Canelo Álvarez beats Edgar Berlanga to retain unified super middleweight championship – as it happened

09/15/2024 01:05 AM

• Mexican star wins by lopsided unanimous decision
• Álvarez defends WBC, WBO and WBA titles at 168lbs

The fighters have been announced by ring announcer Jimmy Lennon Jr. The final instructions have been given by referee Harvey Dock, the seconds are out and we'll pick it up with round-by-round coverage from here!

... and here come the fighters making their entrances onto the T-Mobile Arena floor. First out of the tunnel is the challenger, Edgar Berlanga, making the long walk to the ring encircled by an entourage that includes the rappers Fat Joe and Arcángel, who is performing Flow Cabrón. And now here comes Canelo, clad in a brown and orange Dolce & Gabbana pancho-style robe, calmly walking to the ring alongside the singer JOP. It's a relatively muted ringwalk for the champion given his track record for pyrotechnics. Both are in the ring. Not much longer now.