Canelo Alvarez is still classy

Canelo Alvarez once again becomes the absolute super middleweight champion - Photo: Reuters

In fact, in the past, Canelo Alvarez held this title for many years by unifying all four major belts: WBA, WBO, WBC and IBF. The Mexican boxer had almost no opponents in the super middleweight division. It was not until September last year that he lost the title of "absolute champion" for reasons outside the ring.

The International Boxing Federation (IBF) at that time required Alvarez to fight challenger William Scull. However, he refused to fight Edgar Berlanga, according to the rules, Alvaraz had to give up the IBF belt. But the "farewell" between the boxer born in 1990 and this belt did not last too long. With just one match with William Scull on May 4, he won it back.

It was not an easy match as William Scull was not only a boxer with good technical foundation but also had reasonable tactics for each match. The proof was that in the match, he did not try to attack in a rush. Instead, Scull tried to defend, moved a lot and even had provocative actions hoping that his opponent would make a mistake.

But no matter how many tricks he used, he was still not good enough against the experienced Alvaraz. Alvaraz did not attack many dangerous areas, but instead focused on his opponent's chest and abdomen. This approach helped Alvaraz score easily, while still protecting himself from unexpected attacks.

Although this style of play made the fight somewhat boring, Alvarez succeeded with many heavy punches while William Scull was almost just running around the ring without being able to attack. With the one-sided match, it was not difficult for the judges to score 115-113, 116-112 and 119-109, giving Canelo Alvarez the victory.

This was a match that clearly demonstrated the Mexican boxer's class and experience. His experience was not only shown through his performance on the mat, but also through the way he prepared for the match. According to AS, coach Eddy Reynoso studied William Scull's fighting style very carefully. From there, he came up with a solution for Canelo Alvarez: play calmly, try to score points rather than looking for a knockout.

In addition, he also learned how to adapt quickly to external conditions. This match took place in Saudi Arabia, which has a large time zone difference compared to his home country. Therefore, Canelo Alvarez's team arrived here 3 weeks before the match. On the day of the match, he had to wake up at 3am, practice at 5am and then compete. Careful and thorough preparation helped Canelo Alvarez to best demonstrate his powerful fighting style.

Thanks to that high discipline and seriousness, in his 20-year career, Alvarez has achieved success not only in the super middleweight division. In fact, he is the world champion in 4 different weight classes: light middleweight, middleweight, super middleweight and light heavyweight. With his recent victory over William Scull, Canelo Alvarez showed that he is still very classy.

This September, he will take on another talented fighter, Terence Crawford. Already, the world media is eager for that fight.

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