Canelo Alvarez finds a much easier target
Dominated in his last fight by Mayweather, the Mexican rebounds to batter outclassed Angulo
Frustrated in his big fight against Floyd Mayweather Jnr, Canelo Alvarez found a much easier target in Alfredo Angulo.
Alvarez battered a game, but outclassed Angulo before stopping him with an uppercut that prompted referee Tony Weeks to move in at 47 seconds of the 10th round of their junior middleweight fight.
Alvarez (43-1-1) never put down Angulo (22-4), but hit him throughout the fight with hard combinations that almost always found their mark. By the middle rounds, the only suspense left was whether Angulo could go the distance.
The fight was in marked contrast to the last bout for Alvarez, who was dominated by Mayweather in the richest bout yet. But while Mayweather was the master of defence, Angulo was there to be hit all night long - and Alvarez did just that.
"Tonight, I was the best fighter and definitely rebounded from the Mayweather fight with my performance," Alvarez said.
Angulo, who was never close to going down, protested when Weeks moved in to stop the fight after a big left uppercut to the head. Before the 10th round began, Angulo's corner had pleaded with the ring doctor to give their fighter one more round to try to turn things around.
"I'm upset because they should have let the fight go on," Angulo said. "I'm fine and I was fighting."