. Gennadiy Golovkin (42-1-1, 37 KOs), 167.8 pounds
WBC junior bantamweight title – 12 rounds
Jesse Rodriguez (16-0, 11 KOs), 114.8 pounds vs. Israel Gonzalez (28-4-1, 11 KOs), 114.6 pounds
Super Middleweight – 10 rounds
Ali Akhmedov (18-1, 14 KOs), 167.8 lbs. Gabriel Rosado (26-15-1, 15 KOs), 167.6 pounds
Middleweights – 10 rounds
Austin Williams (11-0, 9 KOs), 160 pounds vs. Kieron Conway (18-2-1, 4 KOs), 159.2 pounds
Super Middleweight – 10 rounds
Diego Pacheco (15-0, 12 KOs), 167 pounds vs. Enrique Collazo (16-2-1, 11 KOs), 167.8 pounds
Lightweights – 8 rounds
Marc Castro (7-0, 5 KOs), 134.4 pounds vs. Kevin Montiel Mendoza (6-1-2, 3 KOs), 135.2 pounds
Junior Welterweight – 8 rounds
Aaron Aponte (6-0, 2 KOs), 139.8 pounds; Fernando Angel Molina (8-0, 3 KOs), 140 pounds
Junior Bantamweight – 6 rounds
Anthony Herrera (2-0-1, 2 KOs), 114.8 pounds vs. Delvin McKinley (4-3-1, 4 KOs), 116 pounds
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