8 CANELO ALVAREZ
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HOUGH Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez has subsequently ruled at super-middleweight, when he challenged WBO light-heavyweight boss Sergey Kovalev in 2019, he’d only fought once at 168lbs; a three-round hammering of the overmatched Rocky Fielding. But immediately prior to challenging the Russian, Alvarez had beaten Daniel Jacobs to defend his middleweight championship. Alvarez was, however, largely expected to defeat Kovalev who, by then, was deemed to be in decline after losing two of his previous six contests. The natural light-heavyweight did give Canelo plenty of problems, though, before being dramatically stopped in
