Amir Khan will be taking on Canelo Alvarez for the “WBC WORLD MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE” on Saturday, 07 May 2016 at the newly opened T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Its a massive fight and HBO will broadcast the fight as PPV in United States. You can buy the PPV through (hbo.com/boxing) or local cable providers in different states. Amir Khan fans in the UK can watch the fight live on monthly subscription based channel “BoxNation” where a £12 a month subscription is required for whole month (pretty good deal considering there is Wilder-Povetkin also available in May)
“TV Azteca” has exclusive rights deal with Canelo Alvarez and his promotional company “Golden Boy” and they will be broadcasting Khan-Canelo live in Mexico. PTV Sports is likely to broadcast the fight live in the Pakistan where Khan has family ties and large fanbase. There are number of other channels across different regions broadcasting the fight live and you can see the complete list on Khan-Canelo TV Channel page.
But if you won’t have access to live channels for some reason, you can always use alternative methods to watch the fight live online. The best bet is to subscribe to “BoxNation” online streaming (watch.boxnation.com/signup) service cost £12 a month (no fixed contract) but since its only available to UK/Ireland IP address you can buy a VPN service to get a UK IP and watch the fight legally online. (in case you are in country where no channel is broadcasting). Khan vs Canelo is not the only fight on the night there are couple of other quality fights available on the undercards.
DETAILS | |
HBO COVERAGE STARTS | HBO PPV coverage starts at 09:00 p.m ET / 06:00 p.m PT / 02:00 a.m uk time |
UNDERCARD FIGHT 1 | Patrick Teixeira vs. Curtis Stevens @ 09:00 p.m ET |
UNDERCARD FIGHT 2 | Mauricio Herrera vs. Frankie Gomez @ 09:50 p.m ET |
UNDERCARD FIGHT 3 | David Lemieux vs. Glen Tapia @10:50 p.m ET |
MAIN-EVENT | Canelo Alvarez vs Amir Khan @ 11:50 p.m ET / 04:50 a.m uk time |