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In May 2013 Floyd Mayweather Jr. confirmed via Twitter that a deal had been reached to face WBC Super welterweight champion Saúl "Canelo" Álvarez in a unification bout on September 14. [2] It would be the first defence of his Light middleweight title since he won it from Miguel Cotto in May 2012, 16 months earlier.
Canelo Álvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin III, billed as The Trilogy, was a professional boxing match contested on September 17, 2022, for the undisputed super middleweight championship. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Background
Santos Saúl Álvarez Barragán (Latin American Spanish: [saˈul ˈalβaɾes]; born 18 July 1990), commonly known as Canelo or Saúl Álvarez, [2] is a Mexican professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in four weight classes , from light middleweight to light heavyweight , including unified titles in three of those weight ...
The championship rounds were the best for Canelo, according to the judges as he would exchange with Golovkin, both men missing, but the judges had Canelo winning the last 3 rounds. the judges had a draw, with the scores of 114-114, 115-113 for Golovkin, and 118-110 for Canelo. The draw saw Golovkin make his 19th consecutive defense, just one ...
The tide turned in rounds 9–11 as Canelo seemed to tire out, becoming less active while a more fresh Golovkin stunned Canelo multiple times. The 10th round had Canelo start the round strong but Golovkin landed the hardest punch of the fight, hurting Canelo, but Álvarez showed good defense, dodging a load of power punches from Golovkin.
When, on 1 July, it was announced that Charlo would move up two divisions to face Álvarez, Tszyu, who it was reported only found out about Charlo's change of plans on social media, said on Instagram "Canelo ducks benavidez. Charlo ducks Tszyu". [5] [6] Speaking before the bout Charlo said "I appreciate Canelo for accepting me, the little Charlo.
Instead, Alvarez appears to be back on track for a meeting this year with Crawford, who will have to move up two weight classes to fight Canelo. Alvarez last fought in September in Las Vegas ...
Canelo Álvarez vs. Billy Joe Saunders, billed as Face the Fearless, was a super middleweight professional boxing match contested between WBA (Super), WBC, and The Ring champion, Canelo Álvarez, and WBO champion Billy Joe Saunders.