Alvarez Overwhelms Fielding In Third For Supermiddlweight Title
Zeeshan Mehtab Published December 16, 2018 | 01:30 PM
New York, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 16th Dec, 2018 ) :Mexican superstar Saul "Canelo" Alvarez brutally overpowered England's Rocky Fielding with a dominant display on his New York City debut Saturday to become a three-weight world champion.
Alvarez, who is the reigning World Boxing Council and World Boxing Association middleweight world champion following his thrilling victory over Gennady Golovkin in September, had little trouble in moving up in weight class and defeating Fielding, who held a second tier version of the WBA's super-middleweight title.
Alvarez sent Fielding to the canvas in the very first round with a crunching body shot and remained in complete control. He delivered a similar punch in the second which was also too much for the Englishman to take.
Fielding just didn't have the power to compete, and when he was knocked down two further times in the third, referee Ricky Gonzalez stopped the fight with 22 seconds left of the round.
It was a brave effort from the 31 year-old from Liverpool, who deserves great credit for accepting the task of entering the ring against the brilliant flame-haired Mexican, who extended his record to 51-1-2 with 35 knockouts in his first appearance since signing a record-breaking 11-fight, $365 million contract with sports streaming service DAZN.
Fielding, coming into the bout with just one defeat from 28, had won his previous six fights, including a memorable victory over Germany's Tyron Zeuge in July which brought him world title glory.
Yet the proud and rangy Liverpudlian, who possessed a five-inch height and reach advantage, was unable to cope with his opponent's supreme speed and punch power.
Fighting in the famed Madison Square Garden arena for the first time in front of a vocal pro-Mexican crowd, Alvarez didn't disappoint.
The 28 year-old wasted no time in making his mark and when Fielding fell to his knees following a left to the body in the first there only looked like being one winner.
Fielding enjoyed some success but wasn't using his height to his advantage. Alvarez soaked everything up before sending his opponent down once more in the second with another crunching blow to the ribs.
With 40 seconds left of the third, Fielding was down once again and although he recovered, just moments later Alvarez knocked him down for a fourth and final time.
The Mexican, competing in his second fight since completing a six month ban for testing positivefor a banned substance in March has vowed to drop back down to middleweight next year, which couldsee a potential third fight with Golovkin become an exciting reality.
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