(CNN) Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez added the WBO super-middleweight belt to his burgeoning collection, defeating Billy Joe Saunders in front of a record-breaking 73,126 crowd inside Texas' AT&T Stadium. The attendance figure set an all-time record for an indoor US boxing event -- breaking the previous record set in 1978 when Muhammad Ali beat Leon Spinks in front of 63,352 at the Louisiana Superdome -- and marked the largest crowd at a sporting event since the pandemic began. Alvarez dominated the opening seven rounds, leading on all three judges' scorecards, before a brutal uppercut in the eighth caused a deep cut under Saunders' right eye and left the Briton unable to come out for the ninth round. Saunders was reportedly taken from the venue by ambulance straight after the fight to have the extent of his injuries assessed.

Source: CNN May 09, 2021 11:37 UTC