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Saul Alvarez as William School. Betting Tip for the fight
The WBO, WBA, WBC and Ring magazine world champion in the second middleweight category, Saul Alvarez, will face IBF belt holder William School. The unification bout is designed for 12 rounds and will be held on May 3 in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) at the multifunctional site of the Anb Arena, which can accommodate about six thousand spectators. The approximate start of the fight is at 22:00 Moscow time. Will the Mexican be able to succeed in a fight with the Cuban and which bets to choose? - read in our betting tip
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Saul Alvarez
MexicoCurrent form
Saul Alvarez, aka Canelo, is not just a boxer, it's like a Mexican volcano that has been erupting with victories since 2020. He collected titles like a collector of rare coins: Caleb Plant, Callum Smith, Billy Joe Saunders — all fell. He defended his belts against Edgar Berlangi, Jaime Mungia, Jermell Charlo, John Ryder, Gennady Golovkin and Avni Yildirim. The only puncture during this time was a points defeat by Dmitry Bivol in 2022 in the light heavyweight division, but it was a different weight class, a different challenge.
Before that, he endured Rocky Fielding, Daniel Jacobs, Sergey Kovalev — names that take your breath away. At the age of 34, Canelo has a record of 62 wins (39 knockouts), two losses and two draws. Defeats are a controversial decision against Floyd Mayweather in 2013 and Bivol. The draws were with Golovkin in the first fight and with Jorge Juarez back in 2006. Height — 173 cm, arm span — 179 cm, pro debut at the age of 15, 508 rounds under his belt.
Canelo is steel—jawed, lightning-fast hands and body punches that break ribs. But the agile techies with the sharp jab—Bivol, Plant, Lara, Mayweather—made him suffer. Nevertheless, he is a master who knows how to adjust and hit like a hammer.
Interesting betting trends
Alvarez finishes 62 percent of fights by knockout — his fists are like heavy artillery.
William Scull
CubaCurrent form
William Skull, a 32-year-old Cuban, lives and trains in Germany, and his record is like a blank slate: 23 wins (nine knockouts), not a single defeat. Since 2016, he has played 144 rounds, is almost 183 cm tall, and has a 185 cm arm span, which gives him an advantage over Canelo in size. But the trouble is: his blows are not thunder, but rather a light breeze.
School won the South American title in 2019 and the IBO International belt in 2021, but his rivals - Vladimir Shishkin, Sean Hemphill, Evgeny Shvedenko - are not the elite, but the average. Now he's going up against Canelo, and it's like jumping into the ocean from shallow water.
Interesting betting trends
Scual's knockout percentage is only 39, and the last early finish was in November 2021.
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Bet The duel won't be complete
The boxers have 48 early wins between them.
1.53Tip and bets
Alvarez is the king of the ring, and in recent years he has been choosing opponents who, let's just say, are not from the first cage. Not Benavides, not tops, but those with whom you can put on a show and walk away with belts. Skullface is from the same category. Yes, he has a title, but he has zero experience against the elite, the power is gone, and he hasn't given out knockouts in years. His height and arm span are a plus, but against Canelo's jaw and speed, it's like waving a branch in front of a tank. School may dream of winning on points, but that requires a perfect fight, and there's no such thing as an ideal fight against Alvarez. The bookies give Canelo a huge advantage, and you shouldn't even get drunk with them. Skull is not someone who can shock a Mexican— either with a punch or tactics. Canelo will work like a butcher, and at some point the German will just collapse. It will be like a skill lesson from a champion who knows how to close the show.
Our prediction is that Alvarez will win by knockout in 1.37
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