Canelo v Saunders betting tips: Titles on the line in Texas

Boxing Preview and Odds for super-middleweight showdown

Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez has the chance to enhance his reputation as the best pound-for-pound fighter in boxing when he defends his WBC and WBA super-middleweight crowns against WBO titlist Billy Joe Saunders in Texas on Saturday night.

The Mexican superstar is a four-division world champion and is the clear favourite at 1/6 in the Canelo v Saunders odds to further improve his record which currently stands at 55 wins, two draws and just one loss.

The fight against Saunders in front of 70,000 fans at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington will be Alvarez’s third in the space of five months, having beaten Callum Smith for the WBA and vacant WBC titles before seeing off mandatory challenger Avni Yildirim.

Alvarez has the ambition to claim all four major world titles at 168lbs – with a contest against IBF champion Caleb Plant mooted to occur later in the year should the 30-year-old Guadalajara fighter get past Saunders on Saturday night.

He has enjoyed an impressive 14-fight unbeaten run since losing to Floyd Mayweather in September 2013 but faces a tough test this weekend in a fight which is 4/5 to go the distance.

Slick southpaw can pose problems

Saunders may be the 9/2 underdog but his record (30-0, 14KOs) proves he deserves respect and he is 18/1 to win by knockout or 6/1 on points.