Broadcast Team & Full Fight Card Announced For Canelo Alvarez vs Terence Crawford

Following Dana White’s live announcement on social media a few days ago, Riyadh Season revealed the full fight card and broadcast team for the Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford super fight, set to take place on September 13 live on Netflix from Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, NV.

According to the press release, the following will be calling the action on fight night: “Veteran UFC commentator Jon Anik will call the action alongside famed fight analyst Max Kellerman and International Boxing Hall of Famer and highly acclaimed boxing analyst Andre Ward.”

The ring announcers for the event will be Joe Martinez for the prelims, while Michael Buffer will handle main card duties. The desk team will consist of Mario Lopez, Antonio Tarver, Mark Kriegel, and Mike Coppinger. Jim Gray and Heidi Androl will handle interviews, and Skipper Kelp will serve as coaching analyst and will be the unofficial judge for the night.

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Here are the main card and prelim matchups as mentioned in the same press release.

Netflix main card:

• Saul “Canelo” Álvarez (63-2-2, 39 KOs vs. Terence Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs)
• Callum Walsh (14-0, 11 KOs) vs. Fernando Vargas Jr. (17-0, 15 KOs)
• Christian Mbilli (29-0, 24 KOs) vs. Lester Martinez (19-0, 16 KOs)
• Mohammed Alakel (4-0, 0 KOs) vs. John Ornelas (5-2-1, 2 KOs)

Preliminary bouts on Tudum.com, TKO YouTube, and WWE YouTube:

• Serhii Bohacuk (26-2, 24 KOs) vs. Brandon Adams (25-4, 16 KOs)- Rematch
• Ivan Dychko (15-0, 14 KOs) vs. Jermaine Franklin (23-2, 15 KOs)
• Reito Tsutsumi (2-0, 1 KO) vs. Javier Martinez (7-2, 4 KOs)
• Sultan Almohammed (Pro Debut) vs. Martin Caraballo (0-0-1)
• Steven Nelson (20-1, 16 KOs) vs. Raiko Santana (12-4, 6 KOs)
• Marco Verde (2-0, 2 KOs) vs. Marcos Osorio Betancourt (11-2-1, 8 KOs)

Now that all the details have been solidified, the only thing left is for fight week to arrive and then fight night. The anticipation continues to build for this super fight on September 13.

Abraham Gonzalez

Abraham Gonzalez is the founder of FightsATW. His journalistic work has been published and used across several platforms to include online, network TV and promotional companies. He is an American Public University alumnus and a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA). Abraham was the Managing Editor for NYFights, Big Fight Weekend, contributed to FanSidedMMA and ProBoxTV.

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