Canelo Alvarez will face Cuban William Scull on Saturday, May 3 live in Dazn, Starting from 19:00 ET / 16 PM PT / 12 AM UK, and the main event begins around 23:00 et / 20 pm PT / 4 AM UK. The biggest boxing icon in Mexico is fighting at the Cinco de Mayo weekend, right? Classic. Tradition. Viva Mexico and so on. But where is the fight? Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and guess what? Once again, Great Britain is treated as a side chick – the main event begins 4 am on Sunday morning. Fight fans can buy a fight for USD 59.99; £/21.99 € UK/IRE on DAZN PPV
Main rounds of events – starting times
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🇺🇸 USA (A) Saturday, May 3 – 23:00
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🇺🇸 USA (PT): Saturday, May 3 – 20:00
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🇬🇧 UK (BST): Sunday, May 4 – 4:00
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🇸🇦 Saudi (KSA): Sunday, May 4 – 6:00
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🇦🇺 Australia (aest): Sunday, May 4 – 13:00
Correct, 4-F-Ining-AM. What did fans of Great Britain do to deserve it? Every time there is a vast Saudi card, they look like a zombie, while Yanks retreat with beers, and Australians break the meat in a wide daylight.
Undercard?
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Jaime Mungia vs. Bruno Surace
Munguia does not do chess. He makes bombs. Expect violence.
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Martin Bale vs. Ephrace ajagba
Two human refrigerators throw bricks. It will be ugly, but you won’t look away.
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Brayan Leon vs. Aaron Rocha Guerrero
Six fights, six ko – someone is calling.
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Green Marco vs. Michel Galvan Polina
Verde’s debut. Galvan? The target practice of walking.
May 5 in Saudi Arabia
Canelo Alvarez, the largest boxing icon in Mexico, defending his undisputed crown at the Cinco de Mayo weekend … but not in Vegas. Not in Guadalajara. Even in La Nah – this is happening in Riyadh.
The country doesn’t even care. You don’t get Mariachi teams, without tequila, without street parades – just oil money and billboards. It’s like throwing Rave Saint. Paddy in North Korea. It makes zero sense, but here we are.
And although Canelo has the full right to chase great payments, let’s not pretend that it does not seem strange. Cinco de Mayo is to be thunderous, raucous, full of pride and chaos. Instead, we get it in a hyper -mega mega dome surrounded by sand and silence.
What next? July 4 in Iran? Joshua vs. Fury on Christmas Eve in the Tesco parking lot?
Boxing is not global, right. But don’t lie – it’s not Cinco de Mayo. It is on May 3 in Riyadh dressed in red, white and green with a few sombrers thrown on the cameras.
British fans: the most steadfast (and used) base of fans on Earth
Let’s face the truth – boxing fans are British Absolute geeks.
Saudi Card? 4 am. Vegas? 5 am. Tokyo? 7 am. Doesn’t matter. There are – mugs in hand, screaming in Dazna, to stop freezing, pumping fists on the TV in the obscure.
On May 3 they will do it again. Deprived of sleep, buzzing on beer and caffeine, ready to see Canelo’s chest in Pulp.
Here is the exercise:
4 in the morning or not, the British suffer every time. This is what the right fight fans do. Sleep is for random. This is boxing. This is war.
Let’s have it. See you at 4am, you are crazy!