 Nyora kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna Ndira 2015, Oscar De La Hoya akazivisa kuti Álvarez naJames Kirkland 321, 28 KOs vakanga vabvumirana kurwisana mumwe nemumwe kunyangwe pasina zuva kana nzvimbo yakatarwa, mune isina zita rakareruka repakati. Chikonzero nei zuva racho risina kugadziriswa raive nekuda kwekuuya kwaFloyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao kurwa kusisina zuva repamutemo. Muna Kurume, pamusangano wepamutemo wevatori venhau, kurwa kwakaziviswa kuti kwaizoitika paMinute Maid Park muHouston, Texas musi wa9 Chivabvu 2015, kurarama paHBO, vhiki mushure mekurwa kwaMay 2 pakati paMayweather naPacquiao. Yakaratidzira kurwa kwokutanga kwechibvumirano chaAlvarez chinobhadhara cheHBO. Pamberi pe31,588, Álvarez akakunda Kirkland kuburikidza neKNO yechitatu. Kirkland akabuda nehasha, asi Álvarez akamunetsa uye akawana knockdown kuburikidza neruoko rworudyi rworudyi mumutambo wokutanga. Mumutambo wechitatu, uppercut yokurudyi yakaendesa Kirkland kumucheka. Álvarez akagumisa kurwa ne jab kumuviri nokukurumidza achiteverwa neruoko rworudyi, achigadzira KO. Álvarez akawana 87 pamakumbo 150 58 uye Kirkland akawana 42 pamakumbo 197 21. Pashure pokurwisana kwacho, Kirkland akati, Handina kuziva kuti ndakanga ndabatwa. Akabva aendeswa kuchipatara kuti aongororwe CT. Kukunda kwaAlvarez kwakagadzira kurwa kukuru kwePPV pakati pake nemutambi weWBC wepakati Miguel Cotto. Kurwisana kwakakwezva avhareji ye2.146 mamiriyoni evatariri paHBO uye yakakwira pa2.296 mamiriyoni, iyo yepamusoro yepamusoro yeHBO mu2015. 