Canelo Alvarez beats Plant, he is the undisputed champion of supermediums

Canelo feeling. The history of boxing belongs to Saul “Canelo” Alvarez: at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, the Mexican became the undisputed and only supermedium champion by inflicting the knockout in the 11th round at Caleb Plant, in the match of the reunification of the titles . In less than a year the 4 world titles belong to this extraordinary 31-year-old boxer, who added the Ibf belt to those already in his possession of the Wbc, Wba and Wbo. Nobody like him now.

turning point

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The turning point in the penultimate round, when Canelo knocked out his rival twice, the first with a deadly left hook, the second with a right uppercut at 1’05 “of the round after Plant – while faltering – told the referee to want to continue. And Saul chasing him around the ring, he performed, with ballistic precision and devastating power. Canelo became the sixth boxer since the WBO was introduced in 1988, to hold all four belts: before the Mexican only five other boxers – Oleksandr Usyk (light heavyweight), Bernard Hopkins (middleweight), Jermain Taylor (middleweight) , Terence Crawford (super light) and Josh Taylor (super light) – have realized the plan to win the 4 acronyms that count in boxing.

the word

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“It wasn’t easy – said Alvarez -: I’ve come a long way with my team, this title is for Mexico. Now there are only six of us who have achieved the feat and this makes me happy and motivated: I am the undisputed king of the world ”. Alvarez has updated his record to 57 wins with 39 knockouts, 1 loss and 2 all, while for Plant this is the first career defeat with 21-1 and 12 knockouts Although at home, Plant was booed on arrival because almost everyone present in the time of boxing cheered Alvarez, who won almost every round until the verdict of the eleventh time. But Plant, who has a very strong and complicated personal history, still played a match below expectations. Canelo, on the other hand, needed a spectacular knockout to make his mark.

the meeting

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After a first round of study, in the second Alvarez began to use the left hooks to the face, easily entering the guard of Plant, a cashier who in the long run, as we have seen, could not resist the storm of blows suffered. In just one round he seemed more incisive. By the sixth, Plant’s jab was losing its effectiveness. The Mexican was called back in the fifth round for a low blow. In the final match Canelo found the hook of the turning point, fighting in progression, more and more sure of himself. From the tenth round there was only one master boxer. Only the twist was missing. Plant was injured, the referee checked and continued a match that became dramatic for Plant: his face was now Canelo’s favorite viewfinder. “But he said he wanted to continue, I told him that he shouldn’t be ashamed of giving up, I knew I had the match in hand,” the winner said later. At ringside was Mike Tyson, who had predicted Alvarez’s victory as the best boxer of his generation. Welcome back to the Canelo-show.