The Mexican multi-champion successfully defended the AMB and CMB Supermediate titles at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium
the Mexican canelo Álvarez he lived up to the predictions and knocked out Turkish Avni Yildirim to successfully defend the World Council and World Boxing Association Supermediate Weight Championship at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium.
cinnamon he was dominant from the beginning of the combat, establishing conditions with his fists in front of Yildirim, that from the beginning seemed to accuse the power of the Mexican.
The Turk was barely able to connect 11 times in the three rounds that lasted the fight, while Canelo finished with 67 total shots, 58 of them power, including the powerful shot with the right that sent Yildirim to the canvas in the third assault.
“It’s what we had to do, we had to win by knockout and thank God we did, we had to go through this challenge to get what we want to do,” he said at the end of the fight. cinnamon, Who plans to win the titles of the other bodies in the division.
After his victory, cinnamon confirmed that next May 8 will face the British Billy Joe Saunders, World Boxing Organization Champion holding a 30-0 record.
With this triumph, cinnamon, Who assured that he will only take a week off to start his preparation against Saunders, improved his record to 55-1-2 with 37 chloroforms.