Canelo Works Charlo

Photo - Esther Lin

Mexican superstar, undisputed super middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Álvarez (60-2-2, 39 KOs) tallied up another win as he won a well fought unanimous decision over Houston’s undisputed super welterweight champion Jermell Charlo (35-2-1, 19 KOs) Saturday night the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

In a historical match that pit two undisputed champions, Canelo began the bout slow feinting and stalking as Charlo used the ring and kept his distance. Canelo began swinging for the fences in round two as Charlo continued to box. Attacking to the body in the third, Canelo ripped away with a hard right as Charlo complained off a low blow but was not acknowledged as the punch was clearly above the belt line, the Mexican kept stalking and backing Charlo. The Mexican superstar began to let his hands go as he ripped away to the body and followed upstairs as Charlo clearly kept his distance.

Canelo kept stalking in the fifth as Charlo finally let his hands go with a combination but that wasn’t enough as Alvarez connected boldly through the round. Reaching the halfway mark, Canelo kept going at Charlo and continued to out-hustle him as Alvarez partially landed a solid uppercut to close the sixth. A huge right by Canelo in the seventh drilled Charlo as he went down but got up and continued to fight. It was all Canelo through eight as he had Charlo backing.

Charlo had a busy round in the ninth as he appeared to outwork Canelo circling the ring and throwing combinations. In control of the fight, Canelo boxed with poised through ten rounds. Late in the fight in the championship rounds, Canelo was clearly in control and had the fight in the bag as Charlo’s only hope was the knockout. The twelfth and final round, it was Canelo that finished with the pressure in route to the decision win.

After completing twelve rounds the judges scored the bout 119-108, 118-109, and 118-109 as Canelo retains his undisputed super middleweight titles.

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