Canelo Alvarez's fight with junior middleweight titleholder Liam Smith will take place at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, Golden Boy Promotions announced Monday.
Alvarez, the lineal middleweight world champion, is dropping down to junior middleweight, a division where he once unified two titles, to challenge Smith on Sept. 17 (9 p.m. ET, HBO PPV). The fight is on Mexican Independence Day weekend, a date important to Alvarez because it is typically a weekend with a big fight involving a Mexican star.
Alvarez-Smith will headline the third boxing card to be held at AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys.