Fight Reveiw: Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez v Alfredo 'El Perro' Angulo

Ringside by Miguel Maravilla

In a clash between two Mexican warriors, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, of Guadalajara, and Alfredo “El Perro” Angulo, of Mexicali, gave the fans plenty to make noise about, Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Displaying great hand speed and power, Canelo took it to Angulo for ten rounds, before the bout was stopped in controversial fashion by referee Tony Weeks.

Canelo landed a clean left hook on ”Perro” in the opening seconds of the fight in round one to start things off, tagging a slow-starting Angulo with power punches throughout the round. The hand speed was evident in the second round as Alvarez landed a series of effective combinations on Angulo.

In round three, Angulo got started as he closed the gap, but Canelo continued to be effective with his hand speed and combinations, momentarily rocking Angulo. “Perro” continued to come forward in the fourth round despite getting tagged by Alvarez’s hand speed and combinations.

Alvarez continued to outbox in the fifth, using his jab and circling an increasingly aggressive Angulo. Canelo’s jab blinded Angulo, and solid straight rights rocked his head back time and time again.

The sixth round was all boxing for Alvarez as he jabbed and countered the increasingly battered Angulo, who continued to press though he seemed to be wearing down. El Perro showed heart despite getting outworked by Alvarez, who continued to press by outboxing his foe.

In round eight, Alvarez did his own version of the rope-a-dope when Angulo backed him up to fire away. Canelo weathered the storm, then turned it around,  unloading a series of combinations and going toe to toe, while everyone in the arena cheered on.

Alvarez countered Angulo’s aggression in round nine by tagging him with huge punches. By the tenth, as Angulo’s face swelled, ref Weeks had seen enough. After one of Canelo’s uppercuts snapped Angulo’s head back, Weeks stepped in to stop the fight at 47 seconds of the round, causing a mixture of boos and cheers throughout the arena.

With the win, Alzarez rebounds from his decision loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr., improving his record to 43-1-1, 31 KOs. Angulo gave Canelo all he can handle, but drops to to 22-4, 18 KOs, suffering his second straight loss.