The rematch between light heavyweight titlist Eleider “Storm” Alvarez and former two-time titlist Sergey Kovalev, will take place on Feb. 2 (the night before the Super Bowl), likely at the Ford Center, the Dallas Cowboys’ training facility, in Frisco, Texas, Top Rank chairman Bob Arum told ESPN. Top Rank finalized a deal on Friday with Kovalev promoter Main Events for the bout to headline a Top Rank Boxing on ESPN card after HBO, Kovalev’s longtime TV home, which had the right to match the offer, declined. Alvarez (24-0, 12 KOs), trailing on all three scorecards, dropped Kovalev (32-3-1, 28 KOs) three times and stopped him in the seventh round of a major upset to take his 175-pound world title on Aug. 4 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The Ford Center has hosted one previous fight card, which was headlined by welterweight titlist Errol Spence Jr.’s first-round demolition of Carlos Ocampo on June 16.
Dan Rafael, ESPN Senior Writer30m ago
holding a fight at a cowboys facility offends me greatly
