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- Mexican boxing superstar Saul “Canelo” Alvarez unified boxing’s super-middleweight world titles after a pedestrian but unanimous points win (115-113, 116-112, 119-109) over IBF champion William Scull in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
- The opening rounds were slow, with both boxers feeling for range, and the intensity gradually lifted with Scull throwing many more punches but barely landing any. Alvarez, by contrast, stayed patient and landed powerful body punches. Scull kept moving around, dodging and shuffling, frustrating Alvarez, who later said he hated fighting that style of boxer.
- Alvarez, 34, improved to 63-2-2 with 39 knockouts and will defend his title against former welterweight champion Terence Crawford in Las Vegas in September.
- On the main undercard fights, Badou Jack beat Noel Mikaelyan via majority decision to win the WBC cruiserweight title, and Jaime Munguia beat Bruno Surace via unanimous decision at super-middleweight.
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