After a chaotic week of on-again, off-again fight negotiations, Saudi chief Turki Alalshikh made the announcement on social media. The news comes after Alvarez signed a four-fight deal with Riyadh Season.
The legend Saul Alvarez Canelo will fight William Scull in undisputed fight in Riyadh on the 3rd of May … if he win the fight in September will be undisputed again.
Alvarez responded to the announcement with a simple "Let's go!" on his social media.
The Mexican superstar lost his undisputed status at 168lbs when he was stripped of the IBF belt. He chose to fight Edgar Berlanga instead of mandatory challenger Scull. At the time, Alvarez dismissed the Cuban boxer.
There are levels. There are stars and there are superstars. They make the championship, not the championship makes them. Who is William Scull? I never hear about him. I'm not gonna do whatever they want. I'm gonna do whatever I want. Because I deserve it, because of all I have done.
Scull won the vacant IBF belt in October by beating Vladimir Shishkin. Since then, he's been vocal about wanting to fight Canelo.
The May 3 fight gives Scull a chance to shock the boxing world. If Alvarez wins, he'll likely face Terence Crawford in September with undisputed status on the line.