blackrican23 Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Former world champion Saul “Canelo†Alvarez (43-1-1, 31 KOs) rebounded from his loss to Floyd MAyweather last September with an impressive tenth round TKO over Alfredo “Perro†Angulo (22-2, 18 KOs) in a middleweight bout on Saturday night before a crowd of 14,610 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.Canelo came out aggressively and battered Angulo, pushing him back and keeping him from getting leverage on his punches. Canelo’s hands were much faster as landed at a very high percentage. Angulo took a savage beating but kept coming. The best round was round eight when both fighters went toe to toe in some thrilling exchanges. Referee Tony Weeks finally stopped the fight to save Angulo from further punishment in round ten. Time was :47. Neither Angulo, nor the crowd were happy with the stoppage.“I could have fought another 10 rounds,†said Canelo, “the stoppage isn’t my problem.†Angulo said the plan was for him to finish strong in the late rounds. “I wanted to keep fighting,†he said.WBC super bantamweight Leo Santa Cruz (27-0-1, 15 KOs) scored a one-sided twelve round unanimous decision over former champion Cristian Mijares (49-8-2, 24 KOs). The 25-year-old Santa Cruz overwhelmed and overpowered the 32-year-old Mijares, who had two reigns as super flyweight champion. Scores were 119-109, 120-108, 120-108.In a grueling lightweight contest, former two-division world champion Jorge Linares (36-3, 23 KOs) won a ten round unanimous decision over iron-chinned Japanese warrior Nihito Arakawa (24-4-1, 16 KOs). Linares boxed beautifully against the game Arakawa in an entertaining fight. Scores were 98-92, 100-90, 100-90.In an upset, lightweight Sergio “Yeyo†Thompson (29-3, 26 KOs), who came in as a late sub, won a ten round unanimous decision over Ricardo Alvarez (23-3-3, 13 KOs), the older brother of Canelo. Thompson jumped all over Alvarez in round one. Alvarez rebounded in round two, but referee Vic Drakulich gave Alvarez a count after he was driven into the ropes with a jab in round three. Thompson continued to pressure Thompson and put him on the deck again in round eight with a straight right. Scores were 95-93, 95-93, 97-91. http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/yeyo-thompson-upsets-ricardo-alvarez-238607 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mofo2 Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 I dont agree with the stoppage at all, its not the refs job to halt proceedings as he did...Angulo couldnt handle the speed but he was still able to protect himself!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRIM Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 BS stoppage for sure a bit bad ting ref, But Canelo sure looks great against a human punching bag right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackrican23 Posted March 10, 2014 Author Share Posted March 10, 2014 what was up with those pity pat shots perro was throwing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRIM Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 what was up with those pity pat shots perro was throwing I agree at first I thought he was just taking it easy to let Canelo tire himself out, But it seems Perro lacked pop, appeared to be drained, 96% of his punches were just pushed out with no sting or bad intentions. But he did his job and made Canelo looks good. :fail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mofo2 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Canelo was fighting at another level, the fight was easy for him, but just because a fighter isnt making any significant strides in the fight, doesnt mean he should be taken out by the ref.....quality performance by Saul for sure though!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mexy Posted March 17, 2014 Members Share Posted March 17, 2014 Ginger's first hard left hook within 10 seconds put the fight out of reach for Perro. He lost his legs right then and there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mofo2 Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 So are you finally gonna give the lad some credit then Mex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WBF OG mexfighter Posted March 18, 2014 WBF OG Share Posted March 18, 2014 yeah, ginger did very well. (did I just say that?) his first left hook took angulo out of the fight. I thought angulo would do way better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRIM Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 uhhhhhh! lets not get carried away here blokes he looked good, but. he basically had no opposition. Everyone looks good hitting a punching bag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mofo2 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Looked shit or made to look ordinary by the better fighter?? I know what I saw! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WBF OG Neil_ Posted March 19, 2014 WBF OG Share Posted March 19, 2014 angulo cintron was a sham. angulo drove cross country in a compact car the week of the fight, by himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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