FILE PHOTO: Boxing - Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez and Daniel Jacobs news conference - Mexico City, Mexico - March 1, 2019 Middleweight boxer Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez of Mexico attends a news conference to promote his upcoming fight against Daniel Jacobs of the U.S. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril
(Reuters) - Undisputed super-middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez will move up to the light-heavyweight class to take on undefeated Russian Dmitry Bivol in a WBA title fight on May 7, the Mexican has confirmed.
Alvarez, 31, claimed the undisputed title after knocking out Caleb Plant in the 11th round of their bout in Las Vegas in November to unify the WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO belts, giving him a record of 57 wins out of 60 fights.
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