CANELO ALVAREZ has beaten Callum Smith after a 12-round demolition of the Brit saw him win on a unanimous decision.
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UNBELIEVABLE
Canelo Alvarez’s list of achievements is frightening, what an incredible talent he is.
POUND FOR POUND BEST?
There are certainly strong claims for Canelo Alvarez being the best pound for pound boxer in the world.
Last night’s clinical performance goes a long way to prove that.
‘I’M BACK’
After 13 months away from the ring, Canelo carried one exactly where he left off.
He was brilliant throughout against Smith and deservedly bagged the super-middleweights crowns.
‘DEVASTATED’
Callum Smith offered a candid assessment of his defeat to Canelo.
He said: “I’m devastated. I came here to win. No excuses, he was very good.
“It could have been a better version of me tonight. He is smart and he is clever.
“He closes ground, sets traps and before you know it he’s closed the ground up. I maybe let him close the ground up too easily.”
CANELO PRESSER
The full press conference from last night’s victor is now available to watch.
And his assessment of how he won the fight is pretty clear: “Because I’m better.”
MONEY SHOT
Canelo Alvarez’s win over Callum Smith moved him to 54-1 in his career.
The only person ever to have beaten him was the great Floyd Mayweather in 2013.
‘ONE OF THE BEST NIGHTS I’VE HAD’
Here’s what Canelo Alvarez said after a brutal demolition of Callum Smith.
“This is one of the best nights I have had. I will go for more.
“I want all the belts, it doesn’t matter who has them. I don’t run from anybody.
“I have fought against the best. I have shown the world I fight the best.”
ABS-OLUTELY RIPPED
Fans were stunned by Canelo’s latest body transformation as he cut the bulk and appeared more shredded.
One said: “Canelo abs still ripped after rehydration.”
Another added: “Canelo is just solid, physique, power, skills and chin is solid. On his grave stone will read.. Solid.”
One added: “Canelo looks SHREDDED!!!”
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GOING FOR GOL
Gennady Golovkin wants another crack at Canelo Alvarez in a trilogy bout, Eddie Hearn believes.
The promoter said: “I think he wants to fight Canelo Alvarez for the third time.
“We saw two tremendous fights first time up, he believes he should have won those fights.
“And I think he wants another crack at Canelo Alvarez.
“I think there’s some tremendous fights out there for him at 160lb. Demetrius Andrade, who’s here tonight, it’s a great unification matchup.
“Jaime Munguia would be a great fight for DAZN as well. But that’s the fight he’s chasing, he wants those legacy fights.”
Golovkin was controversially judged to have only drawn his first fight with Canelo despite the vast majority of viewers believing he had won.
However the Kazakh lost the second bout on points.
LUKE-ING AHEAD
Callum Smith’s defeat to Canelo brings the curtain down on British boxing in 2020.
However fans won’t have long to wait for action in 2021 as Luke Campbell is back in action on January 2 against Ryan Garcia in an eagerly awaited WBA Interim Lightweight title fight.
Campbell has been out of action since 2019 when he battled bravely but succumbed to a points defeat to Vasyl Lomachenko.
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT
The comparison between Canelo and Smith at the end told the story of the fight.
Despite going 12 rounds with the previously undefeated Merseysider, the Mexican looked super fresh afterwards with barely a scratch on his body.
But for Smith, he was battered, cut and bruised after the 36-minute onslaught in Texas.
‘IT PROBABLY DIDN’T MATTER’
Speaking after the fight DAZN hosts said Eddie Hearn had stated that Callum Smith had likely suffered a detached bicep during the fight with Canelo.
But Hearn added that it probably didn’t matter as far as the outcome was concerned.
PUNCH DRUNK
Here are the astonishing punch stats from Canelo vs Smith.
The Mexican landed an incredible 43 per cent of his shots while Smith responded with just 18 per cent successful blows.
Though Alvarez threw only 484 punches compared to Smith’s 536, he managed to land more 209 compared to 97 – more than double that of his opponent.
TER UP
After a brutal display from Canelo Alvarez, Twitter is rife with debate over whether he, or Terence Crawford is the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world.
