DENVER, Oct. 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- On
Saturday, November 2,
Canelo Alvarez (51-1-2, 34 KOs) will take on a new
challenge as he moves into the 175-pound weight class in a 12-round
fight against Sergey "Krusher" Kovalev (34-3-1,
29 KOs) for Kovalev's WBO Light Heavyweight World Title. This
highly anticipated bout and its co-featured fights will be
broadcast live from MGM Grand in Las Vegas to big screens
across the nation. A full undercard will be shown prior to
the main event.
Tickets for "Canelo Alvarez vs
Sergey 'Krusher' Kovalev" can be purchased online at
www.FathomEvents.com or at participating theater box offices
now.
The live broadcast of "Canelo
Alvarez vs Sergey 'Krusher' Kovalev" presented by Fathom
Events, Golden Boy, Main Events and Krusher Promotions is set for
Saturday, November 2 beginning at
beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET/
8:00 p.m. CT/ 7:00 p.m. MT/ 6:00 p.m.
PT/ 5:00 p.m. AK/ 4:00 p.m. HI. Boxing fans throughout the U.S. can
watch the event in more than 500 select movie theaters through
Fathom's Digital Broadcast Network (DBN). A complete list of
theater locations is available on the Fathom Events website
(theaters and participants are subject to change).
Canelo, the 29-year-old native of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, became the face
of boxing by taking on some of the biggest names in the sport. At
154 pounds, Canelo captured several world titles and defeated the
likes of Austin "No Doubt" Trout, Sugar Shane Mosley, Alfredo "El
Perro" Angulo, Erislandy "The American Dream" Lara and Liam "Beefy"
Smith. At 160 pounds, Canelo defeated Gennady "GGG" Golovkin
and Daniel "Miracle Man" Jacobs to establish himself as the king of
the middleweight division. In the 168-pound division, Canelo became
the WBA Super Middleweight World Champion by stopping Rocky Fielding in three rounds.
Canelo will now look to make history again by becoming the
second Mexican boxer to hold a world title in the light heavyweight
division. The pound-for-pound king will at the same time join an
elite group of four-division world champions from Mexico.
On November 2, Kovalev (36) will
participate in his 17th consecutive world title bout and
the most lucrative fight of his career against the biggest star in
boxing. A Russian knockout artist and Three-Time Light Heavyweight
World Champion, "Krusher" is no stranger to fighting in hostile
territory. He captured the WBO Light Heavyweight World Title in
2013 when he traveled to Wales and
scored a stunning knockout of Nathan
Cleverly. Kovalev traveled to Atlantic City to meet future Hall of Famer
Bernard "The Alien" Hopkins to unify
the WBO, WBA and IBF titles with a lopsided unanimous decision
victory in 2014. As unified champion, "Krusher" successfully
defended his titles twice against current WBA Light Heavyweight
Champion Jean Pascal in Montreal, scoring a stoppage victory both
times.
In August of this year, Kovalev finally got the chance to fight
in his own hometown of Chelyabinsk, Russia, stopping undefeated mandatory
challenger Anthony Yarde in front of
a sold-out crowd.
"We are proud to partner again with Golden Boy to bring boxing's
biggest star, Canelo Alvarez back to
cinemas nationwide," said Ray Nutt,
Fathom Events CEO. "Fight fans will want to see all the action up
on the big screen as Canelo takes on Sergey 'Krusher' Kovalev."
The undercard for this event will feature a full night of
action. Rising superstar Ryan
Garcia (18-0, 15 KOs) of Victorville, Calif. will face "Ruthless"
Romero Duno (21-1, 16 KOs) of Cotabato City, Philippines in the 12-round co-main event.
Two of the most exciting and popular female boxers in the sport
today will finally settle their heated rivalry as Seniesa
"Superbad" Estrada (17-0, 7 KOs) of East Los Angeles, Calif. and Marlen
Esparza (7-0, 1 KOs) of Houston,
Texas battle for the vacant Interim WBA Flyweight Title.
Blair "The Flair" Cobbs (12-0-1, 8 KOs), a
fan-favorite native of Philadelphia, will fight for the vacant NABF
Welterweight Title against Carlos
Ortiz (11-4, 11 KOs) of Torreon, Mexico.
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About Fathom Events
Fathom Events is the leading event
cinema distributor with theater locations in all top 100 DMAs®
(Designated Market Areas) and ranks as one of the largest overall
theater content distributors. Owned by AMC Entertainment Inc.
(NYSE: AMC); Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK); and Regal
Cinemas, a subsidiary of the Cineworld Group (LSE: CINE.L), Fathom
Events offers a variety of unique entertainment events in movie
theaters such as live performances of the Metropolitan Opera, top
Broadway stage productions, major sporting events, epic concerts,
the yearlong TCM Big Screen Classics series, inspirational events
and popular anime franchises. Fathom Events takes audiences behind
the scenes for unique extras including audience Q&As, backstage
footage and interviews with cast and crew, creating the ultimate
VIP experience. Fathom Events' live Digital Broadcast Network
("DBN") is the largest cinema broadcast network in North America, bringing live and pre-recorded
events to 1,010 locations and 1,628 screens in 182 DMAs. The
company also provides corporations a compelling national footprint
for hosting employee meetings, customer rewards events and new
product launches. For more information, visit
www.FathomEvents.com.
About Golden Boy:
Los
Angeles-based Golden Boy was established in 2002 by Oscar De
La Hoya, the first Hispanic to own a national boxing promotional
company. Golden Boy is a media and entertainment brand committed to
making fighting entertainment more accessible and affordable. The
company's in-house production team develops creative original
programming for ESPN, RingTV.com and international channels across
the globe. The company holds the exclusive rights to top boxers and
has promoted some of the biggest and highest grossing events in the
history of the sport. Now, Golden Boy is one of the most successful
boxing entertainment companies in the world and shapes the future
of boxing for fighters and fans alike through its 2019 partnership
with streaming platform, DAZN.
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