Alvarez units up a bout with ex-welterweight champ Terrence Crawford after beating Scull by unanimous choice.
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez has re-unified the IBF tremendous middleweight championship together with his WBA (Tremendous), WBC and WBO belts with a unanimous decision victory over William Scull, establishing a bout with former welterweight champion Terence Crawford in September.
Cuba’s Scull, who had a bonus in top and attain over Alvarez, was unable to seek out a solution to the Mexican’s methodical stalking and efficient physique blows as he suffered the primary lack of his skilled boxing profession on Sunday.
“For me, it’s a boring battle. [Scull was] not making an attempt to win, simply making an attempt to outlive. I hate these sorts of fights,” Alvarez stated in his post-fight interview in spite of everything three judges awarded him the victory (115-113, 116-112, 119-109).
Alvarez, who was stripped of the IBF strap final 12 months after selecting to fight Edgar Berlanga over the sanctioning physique’s number-one contender Scull, has now grow to be the undisputed 168-pound champion for the second time.
Scull’s fast actions weren’t sufficient to evade Alvarez’s regular onslaught early on because the Mexican landed robust physique blows within the second and fourth rounds, leaving Scull momentarily off steadiness.
Alvarez, preventing exterior the USA and Mexico for the primary time, continued stalking the Cuban within the fifth spherical, however Scull fought again, breaking Alvarez’s guard with a proper uppercut and pushing him again earlier than catching him with a counter.
“Don’t let this man get greater and extra assured,” Alvarez’s nook warned him on the finish of the sixth spherical after Scull caught him with one other proper hand earlier than Alvarez responded with physique pictures.
Alvarez landed mixtures to the physique within the seventh spherical, and caught Scull with a lead left hook close to the ropes within the eighth.
Measured assaults to the physique continued from Alvarez, as he landed 40 physique blows within the bout whereas Scull managed solely six, claiming the 63rd win of his skilled profession.
Alvarez, 34, improved to 63-2-2 with 39 knockouts after doing sufficient on his Saudi debut which continued his custom of preventing in the course of the Mexican pageant weekend of Cinco de Mayo.
The Mexican stated he was trying ahead to returning to the ring in opposition to undefeated Crawford in Las Vegas.
“Crawford is without doubt one of the greatest on the market, I prefer to share the ring with that type of a fighter. It’s my pleasure,” he stated.
American Crawford, who turned the undisputed welterweight champion with a knockout win over Errol Spence Jr in 2023, stated he was able to tackle Alvarez as they confronted off within the ring.
“In September, I’ll present the world what greatness seems to be like,” Crawford stated.
Alvarez signed a four-fight cope with Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Seasons promotion in February.
Lately, the dominion has been pouring cash into boxing occasions as a part of Saudi Arabia’s oil-funded thrust into the sporting world, which has drawn accusations of “sportswashing” its dire human rights document.
Together with Method One, the LIV Golf tour and attracting a number of ageing soccer stars to its home league, Saudi Arabia was named final 12 months because the host of the 2034 soccer World Cup.
