Canelo Alvarez vs. Billy Joe Saunders fight predictions, odds, undercard, expert picks, preview, date

A trio of super middleweight titles are on the line on Saturday night in Dallas when Canelo makes his return

After all the fanfare and debates over ring sizes and awkward handshakes at the press conference are fully behind us, super middleweight champions Canelo Alvarez and unbeaten Billy Joe Saunders will finally touch gloves and figure out control of the 168-pound division on Saturday.  Central to what the fight will actually look like inside AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, is whether Saunders (30-0-1, 14 KOs) presents just another challenge in a line of necessary hurdles needing cleared for Alvarez (55-1-2, 37 KOs) to become the division's undisputed champion or whether the brash southpaw from the U.K. actually represents much more as the key protagonist in a potential trap-fight scenario for boxing's pound-for-pound best fighter (8 p.m. on DAZN, sign up now). If the chaos of fight week taught us anything it's that Saunders, the reigning WBO champion, appears to bring a level of mental toughness, pure guts and the sly ability as a never-ending troll to present a challenge that will be unique to recent Alvarez opponents -- from Rocky Fielding and Sergey Kovalev to Callum Smith and Avni Yildirim -- who proved to be much more lamb than lion in the face of Alvarez's sublime skill.