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One can refute that Saul “El Canelo” Alvarez (42-0-1 30 KO’s) had Austin “No Doubt” Trout (26-1-0 14 KO’s) overmatched.
One can also outspokenly speculate that Trout’s exceptionally higher work rate almost grasped him a victory.
But there is one undeniable, irrefutable point to be made about last night’s WBC/WBA light middleweight title unification – “Canelo” Alvarez is the unrivaled, undisputed WBC/WBA champion of the world.
It was the biggest, most substantial victory of Alvarez’s career, Many vital factors played out to make this a technical mastering by “Canelo”. For starters, Alvarez practiced head movement, an unpredictable technique by the waltzing battle-march he often uses to crawl through the flurries of his second-tier opponents.
Alvarez also measured brilliant timing, which, through the distance allowed him to snag his deadly right hand on the head and body of Trout.
One in particular, just seconds into round seven. left the Trout dry-docked and floating up from the canvas just hoping to survive, pun intended.
All jokes aside, while Trout shot out many cumbersome flurries of jabs and right hands, the dictator of the fight was always known, the 22 year old Mexican Saul Alvarez, who is now the unified Light Middleweight champion of the world.
In the televised co-headliner, Mexican born lightweight Omar Figueroa (21-0-0 17 KO’s) kept his unblemished record alive with a startling first round knockout of Miguel Cotto’s second cousin Abner Cotto (16-1-0 7 KO’s).
Headlining the “Showtime Extreme” preliminary fights, light middle Jermall Charlo (12-0-0 8 KO’s) followed in the steps of his brother, Jermell, with an outstanding breakout victory over veteran Orlando Lora (29-4-2 19 KO’s). Charlo dominated the bout from the first bell and forced Lora to retire in his corner after round four.
Also on “Extreme”, failed Olympian Terrell Gausha (4-0-0 2 KO’s) struggled through a knockdown at the hands of Will Walters (0-4-0 0 KO’s) to win a close decision in a four round super middleweight space filler.
Light middle Julian Williams (12-0-1 6 KO’s) tore apart opponent DaShawn Johnson (14-10-3 5 KO’s) over three rounds of a one-sided affair.
In an unbroadcasted twelve rounder, Mexican super bantam prospect Andres Gutierrez (26-0-1 22 KO’s) picked apart Salvadore Sanchez II (30-6-3 18 KO’s) over five exposing rounds for the WBC silver title.
Super bantam Omar Gonzalez (6-8-0 1 KO) sprung a massive upset over four rounds, sterilizing the world-class career of Raul Martinez (29-3-1 17 KO’s) with an enchanting split decision victory.
Super flyweight Ivan Morales (20-0-0 13 KO’s) and super feather Miguel Flores (10-0-0 6 KO’s) walked away with clear decision victories over their respective journeyman opponents.
Corey Quincy is an aspiring freelance boxing writer at Saddoboxing.com. Like his Facebook page at Boxing Legends, Follow him on Twitter at Quincyboxingfan and email questions/comments to Coreyg100@yahoo.com.
