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Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez added the WBA and WBC super middleweight titles to his collection by unanimous decision following a dominating performance over Liverpool’s Callum Smith.
The Mexican, in his first fight since November 2019, started strong against Smith at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, and took advantage of the home advantage for 12 rounds with two judges scoring 119-109 in favor of Canelo and the other 117- 111. .
Alvarez is now a four division world champion and boasts a 54-1-2 record, taking Smith’s WBA strap, his undefeated record and the vacant WBC title.
The 30-year-old last tasted defeat against Floyd Mayweather Jr in 2013 and has since said goodbye to Smith’s brother, Liam, in 2016 to take the WBO light middleweight title.
Speaking after the fight, he told DAZN: “My respects to Callum Smith, but since everyone labels me, I am the best in the world and for a reason.
“This is one of the best nights for me, I have conquered the unified titles. One of the best nights I have had and I’m going to go for more.”
And in a message to Gennady Golovkin, whom he controversially defeated in 2018, he said: “My short-term goal is to unify all the 168-pound titles. Whoever is there, we’re going to get them.”
Álvarez and the Kazakh tied in 2017 and the Mexican scored a narrow victory in Las Vegas a year later, and now there is speculation that a trilogy could be at stake.
Smith had a seven-and-a-half-inch height and reach advantage over Alvarez, but the Mexican superstar was undaunted by being the smaller man, having beaten taller, more robust fighters on several occasions in the past.
Smith said, “I’m devastated. Listen, I never wanted to lose, I came here to win. It wasn’t my night.”
“I don’t feel as dominant at 168 as I used to be.
“He could have been a better version of me tonight … he acted and was the best man.”
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