Canelo alvarez, Mexican professional boxer

Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez made history on Saturday when he knocked out Caleb Plant in the 11th round to become the first undisputed world super-middleweight champion.The 31-year-old added the IBF belt to his WBC, WBA and WBO titles in a winner-takes-all showdown at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas.The Mexican pugilist had a hard time pinning down Plant in the bout. But eventually, a left hook in the 11th round wobbled the American and then a vicious right and left uppercut sent Plant to the canvas for the first time in his career. Alvarez who had smelled the blood then followed up by a thundering right uppercut to stop the native of Tennessee at the 1:05.Canelo Alvarez is only the sixth champion and the first from Mexico to hold every title in the four-belt era, strengthening his status as the world's No 1 fighter.Only five other boxers -- Oleksandr Usyk (cruiserweight), Bernard Hopkins (middleweight), Jermain Taylor (middleweight), Terence Crawford (super-lightweight) and Josh Taylor (super-lightweight) -- have held all four belts.( With inputs from ANI )Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

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Other Sports :Canelo Alvarez knocks Caleb Plant to become first undisputed super-middleweight champion

Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez made history on Saturday when he knocked out Caleb Plant in the 11th round to become the first undisputed world super-middleweight champion. ...