Canelo Alvarez is making the eighth defense of at least one super middleweight title against Edgar Berlanga on Saturday, Sept. 14 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (Prime Video PPV, 8 p.m. ET).
Alvarez (61-2-2, 39 KOs) won his first super middleweight title with a unanimous decision victory over Callum Smith in December 2020. He became the undisputed champion by defeating Caleb Plant in November 2021, and made four successful defenses, before the IBF stripped him of the belt in July after Alvarez decided to face Berlanga instead of the IBF's No. 1 mandatory challenger, William Scull.
The Alvarez-Berlanga fight will be for the WBC, WBO and WBA titles. The lineal championship will also be on the line.
Alvarez, 34, of Jalisco, Mexico, is coming off a unanimous decision victory over Jaime Munguia in May, which followed another dominant win over Jermell Charlo in September last year.
Berlanga (22-0, 17 KOs) started his career with 16 consecutive victories by KO -- in the first round! He has only one KO in his last six fights.
The 27-year-old Berlanga, of Brooklyn, New York, is fighting in his first title fight, and first PPV event.
Also on the card, Ersilandy Lara (30-3-3, 18 KOs) defends his WBA middleweight title against two-division champion Danny Garcia.
Lara, 41, of Guantanamo, Cuba, but now living in Houston, Texas, has only fought once since May 2022, a second-round KO win over Michael Zerafa back in March. Garcia, 36, of Philadelphia, last fought in July 2022, a majority decision win over Jose Benavidez Jr.
Where can I watch the Alvarez-Berlanga fight card?
The main card on Prime PPV begins at 8 p.m. ET ($89.95). The fight will also be stream on DAZN PPV
The PPV card:
Title fight: Canelo Alvarez defeats Edgar Berlanga by unanimous decision in a 12 round bout to retain his WBC, WBO and WBA super middleweight titles
Title fight: Erislandy Lara defeats Danny Garcia by ninth-round TKO, to retain the WBA middleweight title
Caleb Plant defeats Trevor McCumby by nine-round TKO to win the vacant WBA interim super middleweight title
Rolando "Rolly" Romero defeats Manuel Jaimes by unanimous decision in a 10th-round junior welterweights bout
Free card:
Stephen Fulton defeats Carlos Castro by split decision in a 10-round featherweight bout
Ricardo Salas defeats Roiman Villa by third-round KO in a welterweight bout
Jonathan Lopez defeats Richard Medina by unanimous decision in an eight-round junior lightweight bout
Bek Nurmaganbet defeats Joshua Conley by second-round TKO in a super middleweight bout
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