| 17 September 2011
Alvarez and Gomez are about to make their way to the ring for the last undercard fight of the evening. Here comes Gomez now. Alvarez follows, wearing a gold robe that looks more like a blouse.
Both fighters are in the ring. We are now awaiting Joe Martinez's introductions. Gomez's record is 24-3-2 with 12 KOs while Canelo is 37-0-1 with 27 KOs.
Here we go.
Round 1
They square off in the center. Gomez goes in with the jab early. Saul is waiting to to throw more punches. Saul comes in and throws a mean left hook. Not sure if it made it through the gloves. Gomez lands a right hook. Saul comes back with a straight right plus a straight to the body. Gomez lands a straight right hand. Saul hammers the jab and a short left hook and Gomez goes down. He makes it up but looks slightly hurt.
Parker: 10-8 Alvarez
Tylwalk: 10-9 Alvarez
Round 2
The replay shows it was actually a quick jab that caused the knockdown. Gomez is looking to get inside early in round 2. Saul is using nice movement to get out of the way and land counters. Gomez goes to the body. Gmoez lands a straight right. Saul lands two shots to the body. Gomez lands two hooks upstairs. Gomez throws a left but misses. Saul lands a stiff jab. They trade right hooks to end round.
Parker: 10-9 Alvarez
Tylwalk: 10-9 Gomez
Round 3
They meet in the center once again. Saul eats a couple straight. Gomez answers with a good flurry upstairs. Saul steals the round back with an quick and hard combo of hooks. Gomez lands two left hooks the body. Gomez is going to work in this round. He's landing punches at will. Saul looks hesitant. Gomez ends the round with a nice combo.
Parker: 10-9 Gomez
Tylwalk: 10-9 Gomez
Round 4
They trade punches to start round 4. Tough to tell who's getting the best of these exchanges. Gomez has Saul against the ropes. Gomez is landing overhand right hands. Saul comes back but misses. Gomez lands upstairs again. Saul lands a right hook. Now an uppercut. They trade hooks and uppercuts. They trade down the stretch. Close round.
Parker: 10-9 Gomez
Tylwalk: 10-9 Gomez
Round 5
Saul is taking more punches in this fight than I've ever seen him take. Saul is trying to take more rounds. He starts a combo. Gomez answers back with quick punches set up by his jab. Saul is trying to counter, but his counters are missing. It's more a testament to Gomez's slick movement. Saul isn't letting his hands go and Gomez is looking good with movement and punches.
Parker: 10-9 Gomez
Tylwalk: 10-9 Gomez
Round 6
Alvarez is moving around the parameter of the ring. Gomez lunges in with with a right hook. Alvarez dodges. Saul lands a nice right hand and Gomez covers up. Neither fighters have done much in this round. There's a lot of missed punches. Saul lands a big right uppercut and a big right hand. Gomez is hurt. Gomez backs into the ropes and covers up. Saul is looking to knock Gomez out. Gomez is taking punches from every angle. A body hook, an uppercut, left and right hooks. The ref steps in and it's all over.
The winner by TKO at 2:36 into round 6, still WBC light middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez
