Canelo Alvarez and Edgar Berlanga will meet tonight in the principle occasion, reside on DAZN PPV in Las Vegas, Nevada. The occasion begins at 8 pm ET/4 pm PT. Berlanga desires to make a reputation for himself by beating King Canelo and taking his spot on the throne.
Tonight’s reside outcomes will likely be offered under.
Welterweight Ricardo Salas (20-2, 15 KOs) scored a stunning third-round knockout of the big-punching Roman Villa (26-3, 24 KOs) in a battle scheduled for ten rounds.
Villa had been dominating the competition together with his onerous pictures within the first two rounds and appeared like he was on his option to victory. Nevertheless, within the third, Villa was caught with a tough proper hand from Salas whereas unloading on him in opposition to the ropes.
Salas adopted up with a left that dropped Villa onerous on the canvas. Referee Mike Ortega counted out Villa. The time of the stoppage was at 2:06 of the third.
Villa’s loss was his second consecutive. In his earlier battle on July eighth final yr, he was knocked out within the tenth spherical by Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis.
In hindsight, Villa ought to have boxed Salas just a little extra earlier than going for the kill, however that’s how he fights. Villa is a brawler and paid the value for that model tonight.
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If the Brooklyn, New York native can pull off an upset, followers will get their cash’s value for tonight’s $89.99 occasion on PPV.
On the undercard, Caleb Plant and Trevor McCumby will battle for the WBA interim tremendous middleweight title. Former IBF 168-lb champion Plant (22-2, 13 KOs) is the favourite, however he’s failed repeatedly when stepping up in opposition to the massive canines, and he’s been inactive for lengthy stretches since shedding to Canelo three years in the past.
McCumby may pull off a minor upset in opposition to Plant and sprint his cussed hopes of getting a rematch in opposition to Canelo.
The Prime Undercard Fights
– Erislandy Lara vs. Danny Garcia
– Caleb Plant vs. Trevor McCumby
– Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero vs. Manuel Jaimes
– Stephen Fulton vs. Carlos Castro
Occasion data
Occasion Time: 8:00 p.m. ET /4:00 p.m. PT and 1:00 a.m within the UK for Sunday morning.
The principle occasion ringwalks are (roughly) at 11:00 p.m. ET /7:00 p.m. PT and 4:00 a.m. UK time.
