Canelo Alvarez dominates Jermell Charlo in all-undisputed clash to retain super-middleweight titles
In a much-hyped battle between two of boxing’s undisputed world champions at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, the Mexican superstar dominated from the outset and dropped his overmatched opponent in round seven en route to a straightforward unanimous decision win.
It was only the second time in his 38-fight professional career that Charlo had been sent to the canvas, taking a knee and an eight count after being smashed with a huge overhand right.
It was symbolic of the struggles that he faced throughout a thoroughly one-sided contest, the undisputed light-middleweight king unable to bridge the sizable power gap between the 154-pound division and 168 after bravely jumping up two weights for one of the most difficult challenges that the sport has to offer.
There was controversy in the co-main event of the night as Erickson Lubin earned a surprise unanimous decision win to end Jesus Ramos Jr’s unbeaten streak in a WBC/WBA eliminator in the super-welterweight division.
Mario Barrios became the interim WBC welterweight champion after almost stopping Yordenis Ugas en route to an impressive points victory.
Middleweight sensation Elijah Garcia continued his rise with a spiteful eighth-round stoppage of Mexico’s Jose Armando Resendiz to stay perfect at 16-0.
In the early prelims, Cuban heavyweight Frank Sanchez stopped Scott Alexander, Terrell Gausha outpointed KeAndrae Leatherwood and Isaac Rodrigues was stopped early by Ukraine’s Oleksandr Gvozdyk.
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