AFTER INJURY FORCES OMAR FIGUEROA TO WITHDRAW FROM WBC TITLE DEFENSE AGAINST RICARDO ALVAREZ

LAS VEGAS – A lightweight fight between former two-time World Champion Jorge “Niño de Oro” Linares (35-3, 23 KOs) and exciting Japanese contender Nihito Arakawa (24-3-1, 16 KOs) has been elevated to open the SHOWTIME PPV presentation of “TOE TO TOE: CANELO VS. ANGULO,” a four-fight pay-per-view event airing live this Saturday, March 8, (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT), from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas