Canelo / Mbilli
“Mexico Versus The World”Undercard
Unveiled With Three World Title Fights On The Card!
(October 9th) The supporting lineup for Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez vs. Christian Mbilli has been announced, adding three championship-level matchups to the October 31 boxing event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Billed as “Mexico Versus The World,” the card brings together established Mexican contenders, unbeaten challengers and international opposition, with the main event featuring Álvarez challenging Mbilli for the WBC super-middleweight world championship.
The three principal undercard attractions feature Jaime Munguia against unbeaten Russian contender Nikita Zon, WBO featherweight champion Rafael Espinoza against Venezuela’s Lorenzo Parra, and unbeaten super-lightweights Lindolfo Delgado and Arthur Biyarslanov meeting for the vacant IBF world title.
At the top of the event scheduled to stream worldwide on DAZN through pay-per-view and its Ultimate subscription plan, Álvarez returns to the ring following his September 2025 defeat to Terence Crawford, which cost him his undisputed super-middleweight championship. He now faces Mbilli, the reigning WBC champion, in a bid to reclaim a world title. The matchup anchors a card that extends beyond the main event, with championship stakes at featherweight and super-lightweight and a further series of international contests across the supporting lineup.
Munguia is set to feature in one of the night’s leading attractions against Zon. Munguia, who holds a reported professional record of 46-2 with 35 knockouts, captured the WBA super-middleweight title with a unanimous-decision victory over Armando Resendiz on May 2, 2026. Zon, listed at 12-0-1 with 10 knockouts, earned his first reported world-title opportunity after stopping Nahuel Gonzalo Garcia in the fifth round on May 30. The Russian contender Nikita Zon arrives on a run of six consecutive stoppage victories, according to The Ring.
Rafael Espinoza, meanwhile, is scheduled to defend his WBO featherweight championship against Lorenzo Parra in a matchup between the unbeaten Mexican champion and a Venezuelan challenger with one professional defeat. Espinoza enters with a reported 28-0 record and 24 knockouts, while Parra is listed at 24-1-1 with 18 knockouts. Parra earned his opportunity by stopping Elijah Pierce in the second round on February 28, 2026. Espinoza’s most recent outing was an 11th-round stoppage of Arnold Khegai on November 15, 2025, setting up his return after a lengthy layoff. The contest has been reported as a mandatory defense for the champion.
Another major attraction pairs Lindolfo Delgado and Arthur Biyarslanov for the vacant IBF super-lightweight championship at 140 pounds. Both fighters enter unbeaten, with Delgado carrying a reported 24-0 record and 16 knockouts and Biyarslanov standing at 21-0 with 17 knockouts. Delgado last fought in November 2025, earning a split decision over Gabriel Gollaz Valenzuela, while Biyarslanov comes off a seventh-round stoppage of Jimerr Espinosa on April 9, 2026. The title became vacant after Richardson Hitchins relinquished the belt to move up to welterweight, and Delgado is reported as the IBF’s No. 1 contender.
The remaining announced matchups add further depth to the program. Super-bantamweights David Picasso and Carl Jammes Martin are scheduled to meet, while Reito Tsutsumi faces Raymundo Rojas Garcia. The card also includes Sultan Almohammed against Erick Jahir Urvina Villegas, Bek Nurmaganbet against Marcos Vazquez Rodriguez, Carlos Emilio Rojo Vazquez against Flavius Biea, and Brayan Leon Salgado against Hector Octavio Aguirre Martinez.
Full Card
Super Middleweight – Main Event
Christian Mbilli, 29-0-1 vs12 Saul Alvarez, 63-3-2
WBC World Super Middleweight Title – Semi-Main Event
Jaime Munguia, 46-2 vs12 Nikita Zon, 1201
WBO World Featherweight Title
Rafael Espinoza, 28-0 vs12 Lorenzo Parra, 24-1-1
vacant IBF World Super Lightweight Title
Lindolfo Delgado, 24-0 vs12 Arthur Biyarslanov, 21-0
Super Bantamweights
David Picasso, 33-1-1 vs10 Carl Jammes Martin, 28-0
Super Featherweights
Reito Tsutsumi, 5-0 vs Raymundo Rojas Garcia, 16-2
Middleweights
Carlos Emilio Rojo Vazquez, 21-0 vs Flavius Biea, 24-3
Super Middleweights
Brayan Leon Salgado, 12-0 vs Hector Octavio Aguirre Martinez, 7-0
Super Featherweights
Sultan Almohammed, 5-0 vs Erick Jahir Urvina Villegas, 5-2-3
Super Middleweights
Bek Nurmaganbet,16-0 vs Marcos Vazquez Rodriguez, 21-3-1
With Álvarez–Mbilli at the center of the event, the October 31 lineup places Mexican fighters in prominent positions across multiple divisions while bringing challengers from Russia, Venezuela, the Philippines and elsewhere into the mix. The three additional championship bouts give the program a broader competitive focus, although the final sanctioning details for Munguia–Zon should be confirmed before publication of the fight card as a four-title event.
Canelo Álvarez vs. Christian Mbilli:
Face Off “Storm Is Coming”!