Here are some of the responses.
DETACHED BICEP?
Callum Smith was left with a gruesome swollen bicep following his pummelling by Canelo Alvarez.
As he left the fight, one Twitter user even joked: “Smiths left arm tried to give birth so he had 3 hands to try and land a shot.”
In his post-bout interview the Scouser hinted that he had suffered a left arm injury in the fourth-round of their Texas clash.
And promoter Eddie Hearn also told DAZN minutes after the match-up that Smith had suffered a suspected detached bicep.
If true, he would almost-certainly be forced into having surgery ahead of the upcoming Christmas break.
It is understood the pair even smiled and joked about how swollen his arm was in the middle of their fight.
‘SHOWED TREMENDOUS HEART’
Eddie Hearn has taken to Twitter to have his say on the fight.
DOWN BUT NOT OUT
Despite taking a beating from Canelo, there was praise for Callum Smith who kept going right to the end.
Boxing fans took to Twitter after the fight to suggest his corner could have considered throwing the towel in.
STANDING TALL
Canelo Alvarez was so comfortable during his win over Callum Smith that he was seen standing up between rounds.
Fans were in disbelief as the P4P King didn’t even take the opportunity to sit down in his corner during the breaks.
LONG LIVE THE KING
It’s been a long wait, but Canelo looked like he’d never been away as he took a commanding points victory over Callum Smith.
AP-PAUL-ING
Canelo has told Jake and Logan Paul he respects them for stepping in the ring, but he warns them to respect the sport of boxing.
Canelo told TMZ: “Ya know, it’s all about the money.
“I don’t think we would agree that people that are basketball players, that are YouTubers get licenses.
“Ya know, I don’t criticise [the Paul brothers]. This is a very risky sport, and if you go up there, it’s very risky.
“I truly believe that it’s a lack of respect. It’s all based on money. It’s all for money. I’m focused right now on other projects.
“I have other stuff going on, and I would invite him for a sparring session so that he truly knows what it’s all about.”
P4P CHAMP
Canelo Alvarez looked abs-olutely unstoppable against Callum Smith as he conquered yet another division.
Canelo cemented his place atop of the mythical pound-for-pound rankings and emerged as a fully fledged four-division champion.
He walked away with Smith’s WBA super-middleweight title and handed the brave and resilient Brit his first career defeat.
The Mexican superstar had won the WBA’s secondary ‘Regular’ belt against Rocky Fielding in 2018.
But he needed Smith’s full version to lay claim as a champ in four different weights.
ALL HAIL KATE
There has been plenty of well-deserving praise for the anchoring of Kate Abdo on DAZN’s boxing coverage tonight.
The stunning former Sky Sports News presenter made Brit fans remember what they’re missing out on.
Abdo has been working with Fox in the US, but has also been doing work for DAZN.
And she did a top job of keeping lively pundit Demetrius Andrade in line during the broadcast.
MORE ON SMITH’S ARM
It doesn’t look good for the Brit after that bicep problem.
Even he looks concerned…
LET’S DO IT A-GENN
Gennady Golovkin ‘wants another crack at Canelo Alvarez’ in his next fight, promoter Eddie Hearn confirmed.
Canelo’s 2018 win against GGG is the only blemish on the Kazakh’s 43-bout career, which came a year after their contentious draw.
Having been unfortunate not to emerge the victor in both thrillers, according to several, Golovkin is keen on one more shot at revenge.
But if he is unable to lure his great rival into a trilogy bout, WBO champion Demetrius Andrade, 32, and Jaime Munguia, 24, are alternatives.
Hearn said: “I think he wants to fight Canelo Alvarez for the third time.
“We saw two tremendous fights first time up, he believes he should have won those fights.
“And I think he wants another crack at Canelo Alvarez.
“I think there’s some tremendous fights out there for him at 160lb. Demetrius Andrade, who’s here tonight, it’s a great unification matchup.
“Jaime Munguia would be a great fight for DAZN as well. But that’s the fight he’s chasing, he wants those legacy fights.”
DETACHED BICEP?
How grim is this image? Let’s hope Smith heals up quickly and completely.
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
