Canelo Álvarez v Jaime Munguía: undisputed super middleweight championship – live

Display essential occurrences exclusively.

To utilize this functionality, kindly activate JavaScript.

During a recent conversation, Munguía expressed admiration for Canelo's background in boxing, having defeated many talented opponents. Although Munguía acknowledges having a less extensive track record, he believes his youth will be a considerable advantage. Munguía plans to exhibit his boxing prowess on Saturday evening.

We've put in a lot of effort with Freddie Roach and had a fantastic training season. You'll witness all of the techniques we've picked up on Saturday evening.

I'm happy that he intends to make me pass out, as I have the same mindset. I plan to make him pass out too. This match is going to be fantastic.

Álvarez and Munguía have been remarkably respectful towards each other leading up to the fight. Canelo has directed his anger towards his ex-promoter, Oscar De La Hoya, who is now associated with Munguía.

During the final press conference on Wednesday, Álvarez switched to English after the translator had edited his words.

In less formal language, Álvarez expressed his frustration towards the individual who attempted to take money and referred to them using vulgar language. He believed that the person was more concerned with gaining attention for themselves rather than supporting Munguía. Álvarez accused the individual of stealing from the fighter and used offensive language to further emphasize his anger towards the situation.

Brandon Figueroa successfully defended his WBC interim featherweight championship by defeating Jessie Magdaleno. At the end of the ninth round, Figueroa landed a powerful left hook to Magdaleno's liver, causing him to fall down and fail to recover before the referee counted to 10. Thus, Figueroa secured the victory.

There's only one more preliminary fight left before the main event of tonight's boxing match begins. The fight is between Mario Barrios and Fabian Andres Maidana, and it's scheduled for 12 rounds. Barrios is putting his WBC interim welterweight title on the line in this matchup.

Greetings and a warm welcome to the highly anticipated super middleweight championship bout between Canelo Álvarez and Jaime Munguía tonight. It is bound to be an enthralling matchup as the 33-year-old Álvarez, a champion in four different weight classes and one of boxing's greatest sensations, defends his titles at 168lbs from the WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO against the unbeaten 27-year-old Munguía, who has won 34 of 43 professional fights by knockout.

This boxing match marks the sixth time in history that two Mexican fighters will compete for the undisputed title across weight divisions. Additionally, it has been over half a century since the last time this occurred, with the last fight taking place on March 19, 1972, when Rafael Herrera defeated Ruben Olivares for the WBA and WBC bantamweight titles.

We still have approximately 1.5 hours until the primary activity commences. There are many more things to look forward to before that time.

Bryan is coming soon. While waiting, you can read an interview by Donald McRae with Oscar De La Hoya that was conducted earlier this week.