Trader Eddie Hearn announced, this Thursday, that the fight between the supermedia people Saul Canelo Alvarez I BJ Saunders At the Superdome in 1978, in New Orleans, 65,000 tickets have been sold, surpassing 63,352 tickets, in a win-win situation. Muhammad Ali Somber Leon Spinks.
Sports programs went public in the United States after vaccination against COVID-19 in the country. The public is expected to reach 70,000 people by Saturday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
The two boxers attended the final press conference on Thursday, before this fight. This Friday, they will face each other again after the wait-in. The program Canelo x BJ Saunders will be broadcast by DAZN on Saturday from 21:00. It was scheduled to be the first hour at midnight with the main duel.
Canelo, 30, is championed by the CMB and the World Boxing Association. He has 55 wins (37 knockouts), one defeat and two draws Saunders, 31, who owns the OMB title, is undefeated after 30 fights, with 14 knockouts.
The winner of the Canelo x Saunders will face the North American Caleb Plant, championed by the International Boxing Federation at the end of the year, when the main title in the Super Middle category unifies.