(BBC) Unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr will fight Saul Alvarez in a light-middleweight unification world title bout on 14 September.
Mayweather took his record to 44 wins when beating Robert Guerrero for the WBC welterweight title on 4 May.
The 36-year-old, who is also the WBA’s ‘super’ light-middleweight champion, will meet undefeated Mexican Alvarez, 22, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
“I’m giving the fans what they want,” Mayweather tweeted .
Alvarez, nicknamed ‘Canelo’ or ‘Cinnamon’ because of his distinctive red hair, is undefeated in 43 contests and has won 30 fights with knockouts.
He unified the WBC and WBA light-middleweight titles on 20 April in San Antonio with a unanimous victory over Austin Trout.
The fight is reportedly going to be at a catchweight – or non-standard weight limit – of 152lb, two pounds below the light-middleweight limit. But both fighters will put their light-middleweight titles on the line.
It will be Mayweather’s second fight since serving two thirds of a three-month prison sentence for domestic violence.
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Floyd Mayweather to Fight Saul Alvarez in September
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