Una izquierda letal al higado en el noveno asalto, envio a la lona por tercera vez a Liam Slim, para que el Mexicano Saul Canelo Alvarez se impusiera en Arlington Texas y se quedra con el cinturon de los medianos de la OMB, que exponia el invicto peleador britanico.
Alvarez, quien tiene como planes para el 2017 una pelea ante GGG Genady Golovkin, fue ovacionado por mas de 51 mil fanaticos que coreaban su nombre y fueron testigos de su nocaut numero 34 en 48 victorias.
Fue la primera pelea de Canelo Alvarez en la division mediana 154 libras, desde que perdiera con Floyd Mayweather Jr. en el 2013 en las 152 libras.
ARLINGTON, Texas — He shriveled on the canvas like a fish out of water.
Liam Smith contorted his back, seemingly to ease the pain. He let out a primal scream through his mouth guard, his legs flailing. There was no escape.
The devastating left hook to the liver that ended the fight — and scored a third knockdown — sounded like a gunshot from ringside. Canelo Alvarez knew right away that it was a fight-ending punch. He calmly walked over to the opposite corner, jumped up on the ring post and crossed his arms while 51,420 of his adoring Mexican fans cried with joy.
Alvarez (48-1-1, 34 KOs) claimed the WBO junior middleweight title from Smith after referee Luis Pabon waved the fight off at 2:28 of the ninth round on Saturday at AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys.
The HBO pay-per-view main event on Mexican Independence Day weekend was Alvarez’s first fight at junior middleweight since he was outclassed by Floyd Mayweather in 2013 at a 152-pound catch-weight.
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