TKO Group Holdings, the parent company of WWE, which also owns UFC, PBR and a multitude of other properties, announced the date, location and main event for its first boxing card three months after they’ve announced their boxing venture with Saudi entertainment conglomerate Sela.
Chairman of Saudi’s General Entertainment Authority, Turki Alalsheikh announced yesterday that Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez vs Terence Crawford will take place on Saturday, September 12th from the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. The event will air live on Netflix worldwide. Start times are still to be announced. A three-city press tour has been announced alongside this event as well, including press conferences from Riyadh, New York and Las Vegas.
Part of the announcement from Netflix.com below:
When two pound-for-pound kings step into the ring, history doesn’t wait — it swings. The undisputed face of Mexican boxing will square off against the undefeated American phenom in a historic showdown, and it’s all happening live on Netflix.
On Saturday, Sept. 13, Netflix will stream the blockbuster bout between Mexico’s Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez (62-2-2, 39 KOs) and undefeated American superstar Terence “Bud” Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs), live from Las Vegas.
The high-stakes match-up was announced by Netflix, His Excellency Turki Alalshikh, Chairman of the General Entertainment Authority and President of the Saudi Boxing Federation, and Sela and Dana White of TKO, and will be available to all Netflix subscribers globally, included in all memberships at no additional cost.
Ahead of this epic Saturday fight night, Canelo and Crawford will stage a three-city international press tour, kicking off in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Friday, June 20 before heading to the United States for stops at Fanatics Fest at the Javits Center in New York City on Sunday, June 22, and at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Friday, June 27.
Due to the platform this match will air on plus the connection it has with WWE, we will cover this boxing PLE. Netflix will have a second boxing event on July 11th for a rematch between Amanda Taylor and Katie Serrano, which we will cover as well due to the airing platform.
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