Canelo Álvarez vs. Alfonso Gómez

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Star Power Los Angeles
DateSeptember 17, 2011
Venue Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Title(s) on the line WBC super welterweight title
Tale of the tape
Boxer Flag of Mexico.svg Saúl Álvarez Flag of Mexico.svg Alfonso Gómez
Nickname "Canelo"
Hometown Tlajomulco de Zuñiga, Jalisco, Mexico Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Pre-fight record 37–0–1 (27 KO) 23–4–2 (12 KO)
Age 21 years, 1 month 30 years, 10 months
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 153.6 lb (70 kg) 152.6 lb (69 kg)
Style Orthodox Orthodox
Recognition WBC
Super Welterweight Champion
The Ring
No. 3 Ranked Light Middleweight
WBC
No. 7 Ranked Super Welterweight
Result
Álvarez wins via 6th-round TKO

Canelo Álvarez vs. Alfonso Gómez was a professional boxing match contested on 17 September 2011, for the WBC super welterweight championship. [1] The fight took place at Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, United States on 17 September 2011 as part of the Victor Ortiz vs. Floyd Mayweather pay-per-view broadcast. The Mayweather-Ortiz fight took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada taking place on the Mexican Independence weekend. [2] Fans at Staples Center were able to see the live feed from Las Vegas and also see Canelo Alvarez fight live that night, and the people in Las Vegas could see the live feed from the Canelo fight in the Staples Center. [3]

Contents

Background

After a successful defense against Britain's Ryan Rhodes in his hometown of Guadalajara, Jalisco, [4] Alvarez had various options to who defend his world title against next. [5] Former Contender Alfonso Gomez had recently stopped Calvin Green in two rounds, and sent out a challenge to the young champion soon after his victory at the Morongo Casino, Resort & Spa in California. His plan was to contend at Welterweight unless he could get a shot at Canelo. [6]

The fight

Alvarez kept his 154-pound title belt, stopping Gomez at 2:36 of the sixth round. Alvarez knocked down Gomez with a compact left hook late in the first round as more of a balance knockdown while the round was slow up to that point. Gomez rallied in the next few rounds and hung in with the hard-punching Alvarez, outworking and outlanding him by a large margin and giving him problems with his in-and-out movement, his jab, and combination punching. Gomez looked to be winning from the 2nd round to the first half of the 5th round. Alvarez seemingly was coming on in the second half of the fifth round, and he stopped Gomez near the end of the 6th, with a nasty uppercut stunning Gomez and a follow-up flurry forcing the stoppage. Gomez thought referee Wayne Hedgpeth stopped the fight too soon, with Alvarez raining blows on Gomez for about six seconds, but not many getting through his defense. [7] The general consensus (and HBO's take) was that the stoppage was very quick as well.

Aftermath

Following the showing of each of the main events on the night, fans in attendance saw two post-fight concerts performed by Los Tucanes de Tijuana and El Gran Silencio. [8]

Undercard

Confirmed bouts: [9]

Preliminary card

International broadcasting

CountryBroadcaster
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina TyC Sports
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Main Event
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Be Sport 1
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Sport 1
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark TV 2 Sport
Flag of Europe.svg  Europe Eurosport
Flag of France.svg  France Canal+ Sport
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Sport 1
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland Stöð 2 Sport
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan WOWOW
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Astro SuperSport
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Sky
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Solar Sports
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Polsat Sport
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Sport TV
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia NTV Plus
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Digital+
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden TV10
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa SuperSport
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Primetime
Flag of the United States.svg  United States HBO PPV

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Preceded by Canelo Álvarez's bouts
17 September 2011
Succeeded by
Preceded by
vs. Calvin Green
Alfonso Gómez's bouts
17 September 2011
Succeeded by