Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin fight in September (Picture: Getty)

Oscar De La Hoya has promised that Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez will fight no later than 8pm US time in Las Vegas.

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Boxing nights can often creep into the early hours of the morning with undercards often over running and folks on the other side of America tend to complain about paying for a pay-per-view that can go on till 1am.

But, promoter De La Hoya has insisted Golovkin and Alvarez will begin their contest at 8pm at the very latest, meaning UK fans will have an easier time watching from the other side of the pond.

‘The main event will go off no later than 11 p.m. on the East Coast,’ De La Hoya said during the Madison Square Garden press conference.


‘So for all the writers, for all the fans, you don’t have to wait up too late, at 12 midnight, 1 o’clock in the morning.



‘You will be able to watch this fight at 11 p.m. Eastern Time.’

The promise means the huge middleweight clash will start around 4am in the UK for everyone watching this side of the world.

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It’s still not ideal for UK viewers, but it marks quite the change to the routine running times for stateside boxing.

Golovkin puts his unbeaten on the line against 51-fight 26-year-old Alvarez.

The middleweight king is the WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, and IBO champion and will have the chance to add the Ring magazine and lineal titles to his collection.

Golden Boy Promotions’ Oscar De La Hoya (Picture: Getty)

Alvarez goes into the fight as the best challenger to Golovkin in recent years.

The Mexican’s only loss was against the legendary Floyd Mayweather in 2013 with wins over Miguel Cotto and Amir Khan since that defeat.

Golovkin and Alvarez fight in the T-Mobile Arena on September 16.

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