RIYADH: Saul `Canelo` Alvarez will fight in his world title bout against Christian M`billi in Saudi Arabia this month, promoter Turki Al-Sheikh said after a strike on Riyadh`s international airport killed at least 12 people and wounded more than 300.

Yemen`s Iran-aligned Houthi movement claimed responsibility for Saturday`s attack, the deadliest in the kingdom in more than a decade.

On Sunday, one more person was killed and nearly a dozen hurt in another attack on the international airport in Riyadh, where Alvarez and WBC super-middleweight champion M`billi are settoclashon Oct31.

`Canelo reached out and told me he`ll still fight in Riyadh this October, no matter what happens.

He fears nothing,` said Al-Sheikh, chairman of Saudi Arabia`s General Entertainment Authority, in a post on social media on Sunday.

Alvarez`s representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment outside business hours in Mexico. The Mexican boxer, a former twotime undisputed super-middleweight champion, has not fought since he was beaten by American Terence Crawford in September 2025.-Reuters