The Past Week in Action 21 December 2020: Canelo, Golovkin, Ramirez Register Wins in Busy Yearend Fights (Part II)
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16 December (continued)
Los Angeles, CA, USA: Welter: Eimantas Stanionis (12-0) W TKO 9 Janer Gonzalez (19-4-1). Middle: Eumir Marcial (1-0) W PTS 4 Andrew Whitfield (3-1).
Stanionis drops Gonzalez.
Stanionis grinds down Gonzalez on his way to a ninth round stoppage. Nothing flashy about the Lithuanian. He just walks forward through whatever punches come his way and responds with clubbing rights and left hooks to the body. Gonzalez was forced to fight going back as nothing he threw was stopping the forward march of Stanionis. The Lithuanian also has a very useful jab which he used to set Gonzalez up for his hooking attacks. Gonzalez was finding plenty of gaps and landing some strong punches but he began to wilt under the relentless pressure from Stanionis. The fight had gone out of Gonzalez by the eighth and two rights crosses and a right uppercut saw him
Canelo Alvarez will face WBA Super Super Middleweight world champion Callum Smith on December 19 in Texas
It’s a blockbuster end of the year for the sport, as the consensus pound for pound number one takes centre stage as Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez (53-1-2, KO36) makes his first appearance of 2020.
The Mexican has been bouncing up and down the weights, and comes back down from his last fight to challenge Callum Smith (27-0, KO19) with the Liverpudlian’s WBA (Super) and Ring Magazine Super Middleweight crowns on the line, as well as the vacant WBC title.
Alvarez’s last three fights have taken place at Super Middle, Middle, and Light Heavyweight, in an attempt to cement his legacy, which has long been assured.