Saturday, September 16 at 7:30 pm ET. Live on Showtime PPV for $79.99<\/em><\/p>\nAlvarez is 49-1-1 (34 KO) during his career. The 5’9″ orthodox fighter from Mexico is a three-time world champion in two weight classes. His only loss came in 2013 against Mayweather, where he was deemed the loser in a 12-round majority decision.<\/p>\n
Golovkin, also orthodox, enters the fight a perfect 37-0 record that includes 33 knock outs. The 5’10” boxer from Kazakhstan is the present title holder of the unified WBA and IBF middleweight belts.<\/p>\n
Saturday’s fight will mark Golovkin’s first time fighting in the state of Nevada.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Showtime Predictions<\/b><\/h2>\n
Showtime’s first pay-per-view fight following Mayweather vs. McGregor of course won’t come close to the record setting event. But the premium cable network is still hoping for strong sales.<\/p>\n
It will be Golovin’s fourth PPV fight, his biggest home viewing audience coming last September when he defeated Kell Brook. That fight attracted 500,000 PPV buys on HBO in the US, and Sky Sports in the UK.<\/p>\n
Saturday will be Canelo’s eighth PPV offering, his largest audience of course coming in 2013 when he took on Mayweather. That event pulled in over 2.2 million buys to create revenue of over $150 million.<\/p>\n
Unlike Mayweather vs. McGregor, T-Mobile Arena is already sold out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez step into the ring at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday night in Las Vegas, and sportsbooks in the city and around the state are beginning to take big wagers on the fight’s outcome. Several low six-figure bets have been placed in Sin City on the boxing match, with money relatively […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":58593,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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