Canelo-Crawford set for Las Vegas, lands on Netflix k1k1l

The Sept. 13 fight between undisputed super middleweight champion Canelo Álvarez and Terence Crawford will take place in Las Vegas and stream live on Netflix, it was announced Tuesday. 4x5e6t

No specific venue was revealed.

Álvarez-Crawford will be the third boxing event to land on Netflix after last November's Jake Paul-Mike Tyson fight and next month's Katie Taylor-Amanda Serrano trilogy bout. The card will be available to Netflix's 300-plus million subscribers at no additional cost.

Turki Alalshikh, the chairman of Saudi Arabia's General Entertainment Authority, will promote Álvarez-Crawford alongside UFC CEO Dana White and Sela, a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia's public investment fund.

"Turki wants to make the biggest fights that the fans want to see in boxing, and this is right up my alley," White said in a statement. "Are you kidding me that the first boxing fight I'm going to get to promote is Canelo versus Crawford? It's literally a once-in-a-lifetime fight."

There will be a multi-city press tour ahead of Álvarez-Crawford. Stops include Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on June 20, New York on June 22, and Las Vegas on June 27.

Álvarez, the biggest star in boxing, will defend the undisputed 168-pound title for the first time since re-adding the IBF belt in a unanimous decision win over William Scull in May. The 34-year-old Mexico native is riding a six-fight winning streak and is 63-2-2 as a professional.

Crawford, the WBA junior middleweight champion and former undisputed welterweight titleholder, is moving up two divisions to face Álvarez. The 37-year-old Omaha, Nebraska, native hasn't stepped into the ring since beating Israil Madrimov last August. Crawford is undefeated as a pro, holding a 41-0 record.