{"id":930288,"date":"2026-10-12T13:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T13:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/930288\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T13:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T13:38:09","slug":"canelo-still-fighting-in-saudi-arabia-despite-bombings-he-fears-nothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/930288\/","title":{"rendered":"Canelo still fighting in Saudi Arabia despite bombings: \u2018He fears nothing\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Canelo Alvarez will still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/latest-news\/476025\/canelo-alvarez-vs-christian-mbilli-rebooked-oct-31-riyadh-mexico-vs-world\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fight Christian Mbilli<\/a> on October 31st in Saudi Arabia, despite the recent escalation in attacks on the country by Houthis from neighboring Yemen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">On Saturday October 10th, King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/skies-over-saudi-capital-riyadh-largely-empty-after-deadly-houthi-strikes-2026-10-12\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was bombed,<\/a> resulting in 13 deaths and over 300 people wounded. A second attack on the airport occurred a day later, killing one more and injuring dozens.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">These are just the latest attacks as part of a new offensive from Houthis in Yemen who are actively bombing Saudi Arabian oil infrastructure, airports, and other targets of value.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The war between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis has gotten very hot, but that won\u2019t stop boxing legend Canelo from entering the country to fight Mbilli in three weeks, according to Saudi boxing power broker Turki Alalshikh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cCanelo reached out and told me he\u2019ll still fight in Riyadh this October, no matter what happens,\u201d Turki wrote on X (formerly Twitter). \u201cHe fears nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cMy country is home to the two Holy Mosques, land of peace, safety, rich civilization, deep history, and kind-hearted people. Thank you to everyone who checked in and showed support. Hard times reveal true friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">We\u2019ll see who has similar resolve over the coming weeks as WWE\u2019s Crown Jewel takes place on November 7th and UFC Saudi Arabia is currently pencilled in for December 5th. The U.S. Embassy and Consulate in Saudi Arabia has raised their travel advisory to level three, which is \u2018Reconsider travel.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canelo Alvarez will still fight Christian Mbilli on October 31st in Saudi Arabia, despite the recent escalation in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":930289,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[36109,49,48,641,638,82],"class_list":["post-930288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-boxing-news-results","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=930288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/930289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=930288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=930288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=930288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}