Saul "Canelo" Alvarez challenges Christian Mbilli for his WBC super middleweight title at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The 12-round bout will stream on DAZN PPV and as part of the DAZN Ultimate Plan.

We go to the judges' scorecards, and they have it 115-112, 116-111, and 117-110 for THE NEW WBC SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION, SAUL "CANELO" ALVAREZ.

Mbilli lands a hard straight right hand, but he goes back on his back foot rather than pressing the issue. Canelo goes on the front foot, and they start to exchange shots.

Mbilli gets Canelo to the ropes, but he turns and gets back to the center of the ring. They exchange punches and Canelo lands a pair of hard shots as the final bell rings.

It's become lather, rinse, repeat throughout the second half of the fight. Mbilli picks it up a little at the end of the round, but he needs a stoppage if he's going to hold onto his title.

Mbilli's lack of urgency is disappointing. He spent most of this round boxing off of his back foot.

Canelo continues to land the cleaner shots and is in cruise control at this point as we enter the championship rounds.

Mbilli is pushing forward and letting his hands go, but he's still struggling to land anything clean or definitive. Meanwhile, Canelo is able to land clean power shots, then get out of range before Mbilli can respond.

Canelo is pushing Mbilli back at the end of the round and making him miss and pay. This has become a workmanlike performance for Canelo.

Mbilli is picking up the aggression and volume, but Canelo is still landing the cleaner shots even with his back to the ropes. Canelo lands some hard power shots around and through Mbilli's guard.

Mbilli is deducted a point late in the round by Afu for a chopping punch that landed to the back of Canelo's head. That was questionable, at best.

Mbilli has to show much more urgency as this fight is starting to slip away from him, even before he was deducted a point.

It's largely become a battle of Canelo's pot-shotting versus Mbilli's volume.

Canelo starts to become the aggressor again late in the round and splits Mbilli's guard with uppercuts and hooks. Canelo lands a pair of big uppercuts late to close out one of his best rounds of the fight.

Mbilli is picking up the pressure and volume as he gets Canelo against the ropes again. He has been far busier, while Canelo has been more efficient.

A lot of Canelo's punches are starting to land on Mbilli's arms. They both split each other's guards with hard right uppercuts, but Mbilli's pace looks like it could be having an effect on Canelo. Canelo went on the move and began to engage less at the very end of the round.

We have a close and competitive fight as we enter the second half.

They're trading power shots and have landed clean punches to the head and body in the first half of this round. Canelo has done good work to the body this round. Mbilli upped the aggression and really let his hands go in the final 30 or so seconds of this round as Canelo's back was to the ropes.

Mbilli is fighting more on the outside, and Canelo picks him off at range with a looping left and right hand. The pace of this round greatly favors Alvarez, and he's routinely made Mbilli miss. That was a solid round for Alvarez.

Both fighters are letting their hands go, but they also displayed impressive defense, not getting caught by anything clean.

Mbilli is starting to get Canelo's back to the ropes more. Canelo is goading him on, but Mbilli is staying patient and largely not falling into the trap. Canelo landed the cleaner shots, but Mbilli's volume could be making these rounds tough to score.

Mbilli is fighting at a much slower pace than we're accustomed to seeing at the start of the fight. He's also fighting off of his back foot more and being pushed back by Canelo.

Mbilli is having success when he lets his hands go. Canelo landed some clean power shots. The action picks up at the end of the round as they trade power shots until just before the bell.

Canelo has a solid start and connected with some clean counter shots. Mbilli was beginning to pick up the pace toward the end of the round and got Canelo trapped in the corner late in the round.

Canelo and Mbilli are in the ring. Referee Hector Afu has given both fighters their instructions. Here. We. Go.

We’ve arrived at the main event.

There’s no shortage of question marks heading into this bout. How much does Alvarez have left in the tank? Is it enough to thwart the relentless pressure and volume of Mbilli and become a two-time super middleweight champion? Or will Mbilli overwhelm Alvarez en route to earning the signature win of his career?

We’ll get the answer to those pressing questions soon enough.

We go to the judges' scorecards, and they have it 117-111, 117-111, and 116-112 for Munguia. He retains his WBA super middleweight title, and The World's lead is now 5-3 after Mexico earns its second straight win.

