Canelo Alvarez vs. Jermell Charlo: LIVE updates, official results

Canelo Alvarez vs. Jermell Charlo: LIVE round-by-round updates, official outcomes and full protection of the tremendous middleweight championship battle in Las Vegas.

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Tremendous middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez dropped and defeated overmatched Jermell Charlo by a one-sided choice to retain his titles.

The official scores had been 119-108, 118-109 and 118-109. Boxing Junkie additionally scored it 118-109 for Alvarez, 10 rounds to 2.

Alvarez (60-2-2, 39 KOs) utilized overwhelming strain on Charlo (35-2-1, 19 KOs) from the second spherical on, persistently touchdown punishing blows to the pinnacle and physique.

Charlo, who had moved up two divisions for the battle, tried to maneuver and pepper Alvarez with fast blows to maintain him at bay however he didn’t throw sufficient punches or have sufficient energy to earn Alvarez’s respect.

Alvarez put Charlo down in Spherical 7, when a straight proper dazed the challenger and compelled him to take a knee.

Charlo survived that punch and proved to be each sturdy and intelligent sufficient to final the whole 12 rounds in opposition to a naturally greater man, which many believed can be tough.

The victory was notably gratifying for Alvarez, who many advised was in decline after sub-par performances in his earlier three fights.

You’ll be able to learn a full report here.

Spherical 1

Largely a feel-out spherical, as neither man did a lot. Charlo jabbed slightly. Alvarez most likely received the spherical with a number of physique pictures, one notably exhausting one about two minutes into the battle.

Spherical 2

Robust spherical for Alvarez. The champion has already reduce off the ring, as Charlo isn’t giving him a motive to again off. Because of this, he landed a variety of eye-catching energy pictures within the second spherical. Not begin for Charlo.

Spherical 3

Extra of the identical. Charlo moved slightly extra and was considerably busier however Alvarez stayed in Charlo’s face and landed some exhausting, correct pictures to the pinnacle and physique. Charlo goes to have to regulate or he may have huge issues.

Spherical 4

Higher spherical for Charlo, who landed a number of good energy pictures that acquired Alvarez’s consideration. They didn’t gradual him down, although. Alvarez saved coming, saved firing off ill-intended pictures and landed a lot of them.

Spherical 5

Charlo had some good moments — a mixture late within the spherical was notably spectacular — however he can’t change the trajectory of the battle. Alvarez continues to stalk, continues to push the motion and continues to outwork his opponent.

Spherical 6

Charlo is doing a fairly good job of shifting and never getting hit cleanly. The issue for him is that he’s touchdown nearly nothing himself. Alvarez continues to use strain and have success.

Spherical 7

Down goes Charlo. Alvarez damage Charlo with a straight proper a few minute into the spherical, which pressured him to take a knee to present him self time to get better. And he DID get better. Shortly. Alvarez tried to comply with up however Charlo wasn’t in deep trouble the remainder of the spherical.

Spherical 8

Charlo fought with extra urgency, placing slightly extra weight behind his punches. He had some success. Nevertheless, Alvarez retains coming and there’s nothing Charlo can do about it. He can’t damage Alvarez, which could be the one method to gradual him down.

Spherical 9

Similar sample. Charlo must battle extraordinarily aggressively to show the tide at this level. And, whereas he’s making an attempt to compete, that isn’t going to occur as a result of he is aware of it wouldn’t finish properly for him.

Spherical 10

Charlo isn’t in survival mode; he’s preventing exhausting. He landed some good energy pictures that spherical. Nevertheless, he’s going to need to take extra dangers to tug off a miracle, as his coach has instructed him.

Spherical 11

The very best factor Charlo has finished on this battle will not be get knocked out or critically damage, though he was buzzed when he went down. He didn’t come for any form of ethical victory, although. Charlo is prideful. He’s used to profitable. To get dominated might be tough for him.

Spherical 12

Alvarez by no means took his foot off of the fuel pedal. He continued to strain Charlo till the ultimate bell and dominate his opponent, who was appeared centered on simply surviving the ultimate three minutes. They confirmed good sportsmanship afterward, embracing warmly.

