Round-by-round: Canelo Alvarez outpoints William Scull, fails to polish

Canelo Alvarez regained the undisputed tremendous middleweight championship with a unanimous choice victory over William Scull in a forgettable combat Saturday night time in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Fighting out of doors Mexico and the U.S. for the primary time in his profession, Alvarez entered the combat because the WBC, WBO and WBA champion, however wasn’t ready to land any important punches on an excessively cell Scull. He gained via scorecards of 115-113, 116-112 and 119-109.

Alvarez (63-2-2, 39 KOs) is now shifting on to stand Terence Crawford on Sept. 12 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.

Alvarez unified all 4 main tremendous middleweight titles with an 11-round TKO over Caleb Plant in November 2021. He made 4 a success defenses sooner than the IBF stripped him of the identify when he determined to combat Edgar Berlanga as a substitute of Scull, the required challenger.

Scull (23-1, 9 KOs) fought Vladimir Shishkin in October for the vacant IBF identify and gained a debatable unanimous choice. Scull was once making his first identify protection towards Alvarez.

In the co-main tournament, Badou Jack defended his WBC cruiserweight identify with a majority choice victory over Norair Mikaeljan. Jack (29-3-3, 17 KOs) was once combating for the primary time in two years. His earlier combat was once a 12th-round TKO of Ilunga Junior Makabu to win the belt. Jack was once scheduled to stand Ryan Rozicki, however Rozicki was once compelled to withdraw in early April with an harm suffered all through coaching.

Mikaeljan (27-3, 12 KOs) entered the combat because the WBC champion in recess, and was once driving a four-fight successful streak following a choice loss to Mairis Briedis in November 2018.

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