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Boxing history is being made tonight. For the first time in the four-belt era, two undisputed champions will face off when Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Jermell Charlo clash in Las Vegas. At 33 years old, both fighters are...

It’s finally here. Canelo Álvarez and Gennady Golovkin are meeting once again, this time for the undisputed super middleweight championship in the third fight of their infamous rivalry. It all happens tonight in a pay-per-view fight live-streaming on Dazn.

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Given the history between these two powerhouse fighters, boxing fans are itching to see the duo in the ring together. Canelo and Ggg first met in 2017 for a fight that ended in a split draw, although fans gave it to Golovkin. Then, a year later,...

When Rolling Stone asked Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez to share his pre-fight playlist with us ahead of his much-anticipated match against Gennady Golovkin on Saturday, we had some assumptions about what we’d get. Perhaps “Dákiti” by Bad Bunny. Maybe some pumped-up corridos, since he’s so proud of his Mexican heritage. Or self-empowering songs: “El Rey” by Vicente Fernández?

What he sent us, though, was a list of Mexican songs, yes. But much more mellower ones than we anticipated. There’s a pair of songs from Calibre 50 alum Edén Muñoz...

One of the biggest upsets in boxing history just went down when Andy Ruiz Jr. beat Anthony Joshua ... and Steve Rolls says he's about to follow suit ... telling TMZ Sports he's gonna beat Ggg!! Gennady Golovkin is coming off his first career loss at the hands of Canelo Alvarez ... and is a Massive favorite in this weekend's fight at Msg ... but Rolls says he's gonna hand him a second-straight L. "As soon as I got...

Gennady Golovkin wants a 3rd crack at Canelo Alvarez -- telling TMZ Sports the plan is to start negotiating the trilogy fight right after he beats up Steve Rolls next weekend.  Ggg and Canelo fought to a draw when they first battled back in 2017 -- and when they ran it back in Sept. 2018, Canelo got the victory in a controversial decision.  Those fights were clearly the Biggest of Gennady's career in terms of exposure and paychecks -- so,...

Boxing superstar Terence Crawford says he's confident Claressa Shields wouldn't just hold her own in a boxing match with Conor McGregor ... "she would do well!!!"  Of course, Shields sent shockwaves through the boxing world when she called out several Male fighters by name ... Keith Thurman, Shawn Porter and Gennady Golovkin.  Crawford says Shields is a Beast -- but he's not super confident she'd beat a top-level pro male fighter.  A lesser pro -- like Conor McGregor,...

Boxing superstar Claressa Shields -- the undisputed middleweight champ -- says she's 100% confident she could beat male fighters ... and she's calling them out by name. Shields was a Beast in her title fight this weekend against then-undefeated Christina Hammer -- dominating every round en route to an obvious unanimous decision. It's clear Shields is on another level. The 24-year-old sensation is now focused on a superfight with the other reigning undisputed female boxing champ, Cecilia...

Canelo Alvarez says he's dead serious about setting up a rematch with Floyd Mayweather -- and his promoter, Oscar De La Hoya, says Floyd has more than a Billion reasons to make it happen.  "If Floyd Mayweather decides to come back, a fight with him and Canelo could be a $1.5 billion fight," Oscar tells TMZ Sports. Of course, Canelo and Floyd initially fought in 2013 -- with Floyd dominating the then-23-year-old rising star. Floyd got...

Event cinema is coming of age as movie theaters increasingly look to live events and one-night screenings during the Sunday-Thursday corridor.

Bts concert documentary, “Burn the Stage: The Movie,” pulled in a record-setting $18 million in 79 territories at 2,650 movie theaters in three nights for Trafalgar Releasing — including $3.6 million in the U.S.

Peter Jackson’s World War I documentary “They Shall Not Grow Old” earned $2.3 million at 1,142 theaters in North America on Dec. 17 — marking the largest single night for a Fathom Events documentary. It will screen again at more than 900 locations on Dec. 27.

Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst with comScore, said the numbers show that 2018 is a turning point for event cinema.

“Though event cinema has been there all along, quietly and consistently drawing huge audiences while offering up great content to draw folks to the multiplex, 2018 is the year that this unsung (and oft under appreciated) hero of box office...

