Alvarez and Yildirim make weight

By Scott Shaffer

26/02/2021

Alvarez and Yildirim make weight

Both Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and Avni Yildirim (21-2 12 KOs) made weight for Saturday's title fight at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, live worldwide on DAZN and on TV Azteca in Mexico. Alvarez (54-1-2 36 KOs) will be defending his WBC and WBA super middleweight championships as part of his campaign to consolidate the four major titles.  Both Alvarez and Yildirim weighed in 167.6, slightly below the divisional limit of 168 pounds. In the heavyweight bout, China's Zhilei Zhang will enjoy a size and weight advantage against Jerry Forrest. Zhang, a former Olympic silver medalist outweighed Forrest by about twenty pounds, 256.2 to 236.6.