History-minded Canelo Alvarez fighting for super middleweight supremacyBoxers Canelo Alvarez, left, and Avni Yildirim pose for photos at Hard Rock Stadium on Monday. (Marta Lavandier / Associated Press)Every so often star boxers are served snacks to suffice their fighting appetite, and for Canelo Alvarez, Saturday’s fixing consists of a Turkish delight in the unheralded Avni Yildirim. Canelo Alvarez, left, and Avni Yildirim strike poses at a news conference in Miami earlier this week. (Ed Mulholland / Matchroom)Should he successfully run through the gauntlet, he’ll become the first Mexican to be undisputed super middleweight champion in boxing history. And we want to keep making history.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 27, 2021 23:05 UTC