Middleweight mauler Jermall Charlo says the big fight he wants next is Canelo Alvarez ... because  when it comes down to it Canelo is bigger and better than Gennady Golovkin. Most agree that Jermall is on the cusp of superstardom ... but he needs one huge fight to catapult him from a boxing star to a household name. A win over Ggg or Canelo would probably do the trick ... but when we talked to Jc in NYC,...

Oscar De La Hoya says he's got big plans for Canelo Alvarez once he runs through Rocky Fielding this weekend ... telling TMZ Sports a 3rd fight with Gennady Golovkin will definitely happen.  Oscar confirmed that Golden Boy Promotions has locked up T-Mobile Arena in Vegas for Canelo to fight on May 4 -- but said he's not ready to announce the opponent.  When we asked if he was gunning for Gennady Golovkin, Oscar downplayed it. "I haven't even spoken to Ggg,...

The feud between 50 Cent and Floyd Mayweather is still going -- Fiddy just Clowned the boxer's newly announced fight, saying his opponent is more "Uber driver" than contender.  As we previously reported ... Mayweather just signed a deal to fight on New Year's Eve in Japan against an undefeated 20-year-old kickboxer, Tenshin Nasukawa. Unclear whether the bout will be a boxing match or full-on Mma ... but, either way, 50 says it's a joke. "Champ fighting a...

Move over, Floyd ... Ggg says He wants in on fighting Ufc stars -- telling TMZ Sports he'll fight Both Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov!!!! The Mma-boxing crossover fights are all the rage these days, after Conor-Mayweather Raked In cash ... and now everybody wants in on the action. Nate Diaz called out Canelo after Alvarez signed his blockbuster $365 Million dollars ... and Tyron Woodley told us he's down to step in the boxing ring too.  So, will a Gennady Golovkin vs.

Canelo Alvarez just signed a 5-year fight contract worth $365 Million -- the richest deal in pro sports history -- this according to his promoter, Oscar De La Hoya.  Canelo's deal is for 11 fights over the next 5 years with subscription video streaming company Dazn, which only launched in the U.S. back in September.   "Canelo is the highest-paid athlete in the world. He's extremely happy," De La Hoya told ESPN.  Alvarez's popularity has exploded over the...

HBO said today that it will end its live boxing programming at the end of 2018, a final bell at the pay-cable network that made the sport famous with the advent pay-per-view and by showcasing superstars from Mike Tyson, Oscar de La Hoya and Sugar Ray Leonard to Floyd Mayweather and Roy Jones Jr.

HBO Sports’ first live boxing broadcast was in 1973, when it covered George Foreman’s victory over Joe Frazier in Jamaica for the world heavyweight title. Its 1,100-plus fights since then included Evander Holyfield-Foreman in 1991, one of the first PPV fights, on Tvko (later renamed HBO PPV).

But viewership ratings have been in decline, partly because of the rise in popularity of Mma, and also the proliferation of outlets that feature their own boxing programming. The hyped Floyd Mayweather-Connor McGregor fight last year? It scored 4.3 million PPV buys in the U.S., the second most ever — but...

After his 12-round war with Gennady Golovkin, Canelo Alvarez still had enough energy to hit the club Saturday night ... partying in Vegas past 2 Am!! The boxer showed up to Xs Nightclub at Wynn Las Vegas ... where bikini-clad women were waiting for him with signs, glow sticks and champagne!  Canelo arrived with a beautiful lady on his arm -- and sources inside the club say they were making out like his life depended on it.  The...

Gennady Golovkin's camp is coming out swingin' at Canelo Alvarez -- aka Ccc -- "Canelo Con Carne." Yeah, it's a shot at the boxer's positive Ped test, which Canelo blamed on tainted beef he ate in Mexico.  Ggg's famous trainer, Abel Sanchez, ain't buyin' Canelo's excuse -- telling us straight-up the guy's a cheater who's a disgrace to the sport of boxing.  "He did some things that were insulting," Sanchez says ... "insulting not only to the sport,...

Liev Schreiber was something of a surprise nominee in 2015 when he landed a Best Drama Actor nomination for “Ray Donovan.” After three consecutive bids for his gritty Showtime series, pundits assumed he would easily return to the race this year. The TV academy shockingly snubbed the performer in this major category, but Schreiber still has a great chance to take home his first career Emmy Award. For the second year in row, Schreiber is nominated in the Best Narrator category. He contends for his work narrating the HBO boxing series “24/7,” for the episode “Canelo/Golovkin.” The installment helped trace the backgrounds of Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin ahead of their middleweight championship fight.

