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Canelo Alvarez attends a news conference at the MGM Grand, Wednesday, May 4, 2016, in Las Vegas. Alvarez is scheduled to fight Amir Khan in a middleweight title bout Saturday in Las Vegas.
Friday, Jan. 13, 2017 | 6:20 p.m.
In what might be the biggest all-Mexican fight in boxing history, Canelo Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., easily their country's most popular active boxers, will square off in a long-anticipated match on May 6, Golden Boy Promotions announced Friday.
The scheduled 12-round bout, which will headline an HBO PPV card on the Mexican holiday weekend of Cinco de Mayo — a traditional weekend for major Mexican fights — will take place at a site to be determined.
The T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, however, is a likely site, as the Nevada State Athletic Commission granted the date for that arena to Golden Boy at its monthly meeting on Friday.
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