Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez defeated Billy Joe Saunders to unify the WBC, WBA and WBO super-middleweight titles in Texas in the early hours of this Sunday.
The Mexican star unloaded a huge uppercut to inflict a nasty swelling around the right eye of Saunders, who did not come out for the ninth round at the AT&T Stadium, Arlington.
After a fiery build-up, Saunders had frustrated Canelo with his slippery southpaw skills, but his spirited resistance was suddenly broken by a four-weight champion who cemented his status as the sport’s No 1 fighter.
A huge uppercut staggered the Brit in the eighth round and Canelo orchestrated the crowd with his fists before punishing the swollen eye of Saunders.
