CANELO ALVAREZ and Terence Crawford have a deal in place to fight at the 65,000-seat Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.
The pair of pound-for-pound superstars have been in talks for a super-fight this year.
And according to The Ring Magazine – now owned by Saudi boxing supremo Turki Alalshikh – an agreement has been struck.
The fight is set for a weekend in September in Vegas for Canelo’s 168lb super-middleweight world titles.
And it is added that the blockbuster bout is headed for the Allegiant Stadium – where the Las Vegas Raiders play in the NFL.
The stadium opened in 2020 and cost $2BILLION (£1.6bn) to construct and can hold up to 65,000 fans.
It has long been targeted for a major boxing event with Canelo, 34, and Crawford, 37, to be the first to headline a fight there.
Canelo has boxed at the Dallas Cowboys’ stadium in Texas before – with 73,000 fans watching his 2020 win over Billy Joe Saunders.
The boxing great has fought twice a year – in May and September – for the last three years.
Canelo has occupied Cinco de Mayo in May and Mexican Independence Weekend in September during that period.
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It is not clear whether he will fight this May but IBF champion William Skull is a rumoured opponent for the interim.
Canelo holds the WBC, WBA and WBO super-middleweight titles but he was forced to vacate the IBF version.
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Crawford meanwhile moved up to super-welterweight in his last fight in August to defeat Israil Madrimov, 29, for the 154lb WBA title.
But the three-weight champ – who started his career at lightweight – would have to jump a further TWO divisions to fight Canelo.