Canelo Álvarez threw a Garden party Saturday night. Alvarez landed dozens of body punches, knocking down Rocky Fielding four times and stopping him in the third round to earn his third weight class title, taking the W.B..A super middleweight belt. middleweight titles, Alvarez could hear chants of “Canelo! “That was the plan in the gym, to hit the body and then move up, and that’s the result,” Alvarez said through an interpreter. And Alvarez, 28, says he is headed back to the 160-pound class he rules, with possibly a third go with Golovkin in 2019.

Source: New York Times December 16, 2018 18:30 UTC