WBO light flyweight champion Elwin Soto will defend his title against Katsunari Takayama as the co-feature to the super middleweight unification clash between Canelo Alvarez and Billy Joe Saunders on May 8 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, live on DAZN. Soto (18-1 12 KOs) fights under the Matchroom banner for the first time on the show having penned a deal with Eddie Hearn last week. 37-year-old Takayama (32-8 12 KOs) is a five-time minimumweight champion aiming to become a two-weight world champion.
The undercard also includes Kieron Conway (16-1-1, 3 KOs) defending his WBA Intercontinental super welterweight title against Souleymane Cissokho (12-0, 8 KOs), and unbeaten WBO #6 heavyweight Frank Sanchez (17-0, 13 KOs) against Nagy Aguilera (21-10, 14 KOs).
Other bouts include:
Marc Castro (2-0, 2 KOs) vs. TBA
Keyshawn Davis (2-0, 2 KOs) vs. Jose Antonio Meza (6-4, 1 KO)
Kelvin Davis (1-0, 1 KO) vs. Jan Marsalek (8-2, 7 KOs)
Christian Alan Gomez Duran (19-2-1, 17 KOs) vs. TBA
What you think about Canelo Alvarez vs Billy Joe Saunders?
I think they cld have brought a. Etter undercard with this high profile type of fight. As for the fight, i predict a kick ass 5 rounds from both and then BJS starts to break down out of frustration
Alvarez will chop Billy down since Billy lacks the power to keep the beast off him. Alvarez on a TKO.
In the second (2nd) half of the fight, Canelo’s constant pressure and constant body punching will lead to BJS’s late TKO demise.
Nice to see Frank Sanchez stepping up his competition. Then if he beats the dreaded Nagy Aguilera perhaps he’ll risk it all against Kevin Johnson next.
Saunders doesn’t belong in the same ring with Canelo, can’t they put a better fight together than this?
step it up team Frank Sanchez , crap
Billy Joe is going to win, all you Canelo nuthuggers will see. Remember how Fury was supposed to get Ko’d by Wilder??
Did you really just compare Canelo’s boxing ability and IQ to that of Deontay “Hail Mary” Wilder? Another hater will soon hit the dust. See you back here on May 9 Jake 76. Don’t go silent that day my dude.
Billy beating Canelo would shake up the boxing world in the media’s eyes. Alvarez too durable and focused to lose this fight. Billy could outbox Alvarez, but Alvarez will walk him down and slowly break his arsenal. Billy lacks the power to hurt Alvarez and that is one factor that must be noted going into this fight.
Spoken like a true britt, rubbish I say rubbish. GTFOH