The Terence Crawford vs Canelo Alvarez mega-fight will pit two unbeaten knockout machines against one another, with the winner potentially getting a shot at the crown.
With Moses Itauma demolishing Dillian Whyte in one round, all eyes are now firmly on boxing’s next big event – a mega-fight between the two pound-for-pound elites in Terence Crawford and Canelo Alvarez.
Crawford is moving up two weight divisions to face Canelo for his undisputed super-middleweight titles, and is a fight that has everyone talking.
On the undercard, Callum Walsh will take on Fernando Vargas, and Mohammed Alakel, who fought last night, returns.
But one of the bigger fights on the card will see two unbeaten fighters square off for their chance to join the queue to face the king.
Lester Martinez vs Christian Mbilli will land on Crawford vs Canelo undercard
As the chief support to the main event, 19-0 Lester Martinez will face 29-0 Christian Mbilli.
Martinez has been Crawford’s top sparring partner for a while and has helped him to prepare for the biggest night of his career.
The Guatemalan fighter is coming off a fourth-round KO win over 9-0-2 Joeshon James, and will be facing a huge step up as he takes on Mbilli.
Mbilli, meanwhile, boasts 24 knockouts to his name, with the latest coming against 33-3 Maciej Sulecki for the WBC interim super-middleweight title.
The Frenchman stopped Sulecki in just one round, one-upping Daniel Jacobs, Demetrius Andrade, and Diego Pacheco.
The winner of the two will likely be one of Canelo’s next opponents, provided he beats Crawford of course.
Christian Mbilli isn’t the only one waiting to face Canelo Alvarez
Whilst Mbilli puts his interim title on the line against Martinez, he is not the only fighter queuing up for his chance at top.
Hamzah Sheeraz earned his shot with a dominant stoppage win over Edgar Berlanga last time out, whilst Chris Eubank Jr. was also promised a chance at the face of boxing with his win over Conor Benn.
Eubank Jr. seemed unlikely to get his chance, as the Benn rematch seemed in doubt, though could land the major payday if he beats ‘The Destroyer’ for a second time.