US EditionAlvarez gets past Scull to set up Crawford showdown
- Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez defeated William Scull by unanimous decision on Sunday in Riyadh to reclaim the undisputed super-middleweight title.
- The bout followed Alvarez being stripped of the IBF belt last year and declining to defend it against Scull before agreeing to the fight in Saudi Arabia.
- Despite Scull's height and reach advantage, Alvarez’s methodical stalking and effective body punches led to his clear control over the 12 rounds.
- All three judges scored the fight for Alvarez with cards of 115-113, 116-112, and 119-109, and CompuBox recorded the fewest punches thrown in a 12-round fight at 445.
- Alvarez’s victory sets up a super-fight against undefeated four-division champion Terence Crawford on September 12 at Las Vegas’s Allegiant Stadium.
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After his victory over William Scully, Canelo Alvarez has already set his sights on the September spectacle in Las Vegas.
Canelo unifies super middleweight titles
Mexican boxing superstar Saul "Canelo" Alvarez unified the super middleweight world titles after a unanimous points win over IBF champion William Scull in Riyadh early on Sunday. Alvarez, 34, improved to 63-2-2 with 39 knockouts after doing enough on his Saudi debut which continued his tradition of fighting during the Mexican festival weekend of Cinco de Mayo. The Cuban super middleweight entered the unification title fight with a 23-0 record as…
Canelo chased Scull through the ring, who went up with all the intention of surviving and reaping the biggest bag of his career, as a great list of rivals who have faced Álvarez in recent years have done.
Sheik Turki Alalshik did not get up from the seat of the ring side by oppressing his head with both hands with signs of resignation and totally frustrated by what he had offered his people from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Saul’s worst world championship fight “Canelo” Álvarez and an opportunity – incredibly – missed by Cuban William Scull to become “green” of the most popular boxer on the planet. This was the stage in the early morning of Sunday the u…
Dana White Will Promote Canelo Alvarez-Terence Crawford Superfight In Vegas
Dana White is officially back in the boxing business. On Saturday night, Canelo Alvarez defeated Cuban boxer William Scull in an extremely terrible fight. Rd 12: Canelo 10-9, 11-1. Scull should have his license revoked for refusing to fight or even box legitimately. Pure trash fight. And Canelo didn’t do all much either but won basically every round. I am pissed off I watched that. #boxing #CaneloScull — Dan Rafael (@DanRafael1) May 4, 2025 Des…
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