Canelo Álvarez subdues Avni Yıldırım then announces Billy Joe Saunders fight

• Alvarez stops Yldrm in three to defend WBA and WBO titles
• Mexican announces he will fight Billy Joe Saunders on 8 May
• Canelo Alvarez defeats Avni Yldrm by TKO - as it happened

Saul Canelo' Alvarez outclassed Avni Yldrm and retained his world super middleweight titles with a technical knockout after Yldrm failed to answer the bell for the fourth round Saturday night, setting the stage for a highly anticipated unification fight with Britain's Billy Joe Saunders in May that was announced in the immediate aftermath.

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