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Canelo Álvarez punished Billy Joe Saunders and left him undefeated

2021-05-11T09:03:35.179Z


The Brit did not come out to fight in the ninth round. Thus, before 73 thousand spectators, the Mexican won by technical knockout and unified the WBO, WBC and WBA titles.


05/09/2021 1:19 AM

  • Clarín.com

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Updated 05/09/2021 1:26 AM

Mexican boxer

Saúl 'Canelo' Álvarez

defeated undefeated British

Billy Joe Saunders

on

Saturday

in a super middleweight title unification match before more than 73,000 fans in Arlington, Texas.

Both fighters had an even fight until 'Canelo' punished the Briton harshly in the eighth round, who, unexpectedly, no longer returned to the ring.

Álvarez thus won the super middleweight title of the World Boxing Organization (WBO), which Saunders owned, and adds it to his belts of the World Boxing Council (WBC) and the World Boxing Association (WBA).

At 30, the Guadalajara fighter has 56 wins, two draws and a single loss to American Floyd Mayweather Jr by decision in 2013, when he was 23 years old.

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Source: clarin

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