The fight about the super medium weight Canelo Alvarez with William Scull had a kind of formalities on Saturday. And the formality is exactly as it took place.
Alvarez (63-2-2, 39 KO) was for the second time the unquestioned champion of 168 pounds in his career when he defeated Sculla (23-1, 9 KO) through a decision in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Alvarez regained the title of IBF with the victory, which was deprived of him last year after he refused to face Scull.
Saturday’s win was organized by a very anticipated duel between Alvarez and Terenka Crawford on September 12 at the Stadium allegian in Las Vegas. Crawford was present on Saturday and immediately entered the ring to take place with Alvarez.
The end result was the expecting of boxing sport-and wanting-but a painful 12-round fight on Saturday making it official. Scull, a 32-year-old from Kuba, spent most of the championships dancing around the region, throwing carefree dignons behind them. Alvarez chased Scull from Bella to Bella, but refused to aggressively open more than necessary.
This turned into a very straightforward fight to get acquired in favor of Alvarez, but complex to watch. Alvarez won the results of 119-109, 116-112 and 115-113.
“I don’t like fighting this kind of guys,” said Alvarez. “They just came to survive until the last round. That’s why I don’t like to fight them. It won’t be such a fight [against Crawford]. I hate this kind of fight. He moved even more than we thought. But it’s okay. We won. We are here. “
However, Alvarez said that his “pleasure” would fight the fighter of the action such as Crawford.
“I feel great. Crawford is one of the best and, you know, I like to share a ring with this kind of warrior,” said Alvarez. “It’s my pleasure.”
Crawford (41-0, 31 KO) proposed a slight analysis of Alvarez’s performance, saying: “He did what he had to do to do what was before him.”
Alvarez and Scull received warnings about inaction, but this did not stop it from being historically ponderous. According to Compubox, both connected for 445 strokes. This is the smallest number of connected blows thrown into a 12-round fight in a 40-year compubox history. Each of them landed almost an incomprehensible average of five blows to the round.
Nevertheless, Alvarez’s crime clearly exceeded Scull when he aimed at Scull’s body with power strokes. He extended the winning Alvarez series in six, all of which went to a distance. He did not shoot a knockout from the 11th round of Caleb Plant in November 2021. Scull, who went on Saturday as an IBF champion, suffered the first defeat of his career.
The issue of boxing, Canelo Alvarez, apparently will receive a payment of over $ 100 million for the fight against Terenka Crawford on September 12 at the Las Vegas stadium. Canelo (63-2-2, 39 KO) can earn a bag of up to $ 150 million to defend your unquestionable medium-scale mastery against Crawford (41-0, 31 KO).
Terenka is expected to approach $ 100 million, which will be perfect for him. He said many times that he was fighting Canelo only for “older” purposes, but fans believe that this is the code “I’m looking for cash for retirement”.
Noticeable drop
Turks Alalshikh calls this “the fight of the century.” You can’t blame him for going overboard with this enthusiasm for this duel, because the former world champion in four Crawford leaves is one of his favorite warriors. It’s a good fight, but not what Turks calls it. Think about it as the style of ancient matches between the warriors who were once at the top, but are disappearing and approaching the pension.
Fans will enjoy the fight with two lions. However, the winner cannot be called the real best in 168, because they did not fight with talented fighters Christian Mbilli, Diego Paczeco and Oslyys Iglesias to prove it.
Although the aging Omaha, the Nebrask warrior rarely fights nowadays and looked like he lost half a dozen steps in his last performance in 2024, he can still have enough tool in his flap to defeat Alvarez. The Mexican star looks much worse. In his fight on the last Saturday night with the super middle wweight IBF champion, William Scull.
Statistics of strokes
– Canelo: 56 out of 152 strokes for 36.8% of the connection speed – SCULL: 55 of 293 for 18.8%
Canelo looks faint in her 12-round unanimous victorious decision on William Scull (23-1, 9 KO) in her unquestioned fight for the championship in Super Middle I gaining last Saturday evening on the spot in Riyadh. You could see the decline of 34-year-old Canelo, because his ability to cut off the ring was not. What’s more, his starting power was terrible.
Plodding style
Alvarez looked terrible, looking ancient. It was challenging to observe the way it flowed around the ring. Its reduced athleticism will make it exposed to Crawford, which would usually not have a chance against the main version of Canelo from 2016. The Mexican star becomes less witty in every fight.
The last fight of Alvarez from the 193-Funt Edgar Berlang seems to get a lot of it. He easily won the fight, but shot Brooklyn in Modern York in the second half of the fight after fatigue. These blows could get the best part of what Canelo left, leaving the crust we saw last night against Scull.
“This is the biggest fight in my career and I can’t wait. I’m excited,” said Crawford to Ring magazineResponding to your fight with great money with the star Canelo Alvarez on September 12 in Las Vegas. “Looking at the boxing landscape and possibilities and achievements, Canelo had.
“Increasing it to size and the like. I know that we have never been in the ring before, but this is a great opportunity for me [read: $$$] And my career. It’s very exhilarating for me. It’s like throwing gas on fire. I am very competitive and I want to be competitive in fighting in September – said Crawford.
Another fight of Canelo Alvarez and another opponent who did not want to engage him, led to the disappointing night in which the boxing super star won, but the fans lost.
Again.