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Last year Schreiber became the first person to claim two nominations in the narrator category. His two bids came from his voice-over work...

Oscar De La Hoya says he was so serious about saving the Ggg vs. Canelo rematch, he shelled out millions of dollars of his own money to get the deal done.  Remember, Oscar -- Canelo's promoter -- previously said Gennady Golovkin wanted a 50/50 revenue split with Canelo or he would Not accept the fight.  Oscar came on the "TMZ Sports" TV show and we asked what it finally took to get the deal done --...

Gabriel Rosado -- the real life pro boxer who fought Michael B. Jordan in "Creed" -- says he's ready to return the ring ... and he's got his sights set on Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.  32-year-old Rosado is a middleweight fighter who's squared up against the likes of Gennady Golovkin, Jermell Charlo and Peter "Kid Chocolate" Quillin.  Rosado hasn't fought since Oct. 2017 -- but tells TMZ Sports he's "in talks" to make his comeback against Chavez Jr.

Surprise, surprise ... Ya just knew Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin were not about to walk away from Millions ... finally hammering out a deal to set up boxing's long-anticipated rematch ... this according to Oscar De La Hoya. Despite the fact the two sides were at loggerheads for months, Odlh tweeted out moments ago that a deal has been made and the fight is set for Sept. 15! Oscar had previously set a noon deadline for Ggg to accept his final offer,...

He's got no opponent yet ... but Canelo Alvarez has returned to his boxing gym to start training -- while his promoter, Oscar De La Hoya, is now turning up the heat on Gennady Golovkin.  Remember, Oscar said the Ggg train had left the station because Gennady's team refused to budge from their negotiating terms ... they wanted a 50/50 revenue split.  Oscar said that wouldn't happen ... and told the media Canelo was now focusing on trying to...

Tainted meat scandal be damned ... the former President of Mexico Vicente Fox says when it comes to boxing, Canelo Alvarez is the best in the world! Well, what he really said was, "El mejor del mundo" ... yes, we're bilingual. You're welcome.  Fyi, Fox was the Mexican Prez from 2000 to 2006 ... we didn't know he was a boxing fan.  Of course, the issue with Canelo ... dude tested positive for PEDs and backed out of the May 5 Gennady Golovkin rematch.

Canelo Alvarez is playing with fire ... vacationing in Mexico, despite blaming his positive Ped test on tainted meat. Remember, Canelo is adamant he didn't intentionally take clenbuterol before his scheduled fight with Gennady Golovkin, saying he unintentionally consumed tainted Mexican beef Alvarez says he moved his training camp from Mexico to the United States to avoid these problems, but now he's back in his home country, and boxing fans have gotta be hoping he's going meat free.

Oscar De La Hoya is issuing an ultimatum to Gennady Golovkin -- sign the deal to fight Canelo Alvarez in September ... or he'll find someone else who will!  Of course, Canelo and Ggg were locked in for the rematch on May 5 -- until Canelo tested positive for PEDs and pulled out. Golovkin fought Vanes Martirosyan instead and destroyed him. Now, the two sides are trying to hammer out another deal to get the rematch going...

Travis Barker ain't buying Canelo Alvarez's tainted cow steroid excuse -- he thinks the guy's a cheater -- and tells TMZ Sports he's gonna get Rocked by Triple G when they rematch in Sept.  The Blink-182 drummer is a huge fight fan and strongly believes Gennady Golovkin got screwed by the judges in his first fight with Canelo ... "I feel like he got robbed." But after watching Gennady beat up on Vanes Martirosyan this weekend...

We already told you Gennady Golovkin's camp was targeting a rematch with Canelo Alvarez for September ... and now Oscar De La Hoya has confirmed that's the plan. The Golden Boy touched down in NYC where we asked all about his #1 fighter and the alleged tainted Mexican beef that led to a positive Ped test, ruining plans for a May 5 rematch with Ggg.  "Canelo is getting really the short end of the stick here because...

