Mexico’s Canelo Alvarez (L) and Cuba’s William Scull pose for pictures during a weigh in ahead of … More
We’re underway in Riyadh with the Fatal Fury Saturday edition event underway. Canelo Alvarez, the reigning Ring, WBC, IBF, and WBA champion, will put his titles on the line against WBO champion William Scull in the main event on Saturday night.
The card takes place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where it will already be Sunday morning, but this event kicks off in primetime in the United States and Mexico.
Keep refreshing for the latest results from the card. I’ll be following along with updates after each fight on the card.
Canelo-Scull UPDATES BEGIN HERE
- Mohammed Alakel def. Alexander Morales via unanimous decision (60-54)
Alakel coasted through all six rounds. He’s clearly well above the level of his opponent.
The 20-year-old Riyadh native made it look easy in a fight clearly set up to be showcase for the homestanding fighter. He has a chance to become the face of Riyadh boxing.
- The stream is underway. The ramp for ring walks looks gorgeous.
Here is a look at the card that is on tap:
- Canelo Alvarez vs. William Scull, for Alvarez’s WBC, WBO, and WBA super middleweight titles & Scull’s IBF super middleweight title
- (c) Badou Jack vs. Norair Mikaeljan – WBC cruiserweight title
- Jaime Munguia vs. Bruno Surace – super middleweights
- Martin Bakole vs. Efe Ajagba – heavyweights
The Fatal Fury boxing weekend began as a spectacle with little substance on Friday night. A much-hyped tripleheader in Times Square failed to deliver. I was there on the ground, and the atmosphere was buzzing for the made-for-TV event.
However, the three headliners fell short of delivering the performances many fans wanted to see. It’s possible I’m being a little too hard on Teofimo Lopez. He put on a pretty masterful performance in nearly shutting out Arnold Barboza in the first of the three featured fights.
Lopez was in excellent shape. He looked fast and sharp and capable of competing with any of the top fighters in his weight region. Unfortunately, his one-sided scrap was the highlight of the night. Devin Haney outpointed a slow and overly methodical Jose Ramirez in the sandwich bout that set a CompuBox low for fewest punches landed over a 12-round fight in 2025 with 110.
According to Bob Canobbio of CompuBox, “Haney (229) & Ramirez (274) combined to throw 503 punches. Fourth fewest in a 12-round fight in CompuBox history. Ironically, Haney (214) & Tyan Garcia (285) combined to throw 499 punches—third fewest in a 12-round fight in CompuBox’s 40-year history.”
Ryan Garcia and Rolly Romero followed, and both men should have entered the ring wearing “hold my beer” t-shirts rather than the beautiful garb they wore as they stepped out of the signature vehicles that transported them to the ring.
Romero upset Garcia, dropping him in the second with a powerful left hook. Unfortunately, we didn’t see much in the way of action after the second frame, as Garcia and Romero broke Haney and Ramirez’s record for timidity by throwing a combined 490 punches—the third fewest in CompuBox history for a 12-round fight.
Let’s see if Canelo and Scull can come to the rescue.
