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In a match held on Saturday night in Miami before 15,000 spectators, the 30-year-old boxer from Guadalajara controlled the fight from the first bell and in the third round he already sent his rival to the ground with a powerful combination of blows.
VICTORIA 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻 DEL @CANELOTEAM @Canelo 🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊.
Via chloroform in the third round, he defeated the Turkish fighter 🇹🇷 #Yildirim. The Mexican boxer, the best pound X pound in the world, today? pic.twitter.com/wEuFunRnFw– Joslar Sport (@Joslar_Sport) February 28, 2021
Yildirim, who had not competed for 2 years, got up quickly and held on to the end of the assault but later his coach reported that he was unable to return to the ring, to the fury of the fans of Hard Rock Stadium in Miami.
#WBC Y #WBA The Canelo Álvarez thing was atrocious. It took only 3 rounds to win both titles. A Yildirim who had nothing to do in the ring and very badly who led him to make the great slip. By the way, the short concert of J Balvin presenting Canelo lasted longer. pic.twitter.com/YOKISaIL5U
– Asdrúbal Manzol (@ Asdrúbal_Manzol) February 28, 2021
“I did what I have to do. I had to knock out and I did it ”, congratulated Álvarez, who increases his record to 55 victories (37 knockouts), 1 loss and 2 draws.
Holder of the World Boxing Council (WBC) and World Boxing Association (WBA) belts, The ‘Canelo’ faced this fight as part of his preparation for his goal of unifying the super middleweight titles (168 pounds, 76.2kg), which he recalled on his Instagram account.
To follow that path, after the combat it was announced that The ‘Canelo’ will face the British Billy Joe Saunders, champion of the World Boxing Organization (WBO) on May 8.
Saunders “is a very difficult fighter. He has the WBO championship. We want to unify, he is the champion and I will go for him ”, assured the Mexican.
“Very few fighters have managed to unify titles. In Latin America no one did, at 168 (pounds) no one did. Only the best have done it and I want to be one of the best, ”said Álvarez, who in the event of victory would only have to win the title of the International Boxing Federation (IBF), owned by the American Caleb Plant.
In his career, the Mexican He has only lost to stellar Floyd Mayweather Jr by decision in September 2013, when he was 23 years old.
(See also: ‘Canelo’ Álvarez, a sports car lover; his latest Ferrari is worth millions.)
J Balvin was also the protagonist in the fight ‘Canelo’ vs. Yildirim:
On Twitter, the Colombian reggaeton was a trend for the musical show with which he announced the entry of his “brother” and “partner” Mexican.
“J Balvin”:
For the entrance of Canelo Álvarez to his fight against Avni Yildirimpic.twitter.com/uNVsdXkgVs– Why is it a trend? (@becausetrend) February 28, 2021
At the end of the fight, ‘Canelo’ celebrated his victory with the artist from the Paisa, as evidenced in the following photograph that the boxer shared on his Twitter account:
“Everyone wants a piece of Canelo, but I’m not going to give it to them.” ➡️ On the way to unification of 168 lb⚖️ #CaneloYildirim pic.twitter.com/8BcJuIdUgP
– Canelo Alvarez (@Canelo) February 28, 2021
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