Saul Alvarez knocked out Amir Khan with a brutal right hook in the sixth-round to retain his WBC middleweight title at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Khan stepped up two weight divisions to face the fearsome Mexican, and despite an impressive start, in which the Brit could have claimed to have won the first four rounds, Alvarez soon found his range, and clinically ended the fight in the sixth with the devastating right. The ring walk was at 4.15am Khan now has a record of 31 wins with 4 defeats in 35 bouts Alvarez has lost only once in 49 fights ? to Floyd Mayweather Khan had odds as long as 4-1 to win before the bout
The beaten Khan said after the fight: “This is boxing. I wanted to go out there as a champion. I unfortunately didn’t make it to the end but I tried my best.
“This challenge came and it was hard to turn down. I want to be the best.
“I showed my balls by getting in the ring with a big guy.” 31 minutes ago Khan in the ring being interviewed now and thankfully he was fine to talk. Respect to him for taking such a risk in facing Canelo. Khan and his trainer Virgil Hill say that now Golovkin must face Canelo after that bout. 34 minutes ago Alvarez has invited Gennady Golovkin into the ring. What a match up that will be (if it eventually happens). 37 minutes ago With Khan winning the fight, that was a devastating and brutal reminder of how cruel a sport boxing can be. Like Froch against Groves at Wembley – that was a vicious punch which knocked an opponent out cold. Khan is now back on his feet, as Canelo is interviewed in the ring. 41 minutes ago Round 6: Huge, huge right hand and it’s all over. Khan has been knocked out in devastating fashion. No big celebration from Canelo with his opponent needing attention in the ring. an hour ago Round 5: A great round for the fiery Mexican there. Instead of going for the big shots he caught Khan with some clinical right jabs. Khan is cut across his right eye from a left hook. Big round for Canelo. an hour ago Round 4: A grin across Khan’s face as Canelo misses again. Khan hits him with a solid right hook with 40 seconds left of the round and he is looking so sharp. He did start brilliantly against Danny Garcia though. So will need to keep his concentration. an hour ago Round 3: Canelo continues to play the role of the hunter but he can’t stop the fast hands of Khan so far. Canelo almost looks confused and keeps trying for the big blockbuster shot every time. This could easily be scored 3-0 to Khan. Fantastic start. an hour ago Round 2: Canelo on the front foot more in the second, but Khan catches him again with a lovely combo. Canelo hasn’t caught Khan at full pelt yet, but my word is he trying. What an intriguing fight this is. Khan just about takes the second too. Canelo bruised under both eyes. an hour ago Round 1: A cracking combo from Khan lands in the first minute. Canelo then lands a couple of sweet left jabs. The Brit shades the first round.
