Alvarez beats Saunders to unify super middleweight titles

Canelo Alvarez makes his ring walk against Billy Joe Saunders during their fight for Alvarez's WBC and WBA super middleweight titles and Saunders' WBO super middleweight title at AT&T Stadium on May 08, 2021 in Arlington, Texas.
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ARLINGTON — Saul "Canelo" Alvarez successfully defended his WBC and WBA titles and seized the WBO crown on Saturday (Sunday, Manila time), by stopping Billy Joe Saunders at the end of the eighth round of their super middleweight unification fight.

Alvarez won by technical knockout after Britain's Saunders stayed on his stool and his corner threw in the towel in front of 73,000 plus fans at AT&T Stadium, the largest US crowd to watch a sports event since the coronavirus pandemic.

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