It’s going down! The hottest boxing joint of 2013! Saturday night brings out Hollywood’s elite for the showdown between Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez.
Mayweather weighed in Friday at 150 1/2, to Alvarez’s 152. The fight is contested for titles in the 154-pound division but the contractual limit is 152 pounds.
Where: MGM Grand Garden Arena! as boxing fans are all abuzz over the showdown between Floyd “Money” Mayweather and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez for the super welterweight title.
On TV: Showtime pay-per-view is providing the telecast, beginning at 9 p.m. ET, with four fights on the televised portion of the card. The cost is $64.95 and $74.95 for high definition. Countdown Live, a pre-fight preview show, will begin at 8 p.m. ET on Showtime.
Main event: Mayweather (44-0, 26 KOs) vs. Alvarez (42-0-1, 30 KOs) in a battle of undefeated fighters for the WBC, WBA Super and Ring magazine super welterweight championship. Mayweather is guaranteed a record $41.5 million and Alvarez $5 million
Other televised title fights: Danny Garcia (26-0, 16 KOs) vs. Lucas Matthysse (34-2, 32 KOs) WBC, WBA Super and Ring magazine super lightweight world championship. Garcia will be paid $1.5 million, and Matthysse $800,000. Ishe Smith (25-5, 11 KOs) vs. Carlos Molina (21-5-2, 6 KOs) for the junior middleweight championship and a non-title fight between Pablo Cesar Cano (26-3-1, 20 KOs) vs. Ashley Theophane (33-5-1, 10 KOs).
Showtime broadcast team: Mauro Ranallo will call the action, with Hall of Famer Al Bernstein and Paulie Malignaggi doing the ringside analysis. Brian Kenny will host the Showtime broadcast.
Other televised title fights: Danny Garcia (26-0, 16 KOs) vs. Lucas Matthysse (34-2, 32 KOs) WBC, WBA Super and Ring magazine super lightweight world championship. Garcia will be paid $1.5 million, and Matthysse $800,000. Ishe Smith (25-5, 11 KOs) vs. Carlos Molina (21-5-2, 6 KOs) for the junior middleweight championship and a non-title fight between Pablo Cesar Cano (26-3-1, 20 KOs) vs. Ashley Theophane (33-5-1, 10 KOs).
VERONA, MS. (THECOUNT) — A woman was shot and killed and a man died of…
DUBLIN, OH. (THECOUNT) — A former Ohio State All-American offensive lineman was sentenced Wednesday to…
JACKSONVILLE, FL. (THECOUNT) — Three months after a 27-year-old woman burned to death inside her…
HOLCOMB, Kan. (THECOUNT) — A southwest Kansas man was killed Tuesday night when his motorcycle…
YONKERS, N.Y. (THECOUNT) — Chip Taylor, the Grammy-nominated songwriter behind two of the most enduring…
NATIONAL (THECOUNT) — If it seems like fireballs are lighting up the sky every few…