Canelo Alvarez vs Dmitry Bivol date, UK start time, TV channel and live stream

The long awaited return of Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez is growing ever closer, and boxing fans all over the world are excited for 31-year-old lightweight to grace the ring once again. The Mexican has not fought since his TKO victory over Caleb Plant back in November last year, in which Canelo retained the WBA (Super), WBC, WBO, and The Ring super middleweight titles, whilst also winning the IBF super middleweight title.

With this win, he became only the sixth fighter to unify all belts in one division in the four-belt era and will be looking to add to his belt collection when he takes on unbeaten Russian, Dmitry Bivol. The 31-year-old has held the WBA strap since November 2017 and retained the belt by beating Umar Salamov last December, setting up a clash with Canelo at the T-Mobile Arena in Nevada.

And this is most certainly Bivol's greatest test during his professional career, who has a record of 19-0-0 compared to the much more experienced Canelo, who has almost three times more fights under his belt, with a record 57-1-2. Ahead of the highly anticipated fight, here is everything you need to know:

The 12-round light heavyweight title clash will be held on Saturday, May 7th.

It will take place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, with the ring walks for Canelo vs Bivol can be expected at around 5am (BST) on Sunday morning for UK fans.

The fight will be broadcast live on DAZN – the streaming service costs £7.99 per month, you can sign up HERE.

It can be streamed via the DAZN app and can be viewed on smart TVs, game consoles, connected devices, mobile, tablets and computers. talkSPORT will also be bringing all the latest news and action throughout the week.

Canelo Alvarez vs Dmitry Bivol – for WBA (Super) light heavyweight