February 26, 2021
Boxing News

Canelo, Yildirim make weight

Boxing: Saul Alvarez And Avni Yildirim Weigh In
Photot: Melina Pizano/Matchroom.

Canelo Alvarez 167.6 vs. Avni Yildirim 167.6
(WBC/WBA super middleweight titles)

Zhilei Zhang 256.2 vs. Jerry Forrest 236
Diego Pacheco 168 vs. Rodolfo Gomez 167
Alexis Espino 167.8 vs. Ashton Sykes 164.2
Aaron Aponte 139.8 vs. Harry Gigliotti 139.2
Keyshawn Davis 136.6 vs. Lester Brown 134.6

Venue: Hard Rock Stadium, Miami, Florida
Promoter: Matchroom
TV: DAZN

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  • CANELO HAVE A GREAT FIGHT, LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING ANOTHER VICTORY .YOU ARE THE BEST OF THE BEST.

  • Poor Avni is gonna get destroyed (TKO) by a series of body shots. I hope Avni can provide 8 rounds before his TKO lost.

  • watch yildrim train way too slow this is a walkover for canelo , who is turning into being an all time great

  • What a great exciting fight…………………….NOT!!!!!! Roberto Duran went all the way from lightweight to what 160-168, and Canelo wimps out on Beterbiev 7lbs heavier. Definitely not like the 70 and 80s. Hell for that matter the 1920s through 1980s. The best fighting the best and fighters who weren’t petrified about losing. Ali the greatest of all time with losses to norton, frazier, spinks, holmes, berbick. Yet Canelo picks the worst LHW in the division, shot and washed up. Doesn’t really want a challenge, like Mayweather taking on washed up fighters, the record is more important than risk taking. Go Canelo, Go!!!

    • Yeah I’ve got agree with you.

      Canelo is definitely a really good fighter, but for me his career has been carefully scripted.
      3 of his belts came by beating:
      -Liam Smith, decent fighter, but hardly the best at his weight.
      -Rocky Fielding, no disrespect to Rocky, but he wasn’t even the best in England
      -Kovalev, a shadow of his former self, who was given less than 2 months to prepare following a gruelling fight by 1 dimensional Yarde.

      He waited for GGG to age before facing him and both those fights were close… And of course he got busted with Clen in between.

      Still, Canelo is a helluva fighter, we’re just in a totally different era now, an era where its practically impossible to know who’s the best, as most of the champs never face each other and the contenders are often so sub standard that beating them proves very little.

  • this made to order fight has got 2 rounds wrote over it, if you think i’m wrong watch the eubanks fight, one good thing is that canelo is staying busy like great champions should

  • I always try to remember that anything can happen in a boxing match but. … what is the point of this fight? Yildrim has virtually ZERO chance at winning and likely wont last 3 rounds. Why did Canelo take this fight when there are half a dozen other guys more deserving?

    • mandatory fight also a stay busy fight before billy saunders, that should be a good one a real test as saunders moves well

  • Canelo is not fighting the best out there, and this is absolutely disappointing. IMO, this is a mismatch, and suspect it will end inside of eight rounds. Canelo will take his time, get his timing, without being concerned at all from what’s coming back, then BOOM! Fight over!

    Canelo needs to prove his worth against the best, not these pushovers.

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