Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Saul Alvarez pay-per-view will cost fans $64.95

Since the Sept. 14 junior middleweight title fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez at MGM Grand in Las Vegas is going to be such a huge event, it’s not surprising to hear that the Showtime pay-per-view feed is going to cost fans $64.95.

Richard Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, revealed that to reporters from BoxingScene.com and RingTV.com after Tuesday’s news conference in Los Angeles. It will be $74.95 for high definition.

Mayweather, 36, is 44-0 with 26 knockouts. Alvarez, of Mexico City, is just 22. He is 42-0-1 with 30 knockouts.

The fight sold out in one day, but there are tickets left for closed-circuit showings at various Las Vegas hotels. They are going for $100 a pop.

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Tuesday’s Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Saul Alvarez news conference open to public

The final stop on a lengthy press tour promoting the Sept. 14 junior middleweight title fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez at MGM Grand in Las Vegas is tonight at 7:30 at Nokia Plaza at L.A. Live. It is open to the public.

This was supposed to be the second half of day-night news conferences. But the one slated for Tuesday morning in Phoenix was canceled out of respect for the 19 firefighters who lost their lives fighting a wildfire in central Arizona.

Mayweather, 36, is from Las Vegas via Grand Rapids, Mich. He is 44-0 with 26 knockouts. Alvarez, 22, is from Mexico. He is 42-0-1 with 30 knockouts. Their fight will be televised on Showtime pay-per-view.

 

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Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.’s fine for testing positive for marijuana reduced by a lot

When Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. tested positive for marijuana in his post-fight drug test following his middleweight title-fight loss to Sergio Martinez last September, there was outcry when the Nevada State Athletic Commission fined him a whopping $900,000, to go along with suspending him nine months.

Marijuana is not going to help a fighter in the ring like steroids, many bellowed. And the fine was nearly a third of his $3 million  purse. On Friday, the commission reduced the fine to $100,000.

An Associated Press story said Chavez’s lawyers argued that the large fine violated Chavez’s constitutional rights. ESPN.com reported that Chavez’s lawyers had been preparing a lawsuit against the commission because of the fine.

Chavez was looked upon as a repeat offender by the commission because he tested positive for diuretics in 2009.

 

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