This alarming trend must stop and I hope that Terenka Crawford will force Canelo to fight because fans deserve something better.
Unfortunately, Canelo brought it.
The unanimous victory in the Canelo decision (119-109, 116-112 and 115-113) over William Scull on Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia was the last in his last series of fights without drama or emotions. In the fight against Scull, Canelo threw a total of 152 blows. This number is the first of the first blows thrown into the 12-round fight in the 40-year compubox history. This is fatal, even according to low Canelo output standards. However, he was in the ring with a warrior who was not interested in winning and just wanted to survive, because Scull was approaching the ring and landed 55 out of 293 blows. Nothing that landed had no consequences, and Canelo was not remotely threatened by the previously undefeated Szula.
The reality is that Canelo deserved it.
Because in May 2022 he lost to Dmitryjum Bivol, Canelo spent the last three years, loading his bank account, fighting with a smaller opposition and leaving fans who wanted more. He received a pass for fighting the aging Gennadiy “GGG” Golovkin two years too overdue, and following her back home against John Ryder. Then, however, he is expected that he will have more than a distinguished David Benavidez, a compulsory pretender WBC. Instead, Canelo decided to fight the undersized and filled Jermell Charlo and unjustified opponents of Jaime Munguia and Edgar Berlang. There will be those who say that Canelo had to fight Scull to become unquestioned again and blame IBF for installing an unverified warrior as a compulsory opponent, but it’s only half true. The reality is that Canelo can do what she wants, and the only real obligatory opponent (of course dictated by fans) was Benavidez. For any reason, Canelo did not want this fight. And here we are.
To be forthright, the fight with Jake Paul would be better than what we saw with Scull. Sure, Paul doesn’t deserve either, but would anyone doubt that he would at least win? In the end, Canelo was close to fighting Paweł before Turki Alalshikh, chairman of the general entertainment authority of Saudi Arabia, he could not refuse with the Canelo offer.
This trend would not be so bad if Canelo provided exhilarating fights. Instead, his last trips seemed too sheltered, choosing financial security before taking risks and sending opponents at a distance. He was too conservative. And even when he had opponents on the proverbial ropes, he apparently let them reach the last bell. His recent opponents south and did not try to win. And Canelo was nice enough to let them break away from several additional zeros on her bank account.
He will not have such a luxury against Crawford when they meet on September 12 at the Allegian stadium in Las Vegas.
Of course, Canelo will have a significant advantage of greatness, because Crawford – the undisputed champion in welterweight and welterweight – entered two consecutive weight classes to challenge him. But Crawford is one of the best fighters of this generation and has an average run that will not allow Canelo to a cruise to another decision. Instead, at some point, Canelo will have to bite his eraser and fight Crawford. This is something that we haven’t seen that Canelo has been doing Bivol since the fight. He spent the last three years in adored sparring sessions without a sense of danger.
At this stage of her career, Canelo needs a challenge that Crawford represents. He spent the first two -thirds of his career, charging his CVs with high quality names, but the last third saw how he avoided hard challenges, while depositing gigantic controls. And before you say he deserved that fans and critics also deserved to call him.
Although it can be great for Canelo, fans deserve it. The so -called “boxing face” should push the sport further into the mainstream. These fights work exactly the opposite.
The latest Canelo offer with the Riyadh season will continue to appear, but fans deserve to see one of the biggest boxers of this era in a hard fight.
Nayya Inoue (29-0, 26 KO) today defends its undisputed title Super Bantamweight against Ramon Cardenas Ramon (26-1, 14 Kos) in Las Vegas No. 8 IBF. The real jewel on this card is the featherweight champion WBO Rafael Espinoza (26-0, 22 KO) defense against Edward Vazquez (17-2, 4 KO) in the main support. Rohan Polanco (15-0, 10 KO) fights Fabian Maidana (24-3, 18 KO) in a 10-government.
Air times
Today’s Main Main will be shown live on ESPN and ESPN+, starting from 22:00 et / 19:00 entitled The introductory card is on ESPN+, starting from 18:15 et / 15:15
Fans perceive this fight as one -sided in favor of the Japanese Inoue Supergivia. Cardenas is not a huge blow and he never fought with anyone as talented or as powerful as “fitter” Inoue. While Cardenas won his last 14 fights, his opposition was mainly low -level tomato cans.
Fans are bad at Inoue for choosing Cardenas to fight in the US instead of Murodjon Akhmadaliev or Alan David Picasso. Some believe that it is intended on the part of Inoue and his management, putting it in with a mediocre opposition. It is a self -sufficient movement from Nayya, but it may not matter. He is affluent and has a huge group of fans in Japan.
Complete card for ESPN and ESPN+
Nayya Inoue vs. Ramon Cardenas Rafael Espinosis vs. Edward Vazquez Cames versus the road Ra’yele Aleeem vs. Re cut
The premium starts at 18:15 et / 15:15 Fri at ESPN+
Mikito Nakano vs. Pedro Marquez Emiliano Fernando Vargas vs. Juan Leon Art Barrera Jr. vs. Juan Carlos Guerra Jr. Patrick O’Connor vs. Marcus Smith
Rafael Espinosis, a featherweight master WBO, has a hard fight with Edward Vazquez today. Challenger, Vazquez, has a forceful chin and lost only to Raymond Ford and Joe Cordina in close fighting.
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