He survived a far tougher test than most expected against Zon, including nearly getting stopped in the sixth round. Now, a significant step-up in competition should be next for Munguia.

Munguia, The Ring’s No. 5-ranked super middleweight, has business to attend to next before unification bouts are a possibility. The WBA ordered him to face Bektemir Melikuziev, and that should be Munguia’s next fight. The Ring’s Mike Coppinger reported earlier in the broadcast on DAZN that there’s a deal in place for them to fight in early 2027.

The Uzbekistan southpaw represents a far more difficult challenge than Zon. If Melikuziev (17-1, 11 KOs) is indeed next, it’d be an extremely intriguing bout in a super middleweight division that’s beginning to undergo a transformation with newly-crowned champions and emerging contenders.

Zon came out like a desperate fighter and is letting his hands go much more compared to the previous rounds. He can't sustain enough offense, and Munguia should have done enough to retain his belt in a tougher-than-expected first title defense.

We've arrived at the championship rounds.

Munguia landed a blistering straight right hand to the head and a left hook to the body that led to Zon going an extended period of time without throwing a punch. Munguia didn't capitalize on the opportunity, though. He landed another hard left hook to the body toward the end of the round.

Munguia has taken over this fight in the second half.

You'd be hard-pressed to find anyone who believed we would reach this point in the fight. Munguia had more success and landed some hard body shots. Zon has gotten sloppy with his winging shots and isn't having the same success he had in the first half of the fight.

Zon enters the ninth round for the first time in his career. Munguia lands a huge looping right hand around the midway point of the round. He did the better work and landed the harder shots to the head and body in one of his best rounds of the fight.

Zon is doing some good work to the body as the pace of the fight has plateaued. He also landed some sharp left hands. Munguia did his best work of the round to the body, including landing a hard left hook and right hook late in the round.

This fight is up for grabs as we enter the last third of the bout.

The pace of the fight slowed down considerably, and how could it not? Nothing significant really happened for either fighter on the heels of a back-and-forth sixth round.

Zon lands a hard counter left uppercut that badly hurts Munguia! Munguia wobbles to the ropes, and Zon follows with a flurry of shots and hurts Munguia again with a right hook. Munguia is still badly hurt along the ropes and Weeks takes a close look, but he weathers the storm as Zon punches himself out.

Munguia comes storming back, and he appears to hurt Zon with a flurry of his own. They trade blows at the end of the round. That was a round of the year contender as we go to the second half of the fight.

Even with Munguia having more success when he presses forward, he continues to move and fight off his back foot. Zon largely controlled the round until Munguia landed a huge right hand that appeared to badly hurt Zon! He held on and survived to the end of the round, but his legs look bad.

A fight began to break out later in the round. Munguia had some of his best moments at the end of the round as he landed hard combinations. The awkward Zon has held up and held his own through four rounds, though.

Both fighters landed some clean power shots. Munguia landed some blistering combinations early in the round, and Zon landed a pair of big right uppercuts that pushed the Mexican into a corner. The action is beginning to pick up.

Zon threw and landed some winging shots early in the round as Munguia's back was against the ropes. Munguia connected with a big left hook later in the round, but the Russian southpaw took the punch well. He started to open up more toward the end of the round and landed some big shots through Zon's guard.

Tensions flared as Zon punched Munguia during the clinch. As referee Tony Weeks went to break them up, Munguia landed a left hook, which led to both of them getting a warning. Munguia was largely on the move and Zon was the aggressor, though, nothing significant outside of Munguia showing his disdain for Zon's tactics happened.

Munguia and Zon are in the ring. Their bout for Munguia's WBA super middleweight title is up next.

Lester Martinez is also in the building and said on the DAZN broadcast that he wants the winner of Canelo-Mbilli next. With him holding the interim WBC super middleweight title, that could very well come to fruition.

Martinez (21-0-1, 17 KOs), The Ring's No. 5-ranked super middleweight, fought to a back-and-forth split draw against Mbilli in September 2025. He's gone 2-0 since then and scored a 10th-round knockout of Luka Plantic in his last fight on August 29.

Former WBO super middleweight champion Hamzah Sheeraz is at Canelo-Mbilli. Sheeraz, The Ring's No. 9-ranked super middleweight, predicts that Canelo will score a stoppage victory and become a two-time super middleweight champion in the main event.

The main event is near. Alvarez and Mbilli's hands are wrapped ahead of their WBC super middleweight title bout.

The co-main event bout between Munguia and Zon is next. 

Munguia will make the first defense of his WBA 168-pound title against Zon. The Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, native won the title with a one-sided unanimous decision against Armando Resendiz on May 2. 

Munguia, 30, is The Ring’s No. 5-ranked super middleweight. Zon is making a gargantuan leap in competition in facing Munguia. The 32-year-old Russian hasn’t fought beyond the eighth round in his 13-fight career and has only been scheduled for 10 rounds three times. 

No surprises here.

Espinoza made quick work of Blandon, scoring a third-round stoppage to retain his WBO featherweight title. The stoppage win was Espinoza’s fifth in a row and his fifth successful title defense. The win makes it 5-2 in favor of The World.

With that out of the way, there’s no reason why a big fight shouldn’t be next. The featherweight division has largely been at a standstill with none of the champions pursuing unification bouts.

Whether it’s IBF champion Angelo Leo or WBC titleholder Bruce Carrington, either one would make for an appetizing matchup against Espinoza. And if Inoue, The Ring’s No. 1-ranked fighter pound-for-pound, moves up to 126 pounds, a bout between him and Espinoza is among the most intriguing fights that can be made in boxing.

Here’s to hoping one of those three fights, and not another largely meaningless title defense, is next for Espinoza.

The fight is over! Blandon suffered a cut over his right eye from a punch, and referee Janny halted the action to have the ringside doctor look at it.

After a quick look, he advised Guzman to stop the fight.

Blandon is giving a spirited effort, but he's yet to land anything of consequence to deter Espinoza. The second round largely sang a similar tune to the first, as Espinoza controlled it and landed the cleaner and more significant shots.

A good first round from Espinoza. He landed solid shots to the body and did a good job of keeping Blandon at the end of his shots.

The difference in levels was evident.

Espinoza will make the fifth defense of his WBO featherweight title against Blandon. Blandon is a late replacement for Lorenzo Parra, who had to withdraw due to complications with his pre-fight medicals.

Espinoza is The Ring’s No. 1-rated featherweight contender for its vacant title. The 32-year-old from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, hopes that unification bouts or a fight with undisputed 122-pound champion Naoya Inoue could be on the horizon. Any hopes of that becoming a reality depend on him avoiding the upset against Nicaragua’s Blandon.

The other half of the main event is now here.

Mbilli has arrived for the first defense of his WBC super middleweight title.

Canelo is at Kingdom Arena.

He arrived alongside The Ring heavyweight champion and No. 2-ranked fighter pound-for-pound, Oleksandr Usyk, for his WBC super middleweight title bout against Mbilli.

After Tsutsumi scored a pair of knockdowns, referee Andrei Cheveliov mercifully stopped the fight late in the second round.

He dropped Rojas with a straight left hand about one minute into the second round. Tsutsumi stayed on the offensive and capped a barrage of punches with a right hook that dropped Rojas for a second time.

He continued to batter the Mexican along the ropes before Cheveliov stepped in. The dominant stoppage win now makes it 5-1 for The World over Mexico.

Tsutsumi is off to a fast start and was the aggressor throughout the opening round.

He pressured and pushed Rojas back throughout the opening round. The Japanese southpaw also landed some big left hands to the head and body. Rojas had moments, but he was starting to survive more than fight by the end of the round.

The PPV portion of Canelo-Mbilli is up next.

It'll open with a 10-round junior lightweight bout between Tsutsumi and Raymundo Rojas Garcia. The Japanese southpaw has won four straight bouts by knockout since going the distance in his pro debut in May 2025. Tsutsumi is coming off a second-round stoppage of Alvino Herrera Meza on the undercard of Anthony Joshua-Kristian Prenga in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on July 25.

Rojas has fought the entirety of his career in his home country of Mexico. He won a unanimous decision over Juan Salvador Hernandez Martinez in a 10-round featherweight fight on January 17 in his last fight.

An emotional Martin falls to the canvas in tears after he's announced as the winner! With the win, he earned a secondary WBC featherweight title.

