HIGHLIGHTS | Canelo Alvarez vs. Billy Joe Saunders

[Music] [Applause] [Music] and without further ado let's go to our tale of the tank for our main event of the evening it is for the unified super middleweight championship of the world both men in their fighting primes billy joe saunders two inches taller than canelo who have a slight reach advantage both men looked as fit as could be at yesterday's weigh-in this of course is scheduled for 12 rounds here are the unified rules of boxing no standing eight count no three knock down rule you cannot be saved by the bell in any round and only the referee can stop the fight folks saunders has decried this as the modern day david versus goliath let's see if he can do it saunders in the green and blue trunks with the yellow gloves canelo in the teal [Applause] first punch from canelo is an uppercut another jab from saunders carl how much different do you notice canelo's style changes when he fights the southpaw he's obviously a little bit more cautious he doesn't want to throw anything because he knows that counter left cross will be coming back to him saunders here just just out of range but he's in the danger zone when he backs up here into the corner and against them he doesn't want to be there want to welcome those of you joining us in over 200 countries around the world of course also in the united kingdom good morning to you billy joe saunders trying to pull off the upset here in arlington texas heavy body shot landed by canelo [Applause] straight right hand connects for canelo the crowd roars and he said canelo is just relentless let him go saunders [Applause] eddie reynoso the trainer for canelo says listen i don't usually make predictions i don't tell you what canelo is gonna do or what i think he's gonna do however after all the trash talk billy joe saunders has given us i think we're gonna knock him out he's got to concentrate constantly but he's big shots from canelo he's not really oh there's a right here looking for that counter right uppercut he's already missed it three times but he's thrown it with a lot of power billy joe says come on canelo doubled up on that right hook to the body and the head [Applause] these are heavy blows from canelo he's putting lots into these shots billy joe saying he's on both of me i'm okay but trust me we can see and hear these shots they're heavy and here's that right hand that they want out of canelo lands on the side of the head right on the necks boxers aren't accustomed to getting hit in the neck and it's an awkward punch awkward feeling but founders took that well straight right hand scores for canelo now he's throwing more power punches he's certainly settling in as bj waves him in [Applause] saunders needs to double and triple up that jab back up canelo maybe you could get something going with the combination just like that that's right put the shots together get some work catch the judge's eyes don't just sit there and soak up these big counters it's good work for billy nice head movement just messing with that uppercut you hear the crowd's reaction and that's the punch that canelo is barely missing that's the fourth big uppercut that just missed the chin of billy joe saunders straight right hand from canada to the body as well there's the uppercut and he nods yes that time mouthpiece almost came flying out of b.j saunders there mannix that's why fighters shake no he said yes you got me there all right so what we've seen here is a nice little short uppercut on canelo almost knocking out the gumshot of villager saunders that was one of a rare shot that landed in this round full shot from canelo oh nice double jab there from saunders that's a great job from sword to see if he can do more than double jabs then put two shots on the back of it get out of range that's what we want to see and saunders has this lethal left uppercut he steps back and if he can count canelo with that left uppercut he might he might sway the fight in his favor oh nice left hook from saunders he's only going to position a punch this is what i want to see more from saunders and not only is he scoring more right now chris mannix but he's fighting with confidence he is fighting with confidence i'm not so sure i'd be fighting with my hands down quite as much but he is starting to get into a rhythm especially with that jab sergio do you feel the momentum changing or do you think it's a one-off no i think it's a two off i gave billy joe summons his last two runs and i think he's feeling it now this is this is what you need to see with such a a precise puncher like saunders he needs to have that swag and that confidence to be firing in all cylinders swinging a miss by canelo you don't see him miss by that much too often saunders doing the job defensively he caught him with a quick short hook on the inside good catch encounter my sounders right there he needs to be busier carl but with the jab smart jab just like that don't get too confident but i don't want to speak too soon but this is good work for villagers he's relaxed he knows so he's relaxed he said yourself when his arms come down low a little bit looks he looks dangerous but that's when he's in his rhythm [Applause] saunders shook it off sticks his tongue out right now that's a tyson fury move well this is the mind games you see in the start of the round his arms up playing to the crowd and this is what bj founders need to do catch encounter every single time right in the bread basket right there canelo felt that shot this was a good round by canelo but catching counter if you're billy joe once in the inside [Applause] uppercut from canelo [Applause] chris did you expect it to be this close in round seven i didn't because when you face canelo alvarez as we've talked about you can talk about what you're going to do in the ring but when you go up against that type of speed and that type of power the game plan changes almost in an instant but billy joe saunders has stuck to his game plan and his game plan has been incredibly effective effective because this is a south palestine this is the way they fight they're polished and sophisticated behind that jab using southpaw angles escaping to the right round h arlington texas a t stadium super middleweight championship in the world a very competitive contest extremely close canelo continues to fire those power shots most of them missing and sanders told us he can't afford to lose rounds or give up an inch and he's doing exactly what he said this is a close fight inference punch for punch [Applause] christie is still the sense that canelo's still just trying to figure him out a little bit i think he's definitely trying to figure him out i think billy joe saunders throwing punches from different angles giving him different looks staying on the move these are scoring shots that saunders is landing and canelo is not returning much and coming back keep in mind eddie reynoso and canelo for that matter predicted they would stop saunders in either round seven eight or nine [Applause] if canelo is going to rely on power punches which is evident that's what he's looking for he's gonna have to be busier i agree all right carl let's hear your score card right now how do you have it through seven full rounds 68 66 to canelo he had a great start finished finished pretty strong the last round i didn't separate in the last round 68-66 canelo he's only two rounds off saunders took an awkward step back and now he's holding on chris your scorecard you've got saunders ahead i've got 68.65 in favor of billy joe saunders i look at the last couple of rounds carl and you see canelo landing big shots if he is here and look the the right eye of saunders is swelling up canelo rallying his troops here at a t stadium and this is what canelo does to opponents he breaks down a person opponent makes him weary of the shotgun coming back he's like a matador well that's the power from canelo billy says he's okay but this is a bad moment for him in this fight he predicted a ko in round eight or nine and he's beaten up right now i don't like the body language how he's reacting to the fate billy joe sanders is biting on fence now that's because he's worried about the power exactly he's not sure what's happening with his eye till he gets back to his corner and he's quick to smother the attack of canelo hugging and breaking the distance instead of countering back a straight right hand yeah billy joe needs to hear this bell here get to the corner regroup nice left uppercut from canoe this is his best round so perhaps order has been restored if you're a canelo alvarez fan canelo acting like he's already knocked him out [Applause] and it is over they have stopped the fight they have stopped the fight it is over canelo gets the knockout win i'm not sure what happened in the corner of saunders nevertheless the pound for pound king with another win in the lone star state when the goalie got tough billy joe saunders didn't get up from the school that height prevented him from fighting his fight [Applause] [Applause] he didn't think we'd see the 10th round sergio he told us he'd knock him out before then and that's what he did that's exactly what he did he predicted the rounds and they came to fruition i mean they must have sensed and felt that the second half of the fight is where billy joel saunders fades or doesn't have another gear and canelo capitalized on that he's got so many belts he came and hold him he just took billy joe's wbo super middleweight title the only one remaining belongs to caleb plant ladies and gentlemen acting on the advice of saunders corner the referee calls a halt to the contest at the end of round eight the winner by tko victory and now the unified super middleweight champion of the world the guadalajara jalisco mexico [Applause] canelo [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] you

