Canelo fights Yildirim Saturday, I'm not sure how Yildirim got a title shot but I expect Yildirim to get bulldozed.
Yildirim was predictablly flattened by PEDnelo, Alvarez might have carried the Turk into the 3rd and the Turk's experienced corner saved him from a further beating at the end of the 3rd round by not letting him come out for the 4th round.
Yildrim got this title shot by losing a PBC split decision special to Anthony Dirrell, after that he sat out the rest of 2019 and all of 2020. He performed to the level of a 65 to 1 opponent but that shows you how good Alvarez is as he flattened an opponent who was even up with a top 10 Dirrell.
PS on the under card Chinese national Zhilei “Big Bang” Zhang was exposed as potential James Bond henchman candidate if he learns to tumble, but isn't getting to the top of the heavyweight division if he can't improve his conditioning and learn how to pace himself when fighting against an opponent with any grit.
Zhang dropped Forrest 3 times in the first 3 rounds and then nearly lost every other round to get a lucky majority draw.
