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Mike CoppingerESPN
Canelo Alvarez and Dmitry Bivol have finalized a deal for a May 7 fight for Bivol’s light heavyweight title, sources told ESPN. An announcement is imminent for the DAZN PPV.
Canelo is the undisputed super middleweight champion but will return to 175 pounds for the fight. In his lone light heavyweight fight, he scored a brutal 11th-round KO of Sergey Kovalev in November 2019.
Alvarez’s deal with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing is for two fights, sources said. The second fight, assuming he defeats Bivol, will see the Mexican star come back to 168 pounds for a highly anticipated trilogy fight against Gennaidy Golovkin on Sept. 17, per sources.
GGG is in the process of finalizing his deal for the bout, sources said. First, he’ll meet Ryoto Murata in April in Japan in a middleweight title unification on DAZN. If Golovkin prevails, he’ll then move up to 168 for the third meeting with his bitter rival on DAZN PPV, sources said.
Source: www.espn.com