According to reports by FightNews, His Excellency Turki Alalshikh, Chairman of the General Entertainment Authority and President of the Saudi Boxing Federation, has announced the official undercard for the upcoming event featuring Canelo Alvarez and Christian Mbilli. The card, themed “Mexico vs Rest of the World,” is scheduled to take place in Riyadh on October 31 and will be broadcast live on DAZN.
Mexican boxing legend Canelo Alvarez returns to the ring following his clash with Terence Crawford in Las Vegas. Alvarez is set to challenge unbeaten French-Cameroonian champion Christian Mbilli for the WBC title. Mbilli, who secured the interim WBC belt against Maciej Sulecki before being confirmed as full champion in January, will headline a Riyadh Season event for the first time.
Mexico vs. The World Matchups
The stacked supporting card features several prominent Mexican fighters defending titles and taking on international contenders:
- Jaime Munguia (46-2-0) vs. Nikita Zon (12-0-1): WBA super-middleweight champion Munguia will make his first defense of the title against the undefeated Russian contender in Zon’s first fight outside his home country.
- Rafael Espinoza (28-0-0) vs. Lorenzo Parra (24-1-1): WBO featherweight champion Espinoza defends his belt for the fifth time against Venezuela’s top-ranked contender, Parra.
- David Picasso (32-1-1) vs. Carl Martin (28-0-0): WBC Silver title holder Picasso takes on undefeated WBO number-one super-bantamweight contender Carl Martin of the Philippines.
- Lindolfo Delgado (24-0-0) vs. Arthur Biyarslanov (21-0-0): The unbeaten duo will face off for the vacant IBF junior welterweight title in both fighters’ Riyadh Season debuts.
- Raymundo Rojas Garcia (16-2-0) vs. Reito Tsutsumi (5-0-0): Garcia meets Ring Magazine ambassador and rising super-featherweight Tsutsumi.
The event will round out with four additional bouts: Marcos Vazquez Rodriguez versus Bek Nurmaganbet, Carlos Emiliano Rojo Vazquez against Flavius Biea, Hector Aguirre meeting Brayan Leon Salgado, and Erick Jahir Villegas facing Sultan Almohammed.