Pacquiao vs. Matthysse: Time, live stream info for fight that isn’t on U.S. TV

Manny Pacquiao will challenge WBA world welterweight title holder Lucas Matthysse in the main event of an ESPN boxing card on Saturday. Fans hoping to tune in to watch on their TVs in the United States, however, will be disappointed: the fight is exclusive to the recently-launched ESPN+ subscription service.

The card, which also features Carlos Canizales putting his WBA world light flyweight title on the line against Bin Lu and Jhack Tepora facing off against Edivaldo Ortega for the interim WBA world featherweight strap, is set to begin at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN+.

Pacquiao and Matthysse are expected to enter the ring no later than 11 p.m. A subscription to ESPN+ runs $5 a month, and putting Pacquiao behind this paywall looks to be a big deal for the network, even if he’s past his prime.

Pacquiao is 59-7-2, and is coming off a controversial unanimous decision loss to Jeff Horn in July 2017. He said after that bout he would continue fighting as long as he can, and he’s taking on a very dangerous foe in Matthysse. Pacquiao had won his previous two fights before losing to Horn.

Matthysse has won his last two bouts, over Tewa Kiram and Emmanuel Taylor, both via knockout. He lost to Viktor Postol via knockout prior to that bout.

Below is all you need to know to watch Saturday’s action, including the full fight card.

Date: Saturday, July 14

Location: Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Time: 9 p.m. ET

Online Streaming: ESPN+ (subscription required)

Welterweight: Lucas Matthysse (39-4-0 (36 KOs) vs. Manny Pacquiao (59-7-2, 38 KOs)
Junior flyweight: Carlos Canizales (20-0-1 (16 KOs) vs. Bin Lu (1-0, 1 KO)
Featherweight: Jhack Tepora (21-0, 16 KOs) vs. Edivaldo Ortega (26-1-1, 12 KOs)
Junior lightweight: Juan Miguel Elorde (25-1, 13 KOs) vs. Ratchanon Sawangsoda (12-2, 12 KOs)
Welterweight: Theena Thayalan (5-0, 2 KOs) vs. Siddharth Varma (4-1, 1 KO)
Flyweight: Moruti Mthalane (35-2, 24 KOs) vs. Muhammad Waseem (8-0, 6 KOs)