Mayweather to face Alvarez

Floyd Mayweather has confirmed he will put his unbeaten record on the line in a light-middleweight unification world title fight against Saul ’Canelo’ Alvarez later this year.

Mayweather, widely regarded as the best pound-for-pound boxer on the planet, moved to 44 wins from as many fights after a comfortable points triumph over Robert Guerrero for the WBC welterweight title earlier this month.