Canelo Alvarez Betting Odds Shift Ahead Of Boxing PPV Event vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr

To little surprise, Canelo Alvarez (48-1-1, 34 KOs) enters his Saturday pay-per-view fight in Las Vegas with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (50-2-1, 32 KOs) as the clear favorite. Alvarez had previously entered the fight at -900 odds with Chavez the underdog at 550, according to a sportsbook in January. Alvarez, one of the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world, is coming off a technical knockout win over Liam Smith in September and a brutal knockout of Amir Khan in May 2016. But Alvarez's signature win is a unanimous decision over Miguel Cotto in November 2015. Cotto had entered the fight with three straight wins and nearly 15 years of experience.