DALLAS – More than 20,000 tickets were sold in the first of two “presale” days before the boxing show led by Mexican Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez and Billy Joe Saunders on May 8 at AT&T Stadium, organizers said.
The company promoting the event, Matchroom Boxing, and the Dallas Cowboys, owners of the stadium, said a record sale took place next Tuesday for the night when Álvarez’s two Super Middleweight titles, those of the Council, are at stake. (WBC) and the World Association (WBA), and Saunders, of the World Boxing Organization (WBO).
Last week, when the fight was announced, the Cowboys said they expected about 60,000 fans, a number that would surpass the four appearances they’ve had at their stadium, starring Manny Pacquiao against Joshua Clottey and Antonio Margarito, one with ‘Canelo’ Against Liam Smith and the Errol Spence Jr. Fight and Mikey Garcia.
“Today (Tuesday) we have seen record numbers for what promises to be a great Cinco de Mayo weekend party,” Eddie Hearn, president of Matchroom Boxing, said in a statement. “Canelo” fights have become the hallmark of the boxing calendar. I am honored to be the promoter of this exciting fight at the home of the Dallas Cowboys. “
Canelo (55-1-2, 37 KOs), 30, said his goal is to become the undisputed champion of the middleweight division and that he would fight five times between December and December 2021.
The tapatió is at his third after beating Callum Smith to win the WBC and WBO titles after making an obligatory successful defense against Avni Yildimir in whose role he announced the fight against Saunders last February. a few years.
“With one more day of pre-sale before tickets go on sale to the general public on Thursday, I am confident we will have a packed house in the ‘Lone Star State’ for one of the biggest fights of 2021,” added Hearn to it.
Briton Saunders (30-0, 14 KO’s), 31, has been a WBO Super Middleweight Champion since defeating Germany’s Shefat Isufi in May 2019 and was previously the Middleweight Champion of the same body since May 2015.
“I will happily return to fight in Texas at AT&T Stadium in Arlington,” “Canelo” posted on his Twitter account. “Until May 8.”