Groupe Yvon Michel recently announced that after nearly two years on the sidelines, former light heavyweight champion Eleider Alvarez will return to action on May 5th in a cruiserweight bout against TBA.
Alvarez (25-2, 13 KO), who famously flattened Sergey Kovalev for the WBO title in 2018 before losing it in their rematch, hasn’t fought since a one-sided knockout loss to Joe Smith Jr. in August 2020. He turns 38 in just a few days, and while he’s always been a highly skilled fighter, it’s hard to see him making much of an impact in the 200-pound ranks.
The other two featured attractions are super lightweights Mazlum Akdeniz (16-0, 8 KO) and Mathieu Germain (20-2-1, 9 KO).