Undisputed super middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez outpointed challenger Edgar Berlanga on Saturday night in front of a sold-out crowd at T-Mobile Arena.
Canelo Alvarez knocks down Edgar Berlanga in a super middleweight title bout Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, in Las Vegas. Canelo Alvarez reacts before fighting Edgar Berlanga in a super middleweight title bout Saturday, Sept.
14, 2024, in Las Vegas. Canelo Alvarez hits Edgar Berlanga in a super middleweight title bout Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, in Las Vegas. Canelo Alvarez celebrates after defeating Edgar Berlanga in a super middleweight title bout Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, in Las Vegas. Referee Harvey Dock pulls Canelo Alvarez and Edgar Berlanga apart in their super middleweight title bout Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, in Las Vegas. Edgar Berlanga reacts after he was knocked down by Canelo Alvarez in a super middleweight title bout Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, in Las Vegas. Canelo Alvarez hits Edgar Berlanga in a super middleweight title bout Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, in Las Vegas. Edgar Berlanga hits Canelo Alvarez in a super middleweight title bout Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, in Las Vegas. Canelo Alvarez hits Edgar Berlanga in a super middleweight title bout Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, in Las Vegas. Canelo Alvarez hits Edgar Berlanga in a super middleweight title bout Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, in Las Vegas. Edgar Berlanga hits Canelo Alvarez in a super middleweight title bout Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, in Las Vegas. Canelo Alvarez knocks down Edgar Berlanga in a super middleweight title bout Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, in Las Vegas. 14, 2024, in Las Vegas. Canelo Alvarez reacts before fighting Edgar Berlanga in a super middleweight title bout Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, in Las Vegas. Canelo Alvarez hits Edgar Berlanga in a super middleweight title bout Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, in Las Vegas. Canelo Alvarez hits Edgar Berlanga in a super middleweight title bout Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, in Las Vegas. Canelo Alvarez celebrates after defeating Edgar Berlanga in a super middleweight title bout Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, in Las Vegas. Canelo Alvarez celebrates after defeating Edgar Berlanga in a super middleweight title bout Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, in Las Vegas. Referee Harvey Dock pulls Canelo Alvarez and Edgar Berlanga apart in their super middleweight title bout Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, in Las Vegas. Referee Harvey Dock pulls Canelo Alvarez and Edgar Berlanga apart in their super middleweight title bout Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, in Las Vegas. Edgar Berlanga reacts after he was knocked down by Canelo Alvarez in a super middleweight title bout Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, in Las Vegas. Edgar Berlanga reacts after he was knocked down by Canelo Alvarez in a super middleweight title bout Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, in Las Vegas. Canelo Alvarez hits Edgar Berlanga in a super middleweight title bout Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, in Las Vegas. Canelo Alvarez hits Edgar Berlanga in a super middleweight title bout Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, in Las Vegas. Edgar Berlanga hits Canelo Alvarez in a super middleweight title bout Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, in Las Vegas. Edgar Berlanga hits Canelo Alvarez in a super middleweight title bout Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, in Las Vegas. Canelo Alvarez hits Edgar Berlanga in a super middleweight title bout Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, in Las Vegas. Canelo Alvarez hits Edgar Berlanga in a super middleweight title bout Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, in Las Vegas. Canelo Alvarez hits Edgar Berlanga in a super middleweight title bout Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, in Las Vegas. Canelo Alvarez hits Edgar Berlanga in a super middleweight title bout Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, in Las Vegas. Edgar Berlanga hits Canelo Alvarez in a super middleweight title bout Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, in Las Vegas. Edgar Berlanga hits Canelo Alvarez in a super middleweight title bout Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, in Las Vegas. LAS VEGAS — Undisputed super middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez outpointed challenger Edgar Berlanga on Saturday night in front of a sold-out crowd at T-Mobile Arena. Making his eighth super middleweight title defense, the 34-year-old Alvarez dominated much of the fight, using his experience and tenacious pursuit to wear down the 27-year-old challenger, frequently sending 20,312 fans into a frenzy, often chanting “Mexico! Mexico!” or “CA-NEL-O! CA-NEL-O!”“I did good. Now what are they going to say? They said I don’t fight young fighters,” said Alvarez, who was making his eighth super middleweight title defense. “They always talk, but I’m the best fighter in the world.” Judges Max DeLuca and Steve Weisfeld scored the fight 118-109, and judge David Sutherland had it 117-110. Berlanga almost matched Alvarez’s punch output, but the champion was much more accurate. Alvarez landed 43.3% of the punches he threw, while Berlanga connected on just 119 of 446 . Alvarez also landed 49.1% of his power punches. Alvarez, a four-division champion, still hasn’t ended a fight early since scoring a technical knockout of Caleb Plant nearly three years ago, when he became the undisputed champion. It appeared that drought might end when a sharp left hook to the chin dropped Berlanga in the third round, and further punishment from Alvarez seemed to be taking a toll. Alvarez landed a crisp right uppercut in the fifth and a vicious hook in the sixth. But Berlanga wouldn’t go away, as he stood toe-to-toe and matched Alvarez’s machismo, refusing to be bullied by the man he’d call “my idol” after the fight. He also got wild in the seventh, missing a wild overhand right that caused him to fall on the canvas, and was warned for a headbutt to Alvarez’s face in the eighth round. “I got a little angry with his tactics, but I’m Mexican man,” Alvarez said. “It means a lot to fight on this day. It’s an honor to represent my country on this day.”The IBF removed Alvarez’s title after he chose to fight Berlanga rather than fight its No. 1 challenger, William Scull. In a very uneventful WBA middleweight championship bout, 41-year-old Erislandy Lara successfully defended his title against Danny Garcia with a TKO at three minutes of of the ninth round thanks to a straight left jab to the face. Garcia’s father and trainer, Angel, requested the stoppage after the round. “The punches I was landing were hurting him,” said Lara, the oldest active world champion in boxing. “That punch that ended the fight was a big shot.” After falling behind on the scorecards early during a battle for the interim WBA super middleweight belt, Caleb Plant overcame being knocked down in the fourth, dominated the last four rounds, and earned a ninth-round TKO of Trevor McCumby . With time winding down, Plant unleashed a flurry of punches to McCumby’s head that prompted referee Allen Huggins to stop the bout at the 2:59 mark. “I knew I had him hurt and had to go to work,” Plant said. “It was time to get my belt. Now I’m ready to go home and play with my daughter.” In the first fight of the main card on the pay-per-view event, Rolando Romero improved to 16-2-0 with a unanimous decision over Manual Jaimes , with all three judges scoring the fight with identical scores, 99-91.
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