Canelo Alvarez just got slapped with a 6-month suspension for his failed performance enhancing drug test that he blamed on tainted meat ... the Nevada Athletic Commission just announced at a hearing in Vegas. The commission only took minutes to deliberate on Alvarez's case ... ultimately giving him half of a maximum 1-year ban, noting that he's been "cooperative with investigators." Canelo's May 5 rematch with Gennady Golovkin has already been scrapped ... but, this opens the door for Alvarez vs.

If Conor McGregor can fight Floyd Mayweather ... why not Brian Ortega vs. Gennady Golovkin?!  The Ufc rising star tells TMZ Sports he's all the way down to take Canelo Alvarez's place in the May 5 boxing match ... now that Canelo has withdrawn from the fight.  "I'm down. I'm down. I'm down," Ortega said while out in NYC to promote Ufc 223  ... "I want Triple G." Look, Ortega -- and his boxing coach James Luhrsen -- know it...

Gennady Golovkin is Not giving up on a second mega-fight with Canelo Alvarez, despite his positive Ped test ... and now has his sights set on a September 15 rematch. TMZ Sports spoke with Ggg's promoter, Tom Loeffler, who tells us Gennady is "100%" committed to getting the Canelo rematch on the calendar ... explaining "that's the main focus for Ggg." Loeffler says Golovkin is still committed to fighting on May 5 ... and his team is searching for the best...

The Canelo Alvarez vs. Ggg rematch has gotten the axe -- with Canelo formally announcing he's withdrawing from the fight at an L.A. news conference in the wake of a positive Ped test. Canelo and Gennady Golovkin were scheduled to have their rematch on May 5 after a controversial first fight, but Alvarez got popped for a banned substance on March 5. #canelo : I am sure I am a clean fighter #boxeo #boxing #saulalvarez #ggg #golovkin pic.

Canelo Alvarez is suspended, but his rematch with Gennady Golovkin -- only 36 days away -- will go on, according to Dana White ... 'cause there's too much damn money on the line. We saw Dana in L.A. and asked him about the most anticipated rematch in boxing ... and whether there's any shot in hell the fight happens May 5. Remember ... Canelo was temporarily suspended after twice testing positive for a banned substance (he blamed contaminated beef). This week,...

Canelo Alvarez is pissed Ggg publicly blasted him as a longtime steroids user -- and the Mexican boxing star is firing back with some good ol' fashioned American trash talk. "I'm gonna kick your f**king ass ... little bitch," Canelo wrote on social media. Alvarez ain't just talking ... he's also showing Gennady Golovkin how he plans to do it with some lightning-fast shadow boxing!! Fyi, Ggg destroyed Canelo in an interview on Wednesday ... calling his...

Canelo Alvarez has admitted he tested positive for a performance enhancing drug -- but he's blaming the dirty test on contaminated cow meat. The boxer was tested in advance of his upcoming May 5 rematch against Gennady Golovkin -- and says results show he had trace levels of Clenbuterol. Fyi, Clenbuterol is a banned substance often used by athletes to cut body fat while retaining muscle mass. It's banned by every major doping agency. But Canelo...

Oscar De La Hoya has a challenge for President Trump -- he's "daring" Potus to come to the Canelo Alvarez vs. Ggg fight on May 5 ... to prove he doesn't really hate Mexican people.  "I always have binoculars ready for Donald Trump because I'm not gonna sit him ringside," Oscar tells TMZ Sports ... "I'm gonna sit him way up there in the stands with all the Mexicans and all the fight fans from Kazakhstan!" "I dare him to come!

Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin weren't the only two people fighting at T-Mobile Arena back in Sept. ... cops say Floyd Mayweather Sr. attacked a woman that night and now there's a warrant out for his arrest.  But, Floyd Sr. says the allegations are 100% not true. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ Sports ... the alleged incident went down in Vegas the early hours of Sept. 17 ... following the big Canelo vs. Ggg fight.  We're told the alleged victim...

[[tmz:video id="0_b8dwyrjz"]] Floyd Mayweather got into a shouting match with a heckler on the streets of NYC on Monday night -- after the fan accused Floyd of running from Gennady Golovkin.  Oh, and the video ends with Floyd's bodyguard threatening to choke a dude out.  Good stuff!!! It all started after Floyd and his Tmt squad left the Knicks game at Msg -- when a very loud fan started screaming at Floyd that he's scared of Ggg.

