Canelo retains super middleweight belts with unanimous win over Charlo

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Canelo Álvarez made easy work of Jermell Charlo on Saturday, retaining his status as undisputed super middleweight champion of the world with a unanimous-decision victory over the reigning undisputed light middleweight titleholder at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Two judges scored the fight 118-109 in favor of Álvarez, while the third arbiter had the Mexican ahead 119-108.

Álvarez barely broke a sweat while dismantling Charlo, landing 34% of his punches through the first 11 rounds. Charlo, by contrast, connected on just 17% of his punches, per Showtime Stats.

"Cinnamon" dropped his opponent to a knee in the seventh round with a vicious right hand, though Charlo was able to continue. It was only the second time that Charlo has been knocked down as a professional.

"Nobody can beat this Canelo," Álvarez told Showtime's Jim Gray post-fight before offering his respect to Charlo.

The victory runs Álvarez's professional record to an astonishing 60-2-2. This is his third successful defense of his super middleweight belts since he became the undisputed champion of the weight class in November 2021.

Charlo, meanwhile, dropped to 35-2-1. "Iron Man" moved up two weight classes to fight Álvarez instead of defending his undisputed light middleweight belts against Tim Tszyu.

After the fight, the 33-year-old said he plans to return to 154 pounds, and he also called out undisputed welterweight champion Terence Crawford.

"I'm down to fight whoever. I want to fight Terence Crawford," Charlo told Gray in the ring. "Fuck that. I could fight Terence Crawford at my weight division (light middleweight). ... Let him fight Errol Spence or whatever they got going on, get that out of the way. I'm waiting. I'm about to get back right in training."