The spring 2020 edition of the Canelo Alvarez sweepstakes finally has a winner: Billy Joe Saunders.



Alvarez will seek a championship in a fourth weight class after Saunders, a super middleweight champion, accepted an offer for a May 2 meeting in Las Vegas at the T-Mobile Arena on DAZN, industry sources tell The Athletic. Saunders will earn in the neighborhood of $8 million, a career-high payday; Alvarez’s contract with DAZN pays him $35 million per fight. The contracts have not been signed but are being reviewed by both sides. A press conference in Los Angeles is expected to be held next week.



For weeks, two fighters were in the running for a shot at the No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter in the sport: Saunders and Callum Smith.



Both Saunders and Smith are 168-pound titleholders who hail from England and are signed to Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Sport. Saunders appeared to be the front-runner for months, before the possibility of a clash with Ryota...