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Brett Okamoto
Canelo Alvarez regained the undisputed tremendous middleweight championship with a unanimous resolution victory over William Scull in a forgettable battle Saturday night time in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Combating outdoors Mexico and the U.S. for the primary time in his profession, Alvarez entered the battle because the WBC, WBO and WBA champion, however wasn’t in a position to land any important punches on a really cellular Scull. He gained by scorecards of 115-113, 116-112 and 119-109.
Alvarez (63-2-2, 39 KOs) is now shifting on to face Terence Crawford on Sept. 12 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.
Alvarez unified all 4 main tremendous middleweight titles with an 11-round TKO over Caleb Plant in November 2021. He made 4 profitable defenses earlier than the IBF stripped him of the title when he determined to battle Edgar Berlanga as an alternative of Scull, the necessary challenger.
Scull (23-1, 9 KOs) fought Vladimir Shishkin in October for the vacant IBF title and gained a controversial unanimous resolution. Scull was making his first title protection towards Alvarez.
Within the co-main occasion, Badou Jack defended his WBC cruiserweight title with a majority resolution victory over Norair Mikaeljan. Jack (29-3-3, 17 KOs) was preventing for the primary time in two years. His earlier battle was a Twelfth-round TKO of Ilunga Junior Makabu to win the belt. Jack was scheduled to face Ryan Rozicki, however Rozicki was pressured to withdraw in early April with an damage suffered throughout coaching.
Mikaeljan (27-3, 12 KOs) entered the battle because the WBC champion in recess, and was using a four-fight successful streak following a choice loss to Mairis Briedis in November 2018.
Keep right here for reside updates, outcomes and round-by-round evaluation all through the night time.
