Alvarez’s place in boxing lore is solidified. What’s not is his modern standing, something he can restore Saturday at T-Mobile Arena.
Boxing
Nonito Donaire, a 40-year-old four-division champion who lives in Las Vegas, lost on the Errol Spence Jr.-Terence Crawford undercard Saturday at T-Mobile Arena.
Terence Crawford scored multiple knockdowns of Errol Spence Jr. en route to winning the undisputed welterweight title Saturday at T-Mobile Arena.
Devin Haney showcased his precocious set of skills and earned a 116-112, 116-112, 115-113 victory over Jorge Linares, the former three-weight world champion.
Caleb Plant will make the third defense of his IBF super middleweight championship Saturday against Caleb Truax. He hopes to fight unified champion Canelo Alvarez next.
Ramirez (26-0, 18 knockouts) ended longest layoff of his career by eking out a 116-112, 115-113, 114-114 majority decision over Postol (31-3, 12 KOs) at MGM Grand.
Jacob “Stitch” Duran, Mike Bazzel and Bob Ware are embedded inside the MGM Grand as Top Rank’s staff cutmen, and tend to a majority of the fighters on the promotion’s biweekly fight cards.
Canelo Alvarez is eyeing a fourth world title in four weight classes when he fights light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.