The results of the fight between Canelo Alvarez and Callum Smith, the most important: Alvarez claims two titles of 168 pounds with decision

Canelo Alvarez entered the ring for Saturday’s return to San Antonio, already wearing the label as king of the pound for the pound. He left with a pair of super-middleweight world titles and a warning to anyone else wearing a belt when he said, “We’re coming for more.”

Alvarez won a major world title in his fourth division, beating Callum Smith inside the Alamodome in a unanimous decision (119-109 twice, 117-111). The Mexican superstar, who entered the WBA secondary title, captured Smith’s full WBA belt and the vacant WBC championship.

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“I did a great job after 13 months of layoffs. I’m so happy,” Alvarez said. “I’m the best in the world. Through the third round, I tried to see what he brings in terms of skills, but I showed what I am.”

Not only did Alvarez never have a problem, but he easily took advantage of Smith’s monstrous seven-inch height, going inside and tying Smith to the ropes. Alvarez worked his body and shared Smith’s high guard at will with his straight, hard hands.

Alvarez, 30, was even more statistically dominant. He slid Smith’s powerful blows left and right. Alvarez also overtook him by a margin of 209 to 97 in 12 rounds. In addition to obtaining 43% of his global blows, Alvarez obtained a dominant 57% of his power blows.

“I feel great at 168. I don’t want to fight a song,” Alvarez said. “After 13 months, you’ve seen what I can do. This is one of the best nights for me and one of the biggest nights I’ve had unifying titles. Soon, I’ll go for more.”

Alvarez (54-1-2, 36 KOs), who also holds the WBA middleweight title, gave up the WBC light heavyweight title he won in 2019 and appears to be focusing on unifying the titles at the super- the average weight that goes further now that it is a promotional and a network. free agent.

“I want to unite. I want all the belts and it doesn’t matter who is there,” Alvarez said.

Asked if he still wants a trilogy fight with rival Gennadiy Golovkin, one night after GGG easily defended his £ 160 IBF title, Alvarez could only roll his eyes and smile.

“I’m not running away from anyone. I just showed that I fought against the best,” Alvarez said. “If he takes the fight, I’ll take it. But I’ve shown the world that I’m fighting the best.”

Smith (27-1, 19 KOs) was simply inefficient from start to finish. Born in England at the age of 30, he did better than his older brother Liam, who was stopped by Alvarez in the fight for the 2016 title at 154 pounds, but not by much.

“I had faith and I never wanted to lose,” Smith said. “I came here to win, but it wasn’t my night. He was great tonight, so fair-play for him. I had a painful arm and maybe I overcame the weight division. No excuses. He was the best man tonight. ”

Although Smith managed to walk the distance, he constantly withdrew and never proved willing to risk everything to have a chance to hurt Alvarez. Many of these were the speed difference between them. But Smith was also simply overwhelmed by Alvarez’s talent and the sound of IQ at every turn.

“He’s just smart and clever. He sets small traps and keeps you thinking constantly,” Smith said. “Before you know it, he’s there. I give him credit for being smart. His jab was good for a shorter guy. His defense was good. It’s very hard to clean, but it was exactly what I thought. that it will be. “

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Battle book, results

  • Canelo Alvarez (c) def. Callum Smith by unanimous decision (119-109, 119-109, 117-113) to claim WBA, WBC super-middleweight titles
  • Marc Castro a def. Luis Javier Valdes through TKO in the third round
  • Frank Sanchez def. Julian Fernandez through TKO in the seventh round
  • Raymond Ford def. Juan Antonio Lopez through TKO in the seventh round
  • Austin Williams won. Isiah Jones through the first round TKO

Scorecard Canelo Vs. Smith, live coverage

Canelo 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 120
Smith 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 108

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