PRESS RELEASE (April 11, 2019) — Coming this Cinco De Mayo weekend, Fathom Events and Golden Boy Promotions are set to present “Canelo vs. Jacobs” — broadcast live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas to 500-plus cinemas. In the highly-anticipated main event, Canelo Alvarez (50-1-2, 34 KOs), boxing's biggest star, will take a step closer to becoming undisputed-champion as defends his WBC, WBA, Lineal, and Ring Magazine Middleweight World Titles in a 12-round unification fight against IBF Middleweight World Champion Daniel "Miracle Man" Jacobs (35-2, 29 KOs). A full undercard, featuring David Lemieux v John Ryder, will be shown prior to the main event.
View the event trailer here.
The live broadcast of “Canelo v Jacobs” will begin on Saturday, May 4, 9PM ET/8PM CT/7PM MT/6PM PT/5PM AK/4PM HI.
Tickets for “Canelo v Jacobs” can be purchased online at www.fathomevents.com or at participating theater box offices now.
“Canelo v Jacobs” will be broadcast in the following local cinemas:
Cinemark Davenport 53 18+ IMAX 3601 East 53rd Street Davenport IA 52807
A complete list of theater locations is available on the Fathom Eventswebsite (theaters and participants are subject to change).
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About Fathom Events:
Fathom Events is the leading event cinema-distributor with theater locations in all top 100 DMAs® (Designated Market Areas) and ranks as one of the largest overall theater content-distributors. Owned by AMC Entertainment Inc. (NYSE: AMC); Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK); and Regal Cinemas, a subsidiary of the Cineworld Group (LSE: CINE.L), Fathom Events offers a variety of unique entertainment-events in movie-theaters such as live-performances of the Metropolitan Opera, top Broadway stage-productions, major sporting-events, epic concerts, the yearlong TCM Big-Screen Classics series, inspirational events, and popular anime franchises. Fathom Events takes audiences behind the scenes for unique extras including audience Q&As, backstage-footage, and interviews with cast and crew, creating the ultimate VIP experience. Fathom Events’ live Digital Broadcast Network (“DBN”) is the largest cinema broadcast-network in North America, bringing live and pre-recorded events to 1,010 locations and 1,628 screens in 182 DMAs. The company also provides corporations a compelling national footprint for hosting employee-meetings, customer-rewards events, and new product-launches. For more information, visit www.FathomEvents.com.
About Golden Boy:
Los Angeles-based Golden Boy was established in 2002 by Oscar De La Hoya, the first Hispanic to own a national boxing-promotional company. Golden Boy is a media and entertainment brand committed to making fighting-entertainment more accessible and affordable. The company's in-house production-team develops creative original-programming for ESPN, RingTV.com, and international channels across the globe. The company holds the exclusive rights to top boxers and has promoted some of the biggest and highest-grossing events in the history of the sport. Now, Golden Boy is one of the most successful boxing entertainment-companies in the world and shapes the future of boxing for fighters and fans alike through its 2019 partnership with streaming platform, DAZN.
