New York, August 30, 2018 - FITE the premium digital network for streaming live combat sports globally, announced today it has acquired the rights to the Saturday September 15th rematch between Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (49-1-2, 34 KO) and Gennady "GGG" Golovkin (38-0-1, 34 KO) for Golovkin's WBA/WBC Middleweight titles. The fight will be available on FITE's mobile app and website www.FITE.tv.
This is a rematch from the first meeting of Canelo vs GGG a year ago, September 2017, where they fought to a highly controversial draw. This year's event will once again take place in the sold out T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Bell time for the Pay Per View event will be at 8:00pm ET with the free on FITE undercard slated to begin at 6:30pm ET. FITE viewers will have the option when they purchase the event to watch it with English or Spanish commentary. The event can be purchased in HD at $84.99 on the www.FITE.tv website and available in the United States only. Pre-ordering Canelo vs. GGG 2 is now available.
"We are thrilled to be working with our great partners at Golden Boy Promotions again and making this event available to the digital world", said Kosta Jordanov, FITE CEO. "This will be the third Canelo Alvarez fight that FITE has distributed and this will be by far the biggest", added Jordanov.
