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Canelo Alvarez vs William Scull Undercard Revealed

The boxing world now knows the full Canelo Alvarez vs. William Scull undercard.
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Saul "Canelo" Alvarez weighs in on September 29, 2023.
Saul "Canelo" Alvarez weighs in on September 29, 2023. | IMAGO / Hoganphotos

The boxing world was excited to learn last month that Saul "Canelo" Alvarez had signed a four-fight deal with Turki Alalshikh, and that the first fight of this deal was going to take place in Riyadh on May 3.

It was initially unknown who Canelo would be fighting against in this first fight. Then, on February 8, Alalshikh broke the news of Canelo's opponent with an X post that wrote:

"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 🔥🥊."

William Scull is an interesting opponent for Alvarez, especially because he holds the IBF super middleweight title. Therefore, if Canelo wins, he'll become the undisputed super middleweight champion.

On Monday, the full undercard for this May 3 card headlined by Canelo vs. Scull was revealed. In the co-main event, former world champion Jaime Munguia (44-2, 35 KOs) will get a rematch against Bruno Surace (26-0-2, 5 KOs), who shocked the boxing world by knocking Munguia out in December.

Some of the other notable fights include hard-hitting heavyweight Martin Bakole (21-2, 16 KOs) and Efe Ajagba (20-1, 14 KOs), along with WBC cruiserweight champion Badou Jack (28-3-3, 17 KOs) defending his world title against Ryan Rozicki (20-1-1, 19 KOs).

The full Canelo vs. Scull undercard is revealed below.

Canelo Alvarez vs William Scull undercard

Jaime Munguia vs Bruno Surace II

Martin Bakole vs Efe Ajagba

Badou Jack vs Ryan Rozicki

Marco Verde vs Michel Polina

Brayan Leon vs Aaron Guerrero

Marco Verde won a silver medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics, so his professional debut against Michael Polina should be intriguing. Props to Alakshikh and Riyadh Season for putting this elite undercard together.

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Grant Young is a Staff Writer for On SI’s Boxing, New York Mets, Indiana Fever, and Women’s Fastbreak sites. Before joining SI in 2024, he wrote for various boxing and sports verticals such as FanBuzz and NY Fights. Young has a bachelor’s degree in marketing and a master’s degree in creative writing with an emphasis on sports nonfiction from the University of San Francisco, where he played five seasons of Division 1 baseball. He fought Muay Thai professionally in Thailand in 2023, loves a good essay, and is driven crazy trying to handle a pitpull puppy named Aura. Young lives in San Diego and was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area.