Golden Boy VP: Action Fights Was Goal For Canelo-Khan PPV

By Steve Kim

As reported earlier, the HBO pay-per-view telecast for May 7th, which features the main event between Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez and Amir Khan for the WBC middleweight title from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas - has been finalized by Golden Boy Promotions.

The semi-main will feature former IBF middleweight titlist David Lemieux facing Glen Tapia, who is moving up to 160-pounds. Then there is a welterweight bout between unbeaten prospect Frankie Gomez and veteran contender Mauricio Herrera and opening up the telecast is another middleweight match-up between former world title challenger Curtis Stevens and undefeated Patrick Teixeira.

"We just finalized the undercard, we just got the contracts this morning,"Eric Gomez, the Sr. V.P. of Golden Boy Promotions, told BoxingScene.com.

The goal was to lay out a card that would provide action from top-to-bottom.

"That's the goal, always, for every show we do and we do our best and try our best. We may not always succeed but the goal is always the same,"said Gomez, who mentioned that Diego De La Hoya would,''definitely be on and we're working on a possible 'free-view' (telecast). Now we're going to turn our attention to that."

Golden Boy also plans on a card the night before in Las Vegas.

Steve Kim is the news editor for BoxingScene.com.