Photos: Canelo and Mbilli make weight for 168-pound title

Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Christian Mbilli successfully weighed in and faced off ahead of their bout for the WBC 168-pound title. The contest takes place this Saturday, October 31 at The Venue in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Mexico’s former undisputed champion Canelo (62-3-2, 39 KOs) came in at 167.6 lbs for his attempt to once again win one of boxing’s major belts.
Cameroonian-French current WBC titleholder Mbilli (29-0-1, 24 KOs) showed 167.8 lbs for his first championship defense as a full champion.

The bout headlines the “Mexico vs The World” card, live on DAZN PPV.

Canelo vs Mbilli undercard

Also making it official at the weigh-in were the fighters competing on the Canelo vs Mbilli undercard.

Mexico’s Jaime Munguia (46-2, 35 KOs) weighed in at 167.4 lbs for his first defense of the WBA 168-pound title against Nikita Zon (12-0-1, 10 KOs). Zon registered 167.5 lbs.
Mexico’s Rafael Espinoza (28-0, 24 KOs) came in at 125.8 lbs for the fifth defense of his WBO 126-pound title against Nicaragua’s Ricardo Blandon (21-6, 14 KOs). Blandon, who took the fight on short notice, showed 126 lbs.
Japan’s Reito Tsutsumi (5-0, 4 KOs) and Mexico’s Raymundo Rojas Garcia (16-2, 11 KOs) tipped the scales at 129 lbs and 128.8 lbs, respectively.
Mexico’s David Picasso (33-1-1, 18 KOs) weighed in at 125.8 lbs for his WBC Silver 126-pound title defense against Carl Jammes Martin (28-0, 21 KOs) of the Philippines. Martin showed 126 lbs.

See the weigh-in photos followed by the full fight card and weights below.