Canelo vs Mbilli

Who won Canelo vs Mbilli?

Canelo Alvarez beat Christian Mbilli by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday, October 31st, 2026, Riyadh.

The scorecards were announced as 115-112, 116-111, 117-110 in favor of winner Canelo Alvarez.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 168 pounds (12 stone or 76.2 kg).

This contest was for the WBC super middleweight championship of the world.

Canelo's captured the WBC World Super Middleweight Championship, winning the belt against in this fight. He had held this belt for 2 days.

Also on the undercard Jaime Munguia was victorious over Nikita Zon, Alan Picasso lost to Carl Jammes Martin, Rafael Espinoza defeated Ricardo Blandon for the WBO World Featherweight title, and Reito Tsutsumi was victorious over Raymundo Rojas.

Canelo vs Mbilli stats

Canelo Alvarez stepped into the ring with a record of 63 wins, 3 losses, and 2 draws, 39 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Christian Mbilli made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 29 wins and 1 draw, with 24 of those by knockout.

The stats suggested Mbilli had a large advantage in power over Canelo, boasting a 83% knockout percentage compared to Canelo's 62%.

Canelo Alvarez was the older man by 5 years, at 36 years old.

Mbilli had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Both Canelo Alvarez and Christian Mbilli fought out of an orthodox stance.

Canelo was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 38 more fights, and made his debut in 2005, 11 years and 3 months earlier than Mbilli, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 389 more professional rounds, totaling 544 compared to Mbilli's 155.

Canelo Alvarez went into the fight ranked number 3 by the WBA, and 1 by the WBC at super middleweight.

Canelo vs Mbilli form

Canelo Alvarez had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Terence Crawford on September 13, 2025, by unanimous decision in their The Ring Super Middleweight, WBC World Super Middleweight, WBA Super World Super Middleweight and IBF World Super Middleweight championship fight at Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, United States.

Prior to that, he had won against William Scull on May 3, 2025, by unanimous decision in their IBF World Super Middleweight, WBC World Super Middleweight, WBO World Super Middleweight and WBA Super World Super Middleweight championship fight at The Venue, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Edgar Berlanga on September 14, 2024, by unanimous decision in their WBO World Super Middleweight, WBC World Super Middleweight, WBA Super World Super Middleweight and The Ring Super Middleweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Before that, he had defeated Jaime Munguia on May 4, 2024, by unanimous decision in their WBC World Super Middleweight, WBA Super World Super Middleweight, IBF World Super Middleweight and WBO World Super Middleweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

He had won against Jermell Charlo on September 30, 2023, by unanimous decision in their IBF World Super Middleweight, WBA Super World Super Middleweight, WBC World Super Middleweight and WBO World Super Middleweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Mbilli had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had drawn with Lester Martinez on September 13, 2025 in their 10 round contest at Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, United States.

Prior to that, he had defeated Maciej Sulecki on June 27, 2025, by technical knockout in the 1st round in their WBC Interim World Super Middleweight championship fight at Centre Videotron, Quebec City, Canada.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Sergiy Derevyanchenko on August 17, 2024, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Centre Videotron, Quebec City.

Before that, he had won against Mark Heffron on May 25, 2024, by knockout in the 1st round at Gervais Auto Center, Shawinigan.

He had beaten Rohan Murdock on January 13, 2024, by technical knockout in the 6th round at Centre Videotron, Quebec City.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Christian Mbilli had been fighting more than Canelo Alvarez.

Going into this contest, Canelo Alvarez had last fought 1 year, 1 month and 18 days ago, while Christian Mbilli's last outing had been 1 year, 1 month and 18 days ago.

Canelo's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 1 day, which means he had been fighting approximately every 7 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 60 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 12 rounds on average.

Mbilli's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 9 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 28 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5.6 rounds on average.

What time did Canelo vs Mbilli start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:30 PM UTC at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which was 5:30 PM EST or 2:30 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 9:30 PM GMT in the UK.

Who broadcast Canelo vs Mbilli?

The DAZN PPV show began at 11:00 AM EST / 8:00 AM PST. The DAZN PPV UK broadcast of the card started at 4:00 PM (GTM).

What were the odds on Canelo vs Mbilli?

Canelo Alvarez was a 3/10 (-330) favorite going into the contest, while Christian Mbilli made his way into the ring at 13/5 (+270) with oddsmakers.