Kovalev – Ward fight to land in Vegas on November 19

According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, the Light Heavyweight title bout between Sergey Kovalev and Andre Ward will be at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on November 19th and on HBO Pay Per View.

“We went back and forth with [Las] Vegas and New York for quite a while, as both venues were very enthused about hosting the event,” Main Events CEO Kathy Duva told ESPN.com. “In the end, the T-Mobile option made the most sense to us for a number of reasons, including ease of access and affordability for the media.”

In another item on the NSAC agenda for next week’s meeting: Golden Boy Promotions made a formal request for Sept. 17, the weekend of Mexican Independence Day, at the MGM Grand for Alvarez’s next fight.

Golden Boy vice president Eric Gomez told ESPN.com that talks are ongoing for a fight so many are enthusiastic about: Alvarez (47-1-1, 33 KOs) taking on unified middleweight titlist Gennady Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs). Many believe, though, that the fight won’t happen this fall and will be put off until next year. Regardless of the opponent, Gomez said Alvarez will fight Sept. 17.