Alvarez, who will be making his first appearance since losing the undisputed championship to Terence Crawford last year, spoke to The Ring about his legendary career and plans for the future.

The unbeaten Mbilli is the defending champion but very much the B-side in what will be the biggest fight of his career. In an exclusive interview, the Cameroon-born Frenchman offers insight into the obstacles he overcame to reach this point.

Also what else you can expect in the next issue of The Ring:

By Steve Kim: Canelo Alvarez may have nothing left to prove or gain, but he’s as fired up as ever to be a world champion again.

By Corey Erdman: Christian Mbilli has walked a long, difficult road to reach the doorstep of destiny and the chance to beat Canelo

By Michael Rosenthal: With Oleksandr Usyk’s endgame at hand, the shuffle to redefine the hierarchy in boxing’s top division has begun

By Anthony Cocks: Relentless determination in the face of heartbreak, controversy and defeat finally paid off for Andrew Moloney

By Adam Abramowitz: Bernard Hopkins revisits his dramatic clash with Felix Trinidad and describes how he took down Tito

By Christina Newland: Budd Schulberg’s drive to portray the human side of boxing led to some of the most quotable moments in cinematic history

By Don Stradley: Of the five fights Muhammad Ali contested in 1966, his toughest came against a determined German lefty named Karl Mildenberger