Canelo Alvarez vs. Jermell Charlo fight: Five biggest storylines to

During a calendar year already littered with pay-per-view fights of the must-see variety, Saturday’s undisputed clash between four-belt super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez and undisputed 154-pound king Jermell Charlo stands out in its own way. 

Their 168-pound showdown headlines a Premier Boxing Champions event (Showtime PPV, 8 p.m. ET) inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas as the pair of 33-year-old stars meet in this unlikely pairing. Charlo (35-1-1, 19 KOs), the twin brother of WBC middleweight champion Jermall Charlo, replaced his sibling shortly before the fight was announced. 

As we get closer to the fight, which features an action-packed PPV undercard, let’s take a closer look at the biggest storylines as Alvarez (59-2-2, 39 KOs), boxing’s biggest star globally, returns to Las Vegas for the fourth time in five bouts. 

1. Jermell Charlo is not only a lion, he’s a heck of a live dog

Even Alvarez said it himself when asked which Charlo brother he deems to be more dangerous (he picked Jermell). Charlo’s trainer, Derrick James, has even gone as far as saying that this super middleweight championship bout is really a pairing of two junior middleweights, as a way to try and silence the understandable chatter surrounding Charlo moving up two divisions. Although it remains to be seen if Charlo can handle the punching power of the larger Alvarez, James might not be far off. Alvarez wasn’t even considered a big middleweight when he initially moved up, despite going on to win a world title at 175 pounds. And Charlo, who will own advantages of four inches in height and nearly three inches in reach, has always been huge for the 154-pound weight class. Charlo’s combination of speed, power and athleticism is already a potential problem for Alvarez but when you add in Charlo’s boxing IQ and the daring nature that has led him to knockout wins in both title rematches he has accepted (Tony Harrison,…