Canelo Alvarez vs. Scull Tonight: What time does the fight start?

Canelo Alvarez will take on Cuban William Scull on Saturday 3 May Live on dazn, Start at 19:00 ET / 16:00 PT / 12 AM UK, with the main event starting around 23:00 ET / 20:00 pt / 4 am uk. Mexico’s biggest boxing icon is fighting on the Cinco de Mayo weekend, right? Classic. Tradition. Viva Mexico and all this. But where is the battle? Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and guess what? Again the UK is treated like the Side Chick – the main event starts at 04:00 Sunday morning. Fight fans can buy the fight for $ 59.99 vs; £/€ 21.99 uk/ire on Dazn ppv

Main Event Ringwalks – Start Times

• USA (A) Saturday May 3 – 23:00

• USA (PT): Saturday May 3 – 20:00

• UK (BST): Sunday, May 4 – 04:00

• Saudi (KSA): Sunday, May 4 – 06:00

• Australia (Aest): Sunday, May 4 – 13:00

That’s right, 4-F-ounces. What did British fans do to earn it? Every time there is a big Saudi card, they look like zombies, while the Yanks kick back with beers and hit the Aussies meat pies in a broad daylight.

Undercard?

• Jaime Munguia vs. Bruno Surace
  Munguia does not do chess. He does bombs. Expect violence.

• Martin Bale vs. Ephrace Ajagba
  Two human refrigerators throwing bricks. It will be ugly, but you won’t look away.

• Brayan Leon vs. Aaron Rocha Guerrero
  Six battles, six coes – someone is fueled.

• Green Marco vs. Michel Galvan Polina
  Verde’s debut. Galvan? Walking target exercise.

• Badou Jack against Noel Mikaelian – Jack is still holding on. Was and now more famous for placing anti -Semitic drives on social media than anything he has done in the Ring for the past five years. Don’t even be on the map, let alone in a title fight.

May 5 in Saudi Arabia

Canelo Alvarez, Mexico’s largest boxing icon, defends its undisputed crown on the Cinco de Mayo weekend … but not in Vegas. Not in Guadalajara. Not even in La Nah – it happens in Riyadh.

The country doesn’t even celebrate it. You do not get Mariachi orchestras, no tequila, no street parades -just oil money and LED ad boards. It’s like a St. Paddy’s Day Rave in North Korea. Makes zero sense, but here we are.

And although Canelo has the right to chase the big pay days, we don’t pretend to feel not strange. Cinco de Mayo is meant to be hard, clumsy, full of pride and chaos. Instead, we get it in a hyper-lightened mega dome surrounded by sand and silence.

What’s next? July 4 in Iran? Joshua against Fury on Christmas Eve in a Tesco parking lot?

Boxing’s Gone Global, Fine. But don’t lie – it’s not Cinco de Mayo. It was dressed in Riyadh in red, white and green in May 3 with a few sombreros thrown around for the cameras.

British fans: the most loyal (and abused) fanbase on earth

Let’s see – British box fans are Absolute Maniacs.
Saudi card? 04:00. Vegas? 05:00. Tokyo? 07:00. No matter. They are there – pints in hand, scream to Dazn to stop freezing, fists pumping on their TV in the dark.

May 3 they do it again. Sleep deprived, buzzing on beer and caffeine, ready to watch Canelo scull’s rib cage make in pulp.

So here’s the drill:

04:00 or not, British will suffer through it every time. This is what proper struggles do. Sleep is for comfort. It’s box. It’s war.

Let’s have it. See you at 4am, your mocker!