5/8 DAZN PRESENTS: Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez vs. Billy Joe Saunders SUPER-MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE UNIFICATION

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Elwin Soto vs. Katsunari Takayama in Play For Canelo-Saunders
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BY MIGUEL RIVERA
Published Fri Apr 16, 2021, 10:52 PM EDT


Mexico's Elwin 'Pulga' Soto already has an opponent in place to defend the World Boxing Organization's junior flyweight championship on May 8 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

The contest would be part of the undercard to the super middleweight unification between Canelo Alvarez and Billy Joe Saunders.

According to ESPN Deportes, the opponent is former world champion Katsunari Takayama of Japan.

Canelo and Saunders will unify the belts of the World Boxing Association, World Boxing Council and World Boxing Organization as part of an evening expected to attract over 60,000 fans at the venue.

The contest will see Soto make his first ring appearance under the co-promotional banner of Matchroom Boxing and Zanfer Promotions.

'Pulga' Soto, 24-years-old, has a record of 18-1 with 12 knockouts. He has been a champion since June 2019 and has made two successful defenses under the WBO.

Takayama has been a multiple time minimumweight champion, and now he will look for the opportunity to capture the junior flyweight belt.

The Japanese challenger is 37-years-old and has a record of 32-8 with 12 knockouts.

It is also expected that Hiroto Kyoguchi, another junior flyweight titlist, will join the undercard.

Soto must beat Takayama in order to qualify for a unification with Kyoguchi.

In 2014, Takayama had a Fight of The Year battle against the Mexico's Francisco 'Chihuas' Rodriguez. He walked away from boxing in 2016, but last year he made a decision to unretire and returned with victory.
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Dallas' 4 Eva said:
Nah. He too inconsistent for me to put any trust in him. He is a good fighter when his head is in the game though.
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I expect him to show up. Everyone keeps saying Canelo go knock him out in 5 rounds. Canelo hasn't faced a good boxer like this since who the fukk knows when..lol
 
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The undercard for the Canelo Alvarez-Billy Joe Saunders three-belt super middleweight unification fight on May 8 (DAZN) at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas is set.

Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn announced that junior flyweight world titlist Elwin Soto, whom he signed April 9 to a co-promotional deal with Zanfer Promotions, will make his third defense against Katsunari Takayama in the co-feature.

Soto (18-1, 12 KOs), 24, of Mexico, won the WBO’s 108-pound title by 12th-round knockout of Angel “Tito” Acosta in June 2019 and has won both of his defenses by unanimous decision.

Takayama (32-8, 12 KOs), 37, of Japan, is a former strawweight world titlist. He is best known for a decision loss to Francisco Rodriguez Jr. in an action-packed strawweight unification fight that was the 2014 fight of the year. Takayama didn’t have a fight between August 2016 and December 2020. He left professional boxing in 2017 in an effort to make the 2020 Japanese Olympic team, but when the Olympics were postponed he returned to professional boxing.

In other undercard fights:

  • Junior middleweight Kieron Conway (16-1-1, 3 KOs), 24, of England, vs. Souleymane Cissokho (12-0, 8 KOs), 29, a 2016 French Olympian, in a 10-round regional title bout. The fight was scheduled for December on the Anthony Joshua-Kubrat Pulev undercard but postponed.
  • Heavyweight Frank Sanchez (17-0, 13 KOs) vs. Dominican journeyman Nagy Aguilera (21-10, 14 KOs), 34, in a 10-rounder. Sanchez, 28, a Cuba native fighting out of Las Vegas, shares trainer Eddy Reynoso with Alvarez and will be on his second Alvarez card in a row.
  • Junior lightweight prospect Marc Castro (2-0, 2 KOs), 21, of Fresno, California, a former amateur standout, will be on his third Alvarez card in a row in a six-rounder against an opponent to be determined.
  • Lightweight prospect Keyshawn Davis (2-0, 2 KOs), 22, a southpaw from Norfolk, Virginia, will be on his second Alvarez undercard. He will face Mexico’s Jose Antonio Meza (6-4, 1 KO) in a six-rounder.
  • Junior welterweight Kelvin Davis (1-0, 1 KO), 24, who is Keyshawn’s older brother, will face Jan Marsalek (8-2, 7 KOs), 33, of Czech Republic, in a six-rounder.
  • Welterweight Christian Alan Gomez Duran (19-2-1, 17 KOs), 27, of Mexico, will face a foe to be named in an eight-rounder.
British countrymen Kid Galahad (27-1, 16 KOs) and James “Jazza” dikkens (30-3, 11 KOs) were due to meet for the vacant IBF featherweight title on card but the fight will instead move to another show due to visa issues related to Covid-19 travel restrictions.
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