A lightweight fight between former two-time World Champion Jorge "Niño de Oro" Linares (35-3, 23 KOs) and exciting Japanese contender Nihito Arakawa (24-3-1, 16 KOs) has been elevated to open the SHOWTIME PPV presentation of "TOE TO TOE: CANELO VS. ANGULO," a four-fight pay-per-view event airing live this Saturday, March 8, (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT), from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.The 10-round match was promoted to PPV status after an injury to Omar Figueroa forced the cancellation of his WBC Lightweight World Championship defense against Ricardo Alvarez."Canelo vs. Angulo: COUNTDOWN LIVE," a one-hour preview show, will now air live on SHOWTIME® at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT and include special features, analysis and interviews preceding the live pay-per-view quadrupleheader.
Reported by RingNews24 37 minutes ago.
A lightweight fight between former two-time World Champion Jorge "Niño de Oro" Linares (35-3, 23 KOs) and exciting Japanese contender Nihito Arakawa (24-3-1, 16 KOs) has been elevated to open the SHOWTIME PPV presentation of "TOE TO TOE: CANELO VS. ANGULO," a four-fight pay-per-view event airing live this Saturday, March 8, (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT), from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.The 10-round match was promoted to PPV status after an injury to Omar Figueroa forced the cancellation of his WBC Lightweight World Championship defense against Ricardo Alvarez."Canelo vs. Angulo: COUNTDOWN LIVE," a one-hour preview show, will now air live on SHOWTIME® at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT and include special features, analysis and interviews preceding the live pay-per-view quadrupleheader.
Reported by RingNews24 37 minutes ago.