Canelo Alvarez drops Jermell Charlo, cruises toward dominant victory

Canelo Alvarez drops Jermell Charlo, cruises toward dominant victory

By Alipate Narawa
01/10/2023
[Photo: ESPN Ringside]

In what was dubbed the first Undisputed vs. Undisputed world championship fight in the modern four-belt era, Canelo Alvarez reasserted that there are levels to boxing.

Alvarez used constant pressure to cut off the ring toward a seventh-round knockdown and dominant unanimous decision over Jermell Charlo to successfully defend his undisputed super middleweight crown Saturday night.

Judges inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas scored it 119-108, 118-109 and 118-109 for Alvarez, who notched his 60th pro victory and became the first man in boxing's modern era to record a third defense of the undisputed super middleweight world championship.

Very early into the fight, it was glaringly evident that Canelo didn't respect Charlo's power, cutting off the ring against the junior middleweight ruler and loading up with punishing body shots that he absolutely sat on.

The pressure slowed Charlo's movement enough to unleash a chopping right hand that split Charlo's guard, followed by an uppercut that forced the challenger to take a knee in the seventh round.

From there, Alvarez continued to cut off the ring and smother Charlo, who was simply outmatched while daring to be great by moving up two weight classes to challenge Canelo at 168 pounds.

"Nobody can beat this Canelo," Alvarez told Showtime's Jim Gray following his victory.

Source: dazn.com

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