Mexico's Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez, will set about his attempt to regain the fourth belt in the super middleweight division on May 3rd at the ANB Arena in Riyadh in the first of four fights Canelo will enter into as part of Riyadh Season. Alvarez, whose claim the the true world 168-pound championship cannot be seriously disputed, takes on Germany-based William Scull in a bid to reunite the IBF world title he was forced to relinquish due to conflicting mandatory orders. To do so, Alvarez must defeat the Cuban-born Scull who overcame Vladimir Shishkin to win the title himself in October of last year. For Alvarez the stakes are high because plans are place for a Riyadh Season extravaganza in September, to be staged in Las Vegas, where he would go up against the pound-for-pound king Terence Crawford in a clash for the ages, a Superfight that will capture the eyes of the world.

 

But first he must inflict a first defeat on the unbeaten 32-year-old Skull and put his 168-pound belt collection back together again. May 3rd will represent the first fight night Alvarez will experience outside of North America. Six out of his last seven fights have taken place in Las Vegas, with the other happening in his homeland. Last time out, Alvarez overcame the unbeaten Edgar Berlanga via unanimous decision,  the same outcome as his previous title defence against the also undefeated Jaime Munguia.