Ending weeks of speculation, Golden Boy Promotions on Friday announced that the May 7 super-fight between Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Amir Khan will be held at the new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Alvarez-Khan is the first major boxing event of 2016 and is expected to be one of the more exciting battles of the first half of the year. “Canelo” (46-1-1, 32 KOs) will put his WBC and Ring Magazine middleweight titles on the line against Khan (31-3, 19 KOs) who is a former two-time world champion. Alvarez is coming off an impressive unanimous decision win over Miguel Cotto in November.