At times Trout would unload combinations while Canelo shifted and turned, causing all of the punches to hit nothing but air. Trout was aggressive though and at times was the bully in a fight where many felt he'd be trying to be the "cute" fighter, using footwork to avoid the bullrush of Alvarez.
Canelo resorted for much of the fight to throwing single power shots but was effective enough to earn rounds. In fact, he was so effective that he was able to land a crushing punch that dropped Trout for the first time in his career in round seven. A knockdown that gave Canelo the win in the eyes of many, but one that he turned out not to need as at least two of the Texas judges appeared to have filled out their scorecards sometime earlier this week.
Canelo could well be set up to fight Floyd Mayweather in his next fight, but a rematch between these two is both deserved and likely to produce another thrilling display of top shelf boxing.
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National Football Post writer Joe Fortenbaugh had a great tweet about open scoring, and his scorecard spoke to how close the fight was.
Boxing committing self mutilation with open scoring. I bet Alvarez, but still scored it Trout. Austin Trout is not a knockout fighter, so the final four rounds were basically moot.
There was no reason for Alvarez to press hard to finish and Trout doesn't possess the firepower to pull off the dramatic KO he needed. So once all that sunk in, I asked myself: Why exactly am I still watching this? That should never happen in a boxing match. Officially, in addtion to Christodoulou's utterly insane scorecard, Oren Shellenberger and Rey Danseco had Alvarez winning as well, but with far more reasonable scores.
This fight was closer than the judges indicated, but we were robbed of the possibility of seeing any late-round magic. Alvarez unified the pound titles with a dominant victory, retaining his WBC super welterweight championship along with the vacant Ring Magazine belt. But it was the WBA belt that was the ultimate prize — and it wasn't his.
Alvarez returned the belt to his brother, who was in the ring when the result was announced. Alvarez receiving winning scores of , and to beat Trout, from Las Cruces, N. Some observers speculated the year-old Alvarez wasn't ready for a veteran opponent like Trout , but they didn't realize how personal the bout was to him.
He beat my brother, and that's my blood. Alvarez fought like a man out for revenge, knocking down Trout for the first time in his career and staggering him several times to the delight of the crowd of 39, that continually chanted "Mexico! He was better than me.
I have no excuses.
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