[[tmz:video id="0_3z8m8ad3"]] Oscar De La Hoya tells TMZ Sports ... boxing officials Are moving to suspend Adalaide Byrd, the judge who insanely scored the Ggg vs. Canelo Alvarez fight 118 to 110.  Oscar joined the guys on the "TMZ Sports" TV show (airs tonight on FS1) -- and expressed his outrage over the way Byrd scored the fight, despite the fact her decision benefited Canelo, who's Oscar's fighter.  "Atrocious," Oscar said ... "What the hell was she thinking?" Oscar says he...

It’s time for one of the biggest fights in recent boxing history: Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez battles Gennady Golovkin on Sept. 16 at 8:00 Pm Et. Don’t miss it -- find out how to watch this fight online.

Can't wait to see Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin duke it out on Sept. 16? You're not alone! Don't know who Canelo is? Here's all the must-know details on Mexico's champ!

[[tmz:video id="0_jjpby127"]] Gennady Golovkin won't guarantee he's gonna kick Canelo Alvarez's ass when they step in the squared circle Saturday night ... 'cause he ain't God. TMZ Sports talked to Ggg and C.A. leading up to their superfight this week in Las Vegas ... and asked each boxer how they visualized themselves winning the bout. Alvarez said he was preparing for a Ko ... while Golovkin's response was interesting. "Right now it's a 50/50 fight. It's a very dangerous fight.

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Get ready, fight fans! Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez will battle Gennady Golovkin for boxing’s middleweight world championship. Find out when this fight is going down and all the other need-to-know info.

Mexican boxer and three-time world champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez—known as Canelo—will face Gennady Golovkin–known as Ggg–in Las Vegas this coming Saturday. Some consider it the most important fight of the year.

“The beauty of this matchup is that both guys can hurt each other. With two punchers like Ggg and Canelo you never know what round it might end,” fellow boxer Oscar De La Hoya told Espn. “Whether there’s a rematch obviously depend on the outcome, but I feel strongly that there might be a trilogy brewing.”

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[[tmz:video id="0_t3v7sd30"]] Canelo Alvarez is gonna make a Fortune for his fight against Gennady Golovkin ... with Oscar De La Hoya suggesting he could break $50 mil when the dust settles.  Oscar joined the guys on the "TMZ Sports" TV show on Wednesday when we asked straight up if Canelo would clear $50 mil.  "It's gonna be a no-brainer," Oscar said ... "He's gonna make a lot of money, let me tell you." And while Oscar wouldn't get specific with exact amounts,...

[[tmz:video id="0_44ebq211"]] Canelo Alvarez says there's only One way his fight with Gennady Golovkin's gonna end -- with Ggg getting Knocked The Hell Out!  The boxing superstar tells TMZ Sports there's a Zero percent chance their superfight goes the distance -- and there's "no doubt" Golovkin will hit the canvas for the first time in his career.  Canelo also says he ain't losing sleep over the Mayweather vs. McGregor fight being booked 3 weeks before his Sept.

[[tmz:video id="0_qhsxz93h"]] Gennady Golovkin's wife Alina actually wants to spend time with her husband (crazy, right?!) ... and the boxing superstar says he's considering retiring from boxing if it makes her happy.  Ggg is 35 -- and there's talk he could hang 'em up after he clashes with Canelo Alvarez on Sept. 16th.  So, we asked Gennady straight-up to set the record straight and he told us, "This is a question for my wife!"  "She says, 'I need time with you!

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Oscar De La Hoya is firing back at Dana White -- saying it was "disrespectful" for the Ufc boss to book McGregor vs. Mayweather three weeks ahead of Canelo vs. Ggg. White had previously attacked Oscar in a expletive-filled verbal smackdown after Odlh bashed the McGregor fight as nothing more than a "circus." Fast forward to Wednesday when Oscar appeared on Espn with Canelo Alverez and Gennady Golovkin and was asked how he felt about Dana upstreaming him.

[[tmz:video id="0_cdtruw8s"]] Gennady Golovkin thinks it's pathetic that Canelo Alvarez couldn't knock out a weak ass Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. ... and says he's in for a rude awakening when they face off in September. Triple G joined the guys from "TMZ Sports" and went off on Canelo -- mocking everything about that garbage matchup back in May.  Ggg also clowned Canelo for standing up between rounds of the Chavez fight -- saying he was just trying to look tough to impress women.