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Four-weight world champion Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez will meet IBF super-middleweight champion William Scull in the first bout of a four-fight deal agreed with Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Season.
The 34-year-old Mexican will fight in Saudi for the first time against Scull, 32, on 3 May.
The fight was confirmed by Turki Alalshikh, chairman of Saudi Arabia’s general entertainment authority, on Saturday.
Alvarez will then meet American Terence Crawford in September before two more Saudi-organised bouts in 2026 as part of the four-fight deal announced earlier this week.
Alvarez holds the WBA, WBC and WBO super-middleweight titles – he was stripped of the IBF belt instead of facing Scull, but will have a chance to reclaim it in May and once again be the undisputed super-middleweight champion.
YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul has said he was involved in talks to fight Alvarez in May and claimed the Mexican “ducked” him.
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