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Erickson Lubin defeated fellow 154-pound contender Jesus Ramos by a unanimous choice in a 12-round bout.

The official scores had been 117-111, 116-112 and 115-113. Boxing Junkie had it 116-112 for Ramos, eight rounds to 4.

Ramos (20-1, 16 KOs) appeared to regulate the primary two thirds of the battle in opposition to a comparatively passive opponent, most conspicuously touchdown exhausting, eye catching punches to the physique persistently.

Nevertheless, Lubin (26-2, 18 KOs), who had finished little greater than jab, picked up his tempo and commenced touchdown combos as his opponent slowed all the way down to overtake Ramos on the playing cards.

The choice might be seen as controversial given Ramos’ success for a lot of the battle.

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Mario Barrios dropped Yordenis Ugas twice en path to profitable a unanimous choice in a 12-round bout between veteran welterweight contenders.

The official scores had been 118-107, 118-107 and 117-108. Boxing Junkie additionally scored it 117-108 for Barrios, 9 spherical to 3.

Barrios (28-2, 18 KOs) put Ugas (27-6, 12 KOs) down with a jab in Spherical 2 and once more with a left in Spherical 12 but it surely was his technical means — notably his left jab — that earned him the victory.

The Texan outboxed and outworked the 37-year-old Ugas, who was aggressive and had some good moments however couldn’t maintain tempo his along with his youthful opponent.

The jab additionally closed Ugas’ proper eye, the identical eye that Errol Spence Jr. broken in April of final 12 months. The damage evidently hampered the Cuban down the stretch, when Barrios appeared to tug away on the playing cards.

The ring physician checked the attention thrice however in the end allowed Ugas to complete the battle, which the courageous former champion was decided to do.

Ugas was docked a degree within the closing spherical for deliberately spitting out his mouth piece.

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Twenty-year-old middleweight contender Elijah Garcia knocked out Jose Armando Resendiz at 1:23 of the eighth spherical of a scheduled 10-round bout.

Garcia (16-0, 13 KOs) picked his fellow contender aside with sharp punches from an arm’s size. And even when Resendiz (14-2, 10 KOs) labored his means inside, the place he had most of his success, Garcia greater than held his personal.

Because of this, Garcia wore down his Mexican opponent, which opened the door to the knockout.

The start of the tip for Resendiz was a double proper hook from the left-handed Garcia, one to the physique and one to the chin that knocked Resendiz onto all fours and damage him.

Resendiz was capable of stand up however a flurry of exhausting, correct comply with up pictures from Garcia satisfied referee Tony Weeks to cease the battle.

“I’m a counter-puncher,” Garcia mentioned. “I countered to the physique and got here as much as the pinnacle. I didn’t double up on my hook and that was the primary time I did it and I caught him.

“The ref let him battle and I noticed that he was nonetheless damage, so I do what I do, I completed.

Garcia, from Phoenix, is ranked by all 4 main sanctioning our bodies, as excessive as No. 6 by the WBC.

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Undisputed tremendous middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez is scheduled to defend his titles in opposition to Jermell Charlo on pay-per-view Saturday at T-Cell Enviornment in Las Vegas.

The featured bouts on the cardboard start at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT. The principle occasion will happen later within the present.

Boxing Junkie will publish round-by-round evaluation and the results of the primary occasion instantly after it ends. We’ll additionally publish the outcomes of different featured bouts. Merely return to this publish and refresh when the time comes.

Full protection – a battle story, photograph gallery and evaluation – will comply with on separate posts the evening of the battle and the next day.

Alvarez (59-2-2, 39 KOs) is coming off three consecutive subpar performances, a loss to Dmitry Bivol and so-so choices over Gennadiy Golovkin and John Ryder which have led many to counsel the Mexican star is in decline.

He mentioned he has struggled due to injures and is absolutely wholesome now, which he insists might be mirrored in his efficiency on Saturday.

In the meantime, Charlo (35-1-1, 19 KOs), the undisputed 154-pound champ, is shifting up two divisions to problem Alvarez. The Houston fighter is coming off a Tenth-round knockout of Brian Castano of their rematch 16 months in the past.

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