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Dylan Hernandez: Canelo Alvarez had a chance to elevate his ambitions, and it’s gone [Los Angeles Times :: BC-BOX-HERNANDEZ-COLUMN:LA]
Championship boxing match, glorified sparring session, whatever that was, it resembled the afternoon feeding of the red-bellied piranhas at the Los Angeles Zoo.
Canelo Alvarez walked down and whacked around a defenseless man for 12 rounds on Saturday night, each thudding blow he landed destroying the delusions of Callum Smith that were manufactured by a British sports scene that overrates its soccer players and really, really overrates its fighters.
Rather than elevate Alvarez, the lopsided decision victory confirmed what was already obvious before the opening bell sounded:
Hernández: Canelo Alvarez had a chance to elevate his ambitions, and it’s gone [Los Angeles Times]
Championship boxing match, glorified sparring session, whatever that was, it resembled the afternoon feeding of the red-bellied piranhas at the Los Angeles Zoo.
Canelo Alvarez walked down and whacked around a defenseless man for 12 rounds on Saturday night, each thudding blow he landed destroying the delusions of Callum Smith that were manufactured by a British sports scene that overrates its soccer players and really, really overrates its fighters.
Rather than elevate Alvarez, the lopsided decision victory confirmed what was already obvious before the opening bell sounded:
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One of boxing’s pound-for-pound best will be back in action later tonight (Sat., Dec. 19, 2020) live on DAZN from inside the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, as Canelo Alvarez (53-1-2, 36 KO) returns to the ring to challenge Callum Smith (27-0, 19 KO) for the WBA (Super) and WBC super-middleweight titles.
Alvarez, who will be making his first appearance since parting ways with Golden Boy Promotions earlier this year, is coming off a sensational knockout victory over Sergey Kovalev in November of 2019. The win helped push Canelo’s record to 11-0-1 over his last 12 bouts, including other key victories over Gennady Golovkin and Daniel Jacobs. This will be another opportunity for Alvarez to prove he can move up in weight and still be an effective boxing superstar.
Canelo Alvarez vs. Callum Smith Preview: Two super-middleweight titles at stake Dec 19, 2020, 1:05pm EST
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On Saturday night in the Alamodome in San Antonio, top pound for pound fighter Canelo Alvarez (53-1-2, 36 KOs) will take on Callum Smith (27-0, 19 KOs) for Smith’s WBA super middleweight title and the vacant WBC belt. Related
Canelo has been hopping around weight classes lately, following his fights with Gennady Golovkin he went up to super-middleweight and grabbed the WBA belt from Rocky Fielding. He then defended his middleweight titles against Daniel Jacobs and in his last fight moved up to light heavyweight and brutally knocked out Sergey Kovalev.