Canelo V Crawford - All You Need To Know

Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez takes connected Terence Crawford successful what could beryllium 1 of nan champion fights of nan twelvemonth connected Saturday successful Las Vegas.

Crawford steps up 2 weights to look nan undisputed super-middleweight champion, aiming to go nan first antheral combatant to triumph an undisputed title successful 3 weight classes successful nan four-belt era.

Alvarez, 35, is for nan first clip successful his illustious 67-fight profession being formed arsenic nan aged guard, contempt Crawford being 2 years older.

Will Crawford make his lawsuit to go boxing's pound-for-pound number one? Or will Alvarez support his undefeated grounds astatine super-middleweight?

The super-fight will beryllium staged astatine NFL broadside Las Vegas Raiders' 65,000-capacity Allegiant Stadium.

Everything you request to cognize astir nan arena is below.

Live matter and power commentary will statesman from 03:00 BST connected nan BBC Sport website and app connected Sunday, 14 September.

We will build up to nan main arena and bring you action from nan undercard.

BBC Sport will beryllium successful Las Vegas to bring you sum from each nan media events successful conflict week and travel nan biggest stories.

The first conflict connected nan preliminary paper is expected to statesman astatine 22:30 BST, with nan main paper getting underway astir 02:00 on Sunday, 14 September.

Crawford and Alvarez are expected to make their ringwalks betwixt 04:00 and 04:30.

Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez vs Terence Crawford - IBF, WBC, WBA & WBO super-middleweight titles

Main paper from 02:00 BST:

Preliminary paper from 22:30 BST:

Crawford and Alvarez person 2 of nan champion records successful boxing.

Crawford, 37, is simply a two-weight undisputed champion and is unbeaten successful 41 master fights.

He has held world titles successful 4 weight classes from lightweight to light-middleweight and was undisputed astatine light-middlweight and welterweight.

The Nebraska autochthonal has 31 knockouts connected his grounds and is known for a punishing, spiteful style and an expertise to spell done nan gears quickly erstwhile needed.

Crawford has large names connected his resume including Amir Khan, Errol Spence Jr, Ricky Burns and Shawn Porter.

The ascendant mode successful which he beat home rival Spence successful 2023 confirmed his position arsenic a generational talent.

Crawford moved up to light-middleweight successful mentation for this fight, winning different world title, but faces a combatant who is simply a earthy super-middleweight.

Alvarez made his master debut aged 15 and has racked up 67 bouts since then.

He has won world titles successful 4 weight classes and is nan only antheral combatant to clasp each 4 belts successful nan super-middleweight division.

He has ne'er been beaten astatine that weight. His losses came against Floyd Mayweather astatine light-middleweight successful 2013 and to Dmitry Bivol astatine light-heavyweight successful 2022.

Alvarez has beaten Gennady Golovkin, Sergey Kovalev, Callum Smith, Miguel Cotto and Billy Joe Saunders.

There is nary large tallness quality but Crawford does person a scope advantage of 74 inches to Alvarez's 70 inches.

A batch has been made of Alvarez's perchance slowing down aft 520 rounds nether his belt. Crawford has fought 245 successful comparison.

But nan weight quality could beryllium a deciding facet successful this fight. Crawford has fought arsenic debased arsenic lightweight, albeit past successful 2014, while Alvarez has doubly stepped up to light-heavyweight.

In a conflict wherever some men mightiness beryllium evenly matched successful position of ability, nan quality successful weight could good beryllium nan decider.

Alvarez will beryllium defending his super-middleweight world titles.

The WBO, WBA, IBF and WBC belts will beryllium connected nan line, arsenic good arsenic nan Ring Magazine title.

The referee will beryllium Thomas Taylor.

The 3 judges astatine ringside will beryllium Tim Cheatham, Steve Weisfeld and Max DeLuca, each from nan United States.

Interestingly, this is nan same squad which scored Manny Pacquiao's arguable mostly tie pinch Mario Barrios successful July.

Tuesday - expansive arrivals from 02:00 BST

The Fontainebleau edifice hosts nan arrivals of each nan fighters astatine 18:00 section time.

Wednesday - unfastened workouts 02:00 to 04:00

All nan boxers will behaviour a workout for nan media from 18:00 section clip astatine nan Fontainebleau hotel.

Thursday - news convention from 02:00

The T-Mobile Arena hosts nan news convention will characteristic nan main arena stars from 18:00 section time.

Friday - weigh-in from 17:00 & 02:00

There will beryllium nan charismatic and ceremonial weigh-in connected Friday. The charismatic weights will beryllium recorded successful nan greeting earlier nan weigh-in successful beforehand of nan fans astatine nan T-Mobile Arena from 18:00 section time.