The judges' scorecards reflected how close the fight was. Judge Guido Cavalleri had it 95-94 for Picasso, while Jorge Gorini had the same scorecard in favor of Martin and Barry Linderman had it a little wider at 96-93 for the Filipino.

It was a hard-fought bout by both guys. In the end, Martin earned a career-best win and made it 4-1 for The World over Mexico.

It was a ho-hum final round to end a competitive fight. This could go either way after 10 rounds.

The fight feels like it's up for grabs as they enter the 10th and final round.

Picasso has worked his way into the fight with his body work and ability to keep the shorter Martin at the end of his punches. Martin's straight left hand, right hook and some solid body work have carried him. He has slowed down a bit since the beginning of the fight, though.

This round could decide the fight.

Picasso scored a knockdown early in the seventh round with a well-timed jab. Martin wasn't hurt badly and contended that it came from their feet getting tangled up, but the replay showed it was a clean shot that sent him to the canvas.

In a close fight, that knockdown could loom large if this goes to the scorecards.

Both fighters have had their moments and are landing big shots.

Martin's best offense has come from his straight left hand and right hook. Picasso has landed some sneaky body shots, which could pay dividends, though, time is of the essence for the Mexican.

Stop me if you've heard this before.

The speed of the Filipino southpaw has him in control through two rounds. He's routinely finding a home for his straight left hand as well.

Picasso is having his moments, but he has some catching up to do.

The most intriguing bout on the prelims is up next.

Martin has spent much of his career fighting in his home country of the Philippines. Picasso rebounded from his unanimous decision loss to Naoya Inoue in December with a second-round stoppage of Maicol Rincon on August 29 in Mexico.

The winner of this 10-round featherweight bout will emerge as a legit contender in a wide-open 126-pound division.

On the heels of his devastating knockout victory over Vazquez, he called out IBF super middleweight champion Osleys Iglesias during a backstage interview.

Few fighters have appeared eager to face the Cuban southpaw. If Nurmaganbet's most recent performances are any indication, that could be a very intriguing bout for both guys.

Iglesias (16-0, 15 KOs) is The Ring's No. 2-rated contender for its vacant title. Nurmaganbet is ranked No. 9 by the IBF.

It was one-way traffic for Almohammad throughout their six-round bout. He battered Villegas throughout for a unanimous decision victory in his hometown.

Almohammad's win makes it 3-1 for The World over Mexico.

Check out these stories from The Ring ahead of the “Mexico versus The World” card.

Nurmaganbet made quick work of Vazquez, scoring a devastating first-round knockout. After dropping Vazquez with a little over a minute left in the first with a right hook and straight left hand, the Kazakh southpaw sent him to the canvas for good with the same combination just before the end of the round.

The knockout victory was Nurmaganbet’s 13th straight inside the distance. His win made it 2-1 in favor of The World against Mexico. Leon won the first fight for The World with his decision victory over Aguirre, and Rojo got Mexico on the board with his stoppage win over Biea.

A late-notice update regarding Munguia's fight! The WBA announced Friday he has been granted special permission to make the first defense of his title against Zon (12-0-1, 10 KOs) later today. The 32-year-old Russian southpaw has an unexpected chance to spoil the Mexican's night on what could be a big one for Team Canelo here.

Mbilli (29-0-1, 24 KOs) last boxed on Canelo's undercard for his Crawford super fight and now, he's got a long-awaited shot at the man he told promoter Camille Estephan he wanted back in 2020.

How about some pre-fight reading? Take a look at our fight preview for the big one here, as well as an interesting tidbit from WBO featherweight champion Rafael Espinoza and why he's willing to stick around at 126 pounds...

Before that comes the eagerly anticipated return of Ring ambassador and exciting 130-pound prospect Reito Tsutsumi (5-0, 4 KOs). Last in action on the Anthony Joshua-Kristian Prenga bill in July, the 24-year-old Japan talent faces a durable Mexican in Raymundo Garcia, but has been racking up finishes for fun since turning pro.

Plenty to get to, so here's a look at what's in store today.

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening wherever you are in the world right now! My name's Nate Pardo-Marrero and I'll be taking you through the day's action as it unfolds from the Saudi capital.