(September 10th) The WBC Super Middleweight Championship is on the line, and the tension is already boiling over. Canelo Álvarez returns to the ring to face undefeated champion Christian Mbilli, who believes the legendary Mexican star has lost a step—and says he is hungry enough to take advantage. Canelo isn't buying it. His message is blunt: “It’s just a different level.”
Mbilli promises an explosive, all-action fight. Canelo promises he’ll be ready. Neither man plans to back down. “Be ready. Storm is coming.”
Now the question is simple: Can the hungry champion dethrone the legend, or will Canelo remind the world why he remains one of boxing’s elite?
Watch the intense Canelo Álvarez vs. Christian Mbilli face-off and hear both fighters make their final statements before championship battle.
On Saturday, October 31st in Saudi Arabia, Mbilli will put his WBC Super Middleweight World Championship on the line against one of the greatest figures of modern boxing history: Saul Canelo Álvarez.
Christian Mbilli enters the fight at the peak of his career. In June 2025, he captured the interim WBC super-middleweight title with an impactful first-round knockout over Maciej Sulecki. Months later, he defended the title against Lester Martínez in an explosive and dramatic hard-fought battle that was recognized by the WBC as Fight of the Year. What a thrilling contest!
After the historic and iconic Green and Gold. Belt at 168 pounds became vacant, Mbilli was elevated to full WBC champion. Now he faces the most exacting and demanding challenge of his career: making the first defense of his title against the formidable Canelo.
The Superstar needs no introduction. Canelo arrives determined to reclaim the championships he lost last year and reaffirm his place among the defining figures of this era. Experience, massive stages, and historic nights are all part of his legacy, but standing across from him will be an undefeated, aggressive opponent hungry to change the course of the division.
During the press conference, both men showed decency, decorum and respect, but also tremendous brimming confidence. Mbilli stated that he is ready to shock the world and prove he belongs among boxing’s elite, while Canelo made it clear that he continues to seek major challenges and fights that further build his legacy.
Experience versus youth. Status versus yearning. History versus ambition.
And now, the boxing world turns its attention to Saudi Arabia for a night that has all the incense ingredients to become another pungent unforgettable classic chapter in the sport.
After years of waiting and anticipation, the biggest fight in the history of Quebec
boxing is now official. The new WBC super-middleweight world champion, Christian Mbilli, will
defend his title on the grandest stage on October 31st, when he takes on Mexican legend Saul “Canelo” Alvarez at
ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
“Canelo Alvarez is the greatest test of my life—a life of effort, perseverance, and hard work that has prepared me
for this moment. On October 31st, I promise to etch my name into the history of the sport by delivering a war like you’ve never seen,” said the reigning WBC super-middleweight world
champion, Christian “Solide”
Mbilli.
On the road to #CaneloMbilli, Montreal’s Christian
Mbilli (29-0-1, 24 KOs) will have faced no fewer than five
top-10 contenders from one of the major sanctioning bodies. He won a war against Ecuadorian puncher Carlos Góngora, stopped Australian brawler Rohan Murdock, clearly outclassed Ukrainian technician
Sergiy Derevyanchenko, and destroyed Polish veteran Maciej Sulecki in the first round.
After becoming interim champion against Sulecki, he successfully defended his title against the dangerous Guatemalan Lester Martinez in a bout broadcast on Netflix in front of nearly 40 million
viewers on the undercard of #CaneloCrawford. In addition to being named Fight of the Night, the Mbilli vs. Martinez clash was later awarded Fight of the Year by the WBC. In the months that followed,
with the retirement of Terence Crawford and Hamzah Sheeraz declining to face Mbilli for the vacant title, the WBC elevated its interim champion—Mbilli—to full world champion status. The new champion,
trained by Marc Ramsay, now has a date with the Mexican fighter, currently ranked the WBC’s No. 1 contender—a position long held by Mbilli himself.
“We’ve been trying for years to make the fight between Christian Mbilli and ‘Canelo’ happen, and now you finally understand why October 31st. The event is called ‘Mexico vs. The World’ and will take
place in Saudi Arabia, but that night, we’ll be fighting for all of Quebec,” said EOTTM president Camille Estephan.
For a rare time in his career—and for the first time since 2022—Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (63-3-2, 39 KOs) will enter the ring as the challenger against Mbilli. Over a professional career spanning more than 20 years, the 35-year-old Mexican has captured 14
world titles and competed in 24 world championship bouts across four weight divisions. At super middleweight, he became the first undisputed champion in the division’s history in 2021, reigning at
the top of the 168-pound class until September 2025, when he was defeated by Terence Crawford. Mbilli will be the 15th undefeated fighter Alvarez has faced in his career, having handed a first loss
to 11 of them so far.
The #CaneloMbilli event, presented by Riyadh Season, will also be broadcast globally on DAZN PPV on October 31st.
Canelo and Mbilli Thrill Egypt
With A Fantastic Fight Proclamation!
(May 25th) The Pyramids of Egypt once again pointed the way for world boxing, with the papyrus pinned to a monumental marbled tablet.
Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez and Christian Mbilli took part in a spectacular press conference on Egyptian soil to officially present one of the most anticipated fights of the year.
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