One of the greats of the sport, Canelo Alvarez is back and we're ready to discuss his return fight in the Middle East and the title bouts on the undercard, plus, tons of fight news too on the newest "Big Fight Weekend Preview Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives returns with insider Dan Rafael of his Fight Freaks Unite Substack and Newsletter to go over it all and give their takes. They begin with the Preview of Saturday’s Canelo Promotions/Riyadh Season DAZN PPV card in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Super middleweight title fight as Christian Mbilli meets Canelo for Mbilli’s WBC title. Can Canelo rebound a year after his Terence Crawford defeat to beat the young, tough Mbilli? We discuss. On the undercard- Super middleweight Jaime Munguia vs. Nikita Zon, for Munguia’s WBA title. This is a silly, supposedly easy fight for Munguia, but then again, he got kayoed by an unknown opponent two years ago, too,. Stay tuned. Plus,, featherweight Rafael Espinoza vs. Ricardo Blandon, for Espinoza’s WBO title and also on the show: Junior featherweight David Picasso vs. Carl Martin, 10 rounds Junior lightweight Reito Tsutsumi vs. Raymundo Rojas, 10 rounds Then tons of fight news Per Bob Arum, former three-division champion Vasiliy Lomachenko, who is coming out of retirement, is doing a new deal with Top Rank that will commence in February vs. Chrarly Saurez of the Philippines. The winner headed to a shot at O’Shaquie Foster and eventually the winner possibly for undisputed vs. the Dec. 19 Anthony Cacace-Nick Ball winner. Also, Top Rank will promote the Devin Haney-Liam Paro welterweight unification fight Dec. 19 DAZN PPV at the Chase Center in Haney’s native San Francisco. Co-feature: Brian Norman vs. Abel Ramos. Dan has more. Next, the WBO on Tuesday named Raymond Muratalla, who was already its No. 1 junior welterweight contender, the mandatory challenger and ordered champion Shakur Stevenson to fight him next. Will this bout happen? On Wednesday, PBC hosted the kickoff presser for the Dec. 5 DAZN PPV card headlined by the David Benavidez-Michal Cieslak three-belt cruiserweight unification fight. Benavidez heavily favored to roll and look for a massive fight in May. Queensberry Promotions is already making plans for WBO heavyweight titlist Daniel Dubois to be back in action with Jan. 30 penciled in, as the date. He is possibly meeting top heavyweight Joseph Parker, per sources to Dan. Next, awful look for super middleweight contender Edgar Berlanga, who was charged with two counts of battery in a domestic violence case in Polk County, Florida.late last week and taken to jail/bonded out this week, We have the details. Continuing, Jake Paul announced Thursday he will return to ring Dec. 24 in Dubai, UAE. No opponent, rounds, weight, broadcaster announced yet. First fight since last December when Anthony Joshua broke his jaw in two places in a massive KO loss. Will the public really care, especially for a fight in the middle of the afternoon USA time on Christmas Eve? Next, Amanda Serrano, who has won world titles in a women’s record seven divisions and is a surefire Hall of Famer, announced her final fight before retirement. She will defend the lineal and WBO/WBA featherweight belts against Australia’s Sky Falzon in the headliner of an MVP card dubbed Jan. 9 (DAZN) in a homecoming fight at Coliseo de Puerto Rico in San Juan. And, finally an update on talks for the fight between WBC welterweight titlist Ryan Garcia and WBA titleholder Teofimo Lopez with date of Feb. 6 penciled in. This fight "has legs" to happen, but is not signed, yet. It's all part of the "Big Fight Weekend Preview" podcast and make sure to follow/subscribe on Apple/Spreaker/Spotify, etc.!