Channel: DAZN Boxing

Views: 18,477,131

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Length: 13min 22sec (802 seconds)

Published: Sat May 08 2021

Reddit Comments

[u/slavesofdemocracy]

I think Canelo picked up on Saunders ducking in that exact same pattern a few times before that uppercut.

[u/microbiolochick]

I just want to see a slow-mo clip of that last uppercut that busted Saunders eye. Why am I having such a hard time finding that replay??

[u/Glorusion]

Mirror?

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[u/HarryManilow]

I missed the fight because gfs Birthday... Assuming the highlights are correct (will watch full fight later today ) I think it was somewhat predictable outcome. Canelo did look a bit frustrated and BJS made him work in the middle rounds, could say he took a couple rounds there. but it was unlikely he was going to hurt canelo and had to be very careful. Once canelo kind of took his time and found an opening there was little chance of bjs outlasting or outpointing. Only going to do so well if your gameplan is to avoid canelo. It's not quite scorebook proof but when I watch a fight I usually think who would I rather be right now, and that's a good indicator of who is winning the fight at least momentum and stamina wise.

Still think we need to see him against someone who can actually hurt him again, or would have to be a whole lot slicker than billy to outpoint. Good fight

[u/Elrougarou]

Saunders was tying up and making canelo hold his weight up to tire him out. I imagine that is a big drain in the late rounds.