Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez vs Jermell Charlo: start time, undercard, TV channel, streaming info and fight prediction
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Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez gets back into the ring for this superfight with Jermell Charlo. The Mexican will need to be on his guard in this bout with his ‘pound for pound’ moniker under threat. Charlo will fancy his 63-fight veteran in a contest that looks like it could go either way.
WHO IS ON THE UNDERCARD?
There are some eye-catching fights listed for the undercard with Yordenis Ugas and Mario Barrios battling it out for the WBC interim welterweight title being the pick of the bunch:
Yordenis Ugas vs Mario Barrios
Jesus Alejandro Ramos Jr vs Erickson Lubin
Elijah Garcia vs Jose Armando Resendiz
Frank Sanchez vs Scott Alexander
Gabriel Valenzuela vs Yeis Gabriel Solano
Terrell Gausha vs KeAndre Leatherwood
Oleksandr Gvozdyk vs Isaac Rodrigues
Curmel Moton vs Ezequiel Flores
Justin Viloria vs Angel Barrera
WHERE IS THE FIGHT TAKING PLACE?
The fight will take place at the T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas, Nevada, US.
WHEN IS THE FIGHT?
Alvarez vs Charlo takes place on Sunday 1st October, with the main event set to take place at around 04:30 (UK).
WHEN IS THE RING WALK?
The ring walks for the main event should take place any time from 04:00 but will depend on how the undercard plays out, with the event set to start at 02:00.
WHAT TV CHANNEL IS SHOWING SAUL ‘CANELO’ ALVAREZ VS JERMELL CHARLO?
The fight will be shown live on DAZN in the UK and SHOWTIME PPV in the US.
WHAT ABOUT LIVE STREAMING?
The fight can be streamed live via DAZN in the UK and the SHOWTIME app in the US.
WHAT ARE THEIR FIGHT RECORDS?
Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez has won 59 of his 63 bouts, 39 by way of KO. He has suffered just two defeats with neither of those occurring by KO while he has also drawn two of his fights. Jermell Charlo has only lost one of his 37 fights with 19 coming via stoppage while he is yet to be stopped himself and he also has a draw to his name.
FIGHT PREDICTION
Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez is coming into the twilight of his career but the Mexican will not believe that is limiting his quality. Jermell Charlo will aim to cause an upset here as he looks to land Alverez’s four super middleweight world titles but Canelo has been doubted before and has come up trumps so expect the veteran to get the job done here and retain his belts.
TIP: Alverez to win fight
