Tonight starting at 7:30 pm EDT on Showtime and 9:00 pm EDT on Showtime PPV, Canelo Alvarez headlines against dangerous Cuban Erislandy Lara, with Abner Mares and Juan Manuel Lopez in action on the undercard. BLH will have live coverage of all the fights, plus immediate post-fight analysis.
Canelo (42-1-1, 31 KO) and Lara (19-1-2, 12 KO) will meet in a 12-round fight, fought at a 155-pound catchweight, just over the junior middleweight limit, with no title on the line. Alvarez is looking to move to 2-0 this year following a March win over Alfredo Angulo. Lara last fought in December, trouncing Austin Trout in New York.
Mares (26-1-1, 14 KO) will face Jonathan Oquendo (24-3, 16 KO) in a 10-round featherweight fight, while Lopez (34-3, 31 KO) faces Francisco Vargas (19-0-1, 13 KO) in a 10-round super featherweight bout. In the opening PPV fight, Mauricio Herrera (20-4, 7 KO) takes on Johan Perez (19-1-1, 13 KO) in a 12-round junior welterweight fight.
At 7:30 on Showtime, Tomoki Kameda (29-0, 18 KO) will defend the WBO bantamweight title against Pungluang Sor Singyu (46-2, 31 KO).