Good evening. The night the boxing world has been waiting for has finally arrived, as Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez puts his unified super middleweight titles on the line in Las Vegas against junior middleweight champ Jermell Charlo, who jumps two difvisions for the chance to face the biggest name in the sport.
Canelo (59-2-2) is a -500 favorite, according to Draft Kings, while Charlo is a +360 underdog.
In the first fight of the televised card, Elijah Garcia (16-0) earned a stoppage over Mexico’s Armando Resendiz (14-2) in an impressive performance for the 20-year-old American southpaw. It was Resendiz’s first stoppage defeat of his career.
Yordenis Ugas (27-5) vs. Mario Barrios (27-2) at welterweight