This past Saturday, a Super Welterweight unification bout between Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez and Austin 'No Doubt' Trout took place. The fight was at The Alamodome in San Antonio Texas, in where over 38,000 fans were on hand to see the match. Early in the rounds, it seemed that Trout was outboxing Canelo, by utilizing his jab as the main punch of choice for the WBA champ. Canelo displayed Pernell Whittaker-esque defense in the middle rounds by dodging, bobbing and weaving out of Trout's offense.
Canelo would drop Trout with a straight right in the beginning of the 7th round, where it was clear that Canelo was landing the harder punches. Trout put up a valiant effort as he continued to try to outbox the WBC champ, but Canelo would prove to be too powerful for Trout. Despite not displaying his awesome combination assault, Canelo would display good defense along with good power. In the end the fight would reach 12 rounds, where Alvarez would outpoint Trout by scores of 115-112, 116-111, and a horrible, 118-109, to get the unanimous decision victory. Canelo is now the unified Super Welterweight Champion, and is the one boxer to beat in the 154 pound division, enough said.
On Saturday Night, Danny Garcia faced Zab Judah to try and defend his WBC/WBA Championship title. Garcia and Judah gave the fans at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn New York a heck of a fight. Garcia outboxed and out slugged the aging Judah in the 1st half of the fight. Zab was a bit gun shy, not utilizing his left to often. Danny put an exclamation to the bout as he landed a big right hook that wobbled Judah putting him in survival mode in the 5th round. Garcia finally put Judah to the canvas in the 8th round with a huge overhand right counter that landed on Zab producing a cut underneath Judah's left eye. From that point on it seemed that it would be a matter of time before Garcia can put away Judah, but Judah showed a lot of heart and determination as he would not only survive, but also hurt Danny in the later rounds. Both fighters would be forced to fight with cuts and blood running down their faces throughout the duration of the fight. In the end it would be to late of a rally as Zab would come up short losing on a unanimous decision. Judges scored it, 115-112, 114-112, 116-111, all for the winner, Danny Garcia, who is still clearly the man to beat in the Junior Lightweight division. Zab Judah on the other hand, kept his name relevant by his late round heroics. Time will tell what is to come to both these fighters that produced a fan friendly affair in Brooklyn New York.
