Rocky Fielding defends his WBA title against the world's highest-profile fighter at New York's Madison Square Garden tonight, where he will also fight to resist becoming Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez's latest British victim. Liam Smith, Amir Khan, Ryan Rhodes and Matthew Hatton have all previously lost to the Mexican, whose first professional titles came at welterweight and who remains a significant favourite despite the fact on Saturday he will be fighting 21lbs and three divisions above where he first established himself. In October, the 28-year-old Canelo signed a five-year, 11-fight contract worth a minimum $365million (£291m) that made him the world's highest-paid athlete, and in addition to being boxing's highest-profile active figure, Fielding also considers him the finest fighter in the world. The Liverpudlian therefore faces a tough task tonight - follow all the action right here to see if he can pull off one of the biggest shocks in boxing history. The fighters are expected to walk to the ring at around 3am UK time.

Source: Daily Mirror December 15, 2018 19:09 UTC