Canelo Alvarez is set to defend his four super-middleweight world titles tonight as he welcomes Terence Crawford to the division. Both fighters have long been considered among the best pound-for-pound in the world, but a meeting in the ring was never anticipated. However, Crawford has moved up two weight divisions in his bid to become the first man in boxing history to reign as a three-weight undisputed world champion.
Despite being the underdog, Crawford will face Mexican Alvarez on Mexico’s Independence Day weekend. Throughout the week, Crawford has expressed confidence in overcoming the odds on the Las Vegas Strip.
Here’s everything you need to know about the fight, including the UK start time….
Canelo Alvarez vs Terence Crawford start time
The main card for Canelo vs. Crawford will commence at 2am UK time on Sunday, featuring four fights.
Preliminary fights will begin at 10.30pm UK time on Saturday and will be streamed on Tudum.com, TKO YouTube and WWE YouTube. The main event between Alvarez and Crawford is expected to begin at 4am UK time on Sunday.
How to watch Canelo Alvarez vs Terence Crawford
The Canelo vs Crawford fight will be exclusively streamed on Netflix as part of your subscription, meaning there are no additional costs or pay-per-view fees. The broadcast is set to begin around 2am UK time on Sunday morning.
The presenting team includes Mario Lopez, former light-heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver, Mark Kriegel and Mike Coppinger. If you don’t have a Netflix subscription, you can get one below below.
Canelo Alvarez vs Terence Crawford undercard
Here’s the full fight card, undercard and running order…
Canelo Alvarez vs Terence Crawford.
Christian Mbilli vs Lester Martinez.
Serhii Bohachuk vs Brandon Adams.
Callum Walsh vs Fernando Vargas.
Ivan Dychko vs Jermaine Franklin.
Steven Nelson vs Raiko Santana.
Mohammed Alakel vs Travis Kent Crawford.
Reito Tsutsumi vs Javier Martinez.
Marco Verde Alvarez vs Sona Akale.
Sultan Almohamed vs Martin Caraballo.
Ahead of the fight, Alvarez said: “I feel great. For me, this fight means a lot and I feel great. Ready. I can’t wait for Saturday night. I can’t wait for Saturday night and thank everybody coming to support the event. This fight for me is big. It’s one of the biggest fights in my career. For sure it means a lot…this win is going to be in the very top.”
While Crawford stated: “Anybody can be a nobody. And for what everybody say, I haven’t fought anybody. So come Saturday we’re going to all see. I think fights like this help the sport of boxing grow in the sense of having the best fight the best and it ain’t going to do nothing but make the sport better and the best is going to start fighting the best. It’s going to be stamped in the history books and the debate is going to be over.”