Canelo Alvarez, boxing's top star, will meet William Scull for the undisputed super middleweight championship on May 3 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Turki Alalshikh, the chairman of Saudi Arabia's General Entertainment Authority,

Scull became champion in October with a unanimous decision win over Vladimir Shishkin. The title was available to be won after the IBF stripped Alvarez in September for failing to make face their mandatory challenger, who just so happened to be Scull. Alvarez instead fought Edgar Berlanga.

Saul "Canelo" Alvarez has officially mapped out his 2025 campaign. In the first fight of his new four-bout deal with Turki Alalshikh's Riyadh Season, the WBA, WBC and WBO super middleweight champion will put his belts on the line against IBF champion William Scull on May 3 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Alvarez, 34, most recently dominated Edgar Berlanga by unanimous decision to retain his titles last September. He’s on a five-fight winning streak since losing to Dmitry Bivol in May 2022. Scull, 32, fought twice in 2024, winning unanimous decisions against Sean Hemphill and Vladimir Shishkin

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Warning: Video contains coarse languageCanelo Álvarez's first Riyadh Season fight will be for all the marbles.Álvarez - the reigning WBO, WBA, and WBC super middleweight champion - will fight IBF titleholder William Scull in a 168-pound unification title fight May 3 in Riyadh,

In the first of a proposed four fights with Riyadh Season and Turki Alalshikh, Mexican superstar Saul “Canelo” Alvarez will box Cuban William Scull on May 3, it was announced today.