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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 ...
Round-by-round updates and analysis as Canelo Alvarez defends his undisputed super middleweight crown against Jaime Munguia in Las Vegas on Saturday.
Kirkland came out aggressively, but Álvarez wobbled him and scored a knockdown via straight right hand in round one. In the third round, a counter right uppercut sent Kirkland to the canvas. Álvarez ended the fight with a jab to the body quickly followed by the right hand, creating the KO. Álvarez landed 87 of 150 punches thrown (58%) and Kirkland landed 42 of 197 (21%).
Canelo Álvarez vs. Jaime Munguía prediction Munguía is younger, fresher and the physically stronger fighter of the two. As he has gotten older, Álvarez has become more savvy in the ring.
In front of a record breaking crowd of 51,240, Álvarez would largely control the bout, dropping the champion in the 7th and 8th round. A left hook to the body in round nine sent Smith down again and he failed to beat to count, giving Álvarez a knockout victory. Álvarez landed 157 punches from 422 thrown a connect rate of 37%, compared to Smith landing 115 from 403 thrown, a connect rate of 29%.
Golovkin’s attempt at revenge turned into a beatdown by his bitter rival.
On the night, Álvarez controlled the action over twelve rounds, making himself difficult to hit, jabbed smartly and whenever he could hitting Smith with his trademark shots to the body. [ 9 ] At the end 12 rounds Álvarez won by unanimous decision with scores of 119–109, 119–109, 117–111.
The renewal of one of boxing’s most compelling rivalries is now within sight.