Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – On Sunday, Canola Alvarez defeated William Scall by a unanimous point to become the undisputed superweight champion on Sunday.
Alvarez entered the four -weight world champion and WBA, WBC and WBO, in the title of 168 pounds.
He was taken away from the IBF belt when he refused to defend the compulsory against the Scholy last July. He was the owner of the title since November 2021 when he defeated the Caleb Plant.
Alvarez turned into an undisputed titlelist in the category for the second time when the judges did it 115-113, 116-112, 119-109. The 34-year-old Mexican champion has been promoted to 63-2-2 with 39 knockout and 10 fights in the Super Middleweight section.
The IBF champion scal did not survive the hype. The Cuba-Census Scal has entered unbeaten in 23 professional fights. He is constantly walking, dodging, shaking Alvarez and disappointed, who later said that he hated to fight that style of boxing.
After a few moments of the decision announcement, the proposed Alvarez and the Terrence Crafford started campaigning on September 12, both men faced the ring with each other.
Alvarez was fighting outside the United States or Mexico for the first time and had to adjust a lot with time zones. The fighters walked in the ring and the music began at around 6:20 pm local time for Riyadh’s main battle (11:20 pm E Saturday), the deadline was at the prime time on the west coast of the US.
The opening rounds were slow with the feeling for both boxer range and the intensity slowly threw many more bribes with the scalp, but not enough landing. On the contrary, Alvarez was patiently and the body shot was landing. In the end, the Alvarez threw about half of the scalp (152-293), but one more (56-55) landed, basically a power shot on the body.
“It’s okay, we won. We’re here with the title as champion,” Alvarez also said that both the time or the quality of the competition was not a problem because he didn’t want a lot of time to prepare. “I’m a champion. I’m a professional, so these are, no excuses or nothing” “
As a September showdown against Crafford, who will gain weight to fight Alvarez?
“I’m feeling great. Crafford is one of the best in the way and you know that I want to share the ring with this kind of warrior,” he said. “It’s my pleasure.”
Crafford was watching the crowd in the Saudi capital.
“I’m feeling great. I’m feeling blessed. Things happen for a reason, and I have the reason for being here,” he said. “In September I show the world that greatness looks like.” ___
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