Canelo Alvarez, the world’s top boxer, will continue his record run in the history books when he faces WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol on May 7. No venue has been announced, though T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas is likely to be it.
ESPN.com first reported the news.
Alvarez, who in November stopped Caleb Plant to become the undisputed super middleweight champion and only undisputed champion from Mexico, will also likely fight bitter rival Gennadiy Golovkin in September, though the Golovkin fight is not finalized. Golovkin is scheduled to fight WBA middleweight champion Ryoto Murata in Japan, but getting that fight done has been difficult because of COVID-19 restrictions in Japan.