Photos: Canelo bests Scull to regain undisputed title, Crawford fight confirmed

Saul “Canelo” Alvarez grew to become a two-time undisputed champion, defeating William Scull on Might 3 (ET), dwell from ANB Enviornment in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The Mexican boxing star as soon as once more collected all 4 main belts at 168 lbs, retaining his unified WBA, WBC, and WBO titles, and regaining the IBF strap, dethroning his opponent from Cuba alongside the way in which.

The scheduled 12-round tremendous middleweight bout went the complete distance. Canelo (63-2-2, 39 KOs) took the victory over Scull (23-1, 9 KOs) by unanimous resolution. The judges scored the combat 115-113, 116-112, and 119-109.

In his subsequent combat, scheduled for September 12 in Las Vegas, Canelo Alvarez is about to face Terence Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs). The unbeaten two-division undisputed champion of Omaha, NE, entered the ring, and the 2 went face-to-face for the primary time.

The Canelo vs Crawford showdown is about to be the primary TKO boxing occasion co-promoted by UFC CEO Dana White and Turki Alalshikh, Saudi Arabia’s Minister and Chairman of the Normal Leisure Authority, who introduced it on social media.

Badou Jack retains title in opposition to Noel Mikaelian

Within the co-feature to Canelo vs Scull, Badou Jack (29-3-3, 17 KOs) took a majority resolution over Noel Mikaelian (27-3, 12 KOs) to retain his WBC cruiserweight title. The scores had been 114-114, 115-113, and 115-113.

Sweden’s three-division champion Jack was reinstated as champion in late 2024 after Armenia’s former champion Mikaelian was declared “champion in recess” as a result of inactivity. Mikaelian took the combat, changing Jack’s initially scheduled opponent, Ryan Rozicki, who withdrew as a result of damage.

Jaime Munguia takes revenge on Bruno Surace

Amongst different Canelo vs Scull outcomes, Mexico’s Jaime Munguia (45-2, 35 KOs) took revenge on Bruno Surace (26-1-2, 5 KOs) of France by unanimous resolution at tremendous middleweight. The judges scored the 12-round combat 116-112, 117-111, and 117-111.

With the victory, former tremendous welterweight champion Munguia rebounded from a six-round knockout defeat of their first combat in late 2024. Former European middleweight champion Surace recorded his first defeat.

Efe Ajagba vs Martin Bakole ends in draw

In the primary card opener, Efe Ajagba (20-1-1, 14 KOs) of Nigeria and Martin Bakole (21-2-1, 16 KOs) of Congo fought to a majority draw. After 10 rounds at heavyweight, two judges scored the combat 95-95, whereas one decide scored it 96-94 in favor of Ajagba.

On Canelo vs Scull prelims

Atop the prelims, Brayan Leon (7-0, 6 KOs) of Cuba defeated Aaron Rocha Guerrero (11-4-1, 7 KOs) of Mexico through 60-54 factors resolution after six rounds at gentle heavyweight. Within the fourth spherical, Leon landed a knockdown.

Richard Riakporhe (18-1, 14 KOs) of London dropped Argentina’s Kevin Nicolas Espindola (9-10, 4 KOs) within the fourth spherical en path to victory by RTD. Espindola’s nook pulled their fighter earlier than the beginning of the fifth spherical. Riakporhe bounced again from a unanimous resolution defeat to Chris Billam-Smith final June, whereas Espindola had his two-fight profitable streak snapped.

Paris 2024 Silver medalist Marco Verde (1-0, 1 KO) efficiently debuted as a professional, dropping Michel Galvan Polina (4-6-3, 2 KOs) twice on his method to victory by TKO. The all-Mexican matchup was halted at 1:34 into the opening spherical.

Kicking off the motion, unbeaten native Mohammed Alakel (4-0) defeated Alexander Morales (6-14-5, 2 KOs) through a 60-54 factors resolution in a six-rounder at light-weight.