Miguel Cotto vs Canelo Alvarez takes place on Saturday night in a bout that promises to be a spectacular one, and is the kind of fight boxing needs more of. The fight takes place from Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada and has a scheduled start time of 9 p.m. ET. A fight card with all the under card fights can be seen below, and the bouts can be watched on TV on HBO PPV, or online through live stream via the link below.
Alvarez comes into tonight's super bout with a 45-1-1 record with 32 knock outs, making him one of the strongest and exciting boxers out there. The Mexican power puncher has quickly become one of the most followed boxers of the current era, and is one of the brightest stars of the boxing world at the moment.
If he can gain a win today against one of the biggest figures in the Middleweight division it will propel Alvarez to a new level, however, Miguel Cotto will not be fazed by today's clash, and will be confident he has the experience and tools to get the job done.
Cotto himself has a record of 40-4, with 33 knockouts. The Puerto Rican boxer was supposed to be putting his WBC belt on the line for today's fight, but that was controversially stripped away from him earlier this week just days before the bout because he had failed to pay the sanctioning fee required.
That has added further interest and intrigue to tonight's fight, and has ensured this bout has caught wide attention among devoted boxing fans as well as fringe fans.
That's all good news for HBO, which will be running the PPV of tonight's fight, and the more fans are talking about the main event the better for them, and arguably for boxing.
But fans will be hoping that the two fighters both deliver, as if they both operate at their potential then this should be a fantastic match up. And in an era where great boxing bouts and rivalries seem to be few and far between, a spectacular match up here would reignite a lot of interest for the sport.
Fans have been waiting a long time for this bout, and both boxers has expressed confidence that they will be the one standing victorious at the end of tonight's fight, however, there can be only one winner.
Tonight's massive boxing match up between Miguel Cotto and Canelo Alvarez has a scheduled fight card start time of 9 p.m. ET, and can be watched on TV on HBO PPV, online through BoxNation by clicking here.
The full under fight card can be seen below:
– Takashi Miura vs.Francisco Vargas, for Miura's WBC junior lightweight title
– Guillermo Rigondeaux vs. Drian Francisco, junior featherweights
– Jayson Velez vs. Ronny Rios, featherweights
– Randy Caballero vs. Lee Haskins, for Caballero's IBF bantamweight title
