ARLINGTON, Texas Canelo Alvarez could feel it coming.
In the eighth round, the Mexican champion egged on a record-breaking crowd as he pelted Billy Joe Saunders in their super middleweight unification fight.
Alvarez inflicted enough damage to enhance his legacy. Alvarez won after the fight was waved off between the eighth and ninth rounds. Saunders right eye had swollen shut, and the bout was called off with Saunders still on the stool.
With Saturday s victory, Alvarez holds three of the four belts in the 168-pound division. A crowd of 73,126 was announced at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, breaking the record of the largest indoor attendance for a boxing event. The previous record was 63,350 for the Muhammad Ali-Leon Spinks rematch in 1978.
Canelo Alvarez vs. Billy Joe Saunders full fight preview and prediction ahead of the Super Middleweight unification fight tonight (Sat., May 8, 2021) inside Arlington’s AT&T Stadium, streaming live on DAZN.
Canelo Alvarez Vs. Billy Joe Saunders predictions, odds, undercard, expert options, preview, date fight
After leaving behind all the fuss and controversy over ring sizes and uncomfortable handshakes at the press conference, middleweight super champion Canelo Alvarez and undefeated Billy Joe Saunders will finally touch the gloves and represent control of the 168-pound division on Saturday.
In Arlington, Texas, the focus of the fight that will take place inside the AT&T stadium is Saunders (30-0-1, 14 KOs) in a much-needed hurdle line for Alvarez, who presents another challenge. , 37 KO) as an important stage in the fight for becoming a division champion or a shameless boxing fighter for the best boxing pound fighter that represents much more than the shameless southpaw of the UK (
Amir Khan believes that Canelo Alvarez will stop Billy Joe Saunders in six rounds on Saturday Photo Credit: Action Images/Andrew Couldridge/Michelle Farsi/Matchroom
Amir Khan believes that Billy Joe Saunders will provide Canelo Alvarez with some problems early on, but expects the Mexican to stop him in the sixth round on Saturday night.
Khan, a former Light Welterweight world champion moved up to Middleweight to challenge the 30-year-old for the WBC world title and had early success before being brutally stopped in the sixth round in Las Vegas.
The 34-year-old anticipates that Saunders will provide the four-weight world champion a stern test in the early rounds, but has warned his compatriot of the speed and power of Alvarez, who has not tasted defeat since a first and only loss at the hands of Floyd Mayweather Jr in 2013.