Canelo Álvarez stops Billy Joe Saunders to unify WBA, WBC and WBO super middleweight titles – as it happened
by Bryan Armen Graham from US news | The Guardian on (#5HM34)
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I think I broke his cheek," says Alvarez, who landed 73 of 206 punches (35%) compared to 60 of 284 for Saunders (21%).
The official judges' scores at the time of the stoppage: 78-74, 78-75 and 78-74. (The Guardian had it 77-75.)
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