[LiveStream] Emmanuel Rodriguez vs Melvin Lopez Live

 Emmanuel Rodriguez and Melvin Lopez are scheduled to fight for a vacant 118-pound title Saturday in the Washington, D.C. area.

Date: Saturday, Aug. 12

Time: 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT (main event later in the show)

Where: MGM National Harbor Hotel & Casino, Oxon Hill, Maryland

TV/Stream: Showtime

Division: Bantamweight (118 pounds)

Rodriguez had an outstanding 2018 when he easily outpointed Paul Butler to win the vacant IBF title and then narrowly outpointed Jason Moloney in his first defense.

Then came disaster. He lost his perfect record and belt to Naoya Inoue in May 2019, when the Japanese star put him down three times and stopped in the second round.

That was followed by a split-decision loss against Reymart Gaballo and a no-contest against Gary Antonio Russell (as the result of a cut). Then the 30-year-old Puerto Rican reasserted himself as a top fighter.

He stopped Roberto Cantu in one round this past March and easily outpointed Russell to win an impressive 10-round technical decision in another fight cut short by a cut in October. Lopez is a formidable boxer-puncher from Nicaragua who will be taking part in his first title fight.

He has won eight consecutive fights since he was stopped by Jose Velasquez in 2019. Rodriguez is a significant step up in opposition to Lopez.

Rodriguez vs. Lopez Start Time

The main card starts at 9 p.m. ET or 6 p.m. PT. The main event fighters should make their way to the ring around 11:15 p.m. ET or 8:15 p.m. PT, depending on how long the undercard fights last. Here’s how that translates to different timezones globally

Region Date Main Card Start Time Main Event Ring Walks (approx.)

USA and Canada (ET) Saturday, July 15 9 p.m. ET 11:15 p.m. ET

USA and Canada (PT) Saturday, July 15 6 p.m. PT 8:15 p.m. PT

UK and Ireland Sunday, July 16 2 a.m. BST 4:15 a.m. BST

Australia Sunday, July 16 11 a.m. AEST 1:15 p.m. AEST

How to Stream Emmanuel Rodriguez vs. Melvin Lopez

Region TV channel Live streaming

USA Showtime —

Canada — TBA

UK and Ireland — TBA

Australia — TBA

Rodriguez vs. Lopez will be on Showtime in the U.S. Viewers can stream Showtime via Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Apple TV, Roku, Xbox ONE, a laptop, or any mobile or tablet device.