Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez looked back on his path to becoming undisputed at super middleweight and was particularly proud of beating WBO champion Billy Joe Saunders.
Saunders was a spiky character in some of the pre-match press obligations and weigh-in, and while Canelo traditionally gives respect to any opponent assuming they do the same, the Briton tried another tack.
Unfortunately for Saunders, it made little difference to the outcome of the fight as Canelo unleashed a brutal shot to his right eye socket, leaving a noticeable dent in his face that saw the fight stopped in the Mexican’s favour.
Saunders has yet to return to the ring, which may reflect the severity of the punishment Canelo dealt out to his opponent.
He looked back at his three fights for the four major belts, against Callum Smith (for the WBA and WBC belts), Saunders (WBO), and then Caleb Plant (IBF).
In particularly he was happy with the win over Saunders, telling DAZN about the belt: “This, I won in the fight with Billy Joe Saunders.
“One of my favourite fights because a lot of people were there - 74,000 - and he was talking a lot of s****.
“It was a very special fight for me, a very special win, because everything around that was just the way I won the fight, it was amazing.”
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