Canelo Alvarez vs. Jermell Charlo live round-by-round updates, official results

Canelo Alvarez vs. Jermell Charlo: LIVE round-by-round updates, official results and full coverage of the super middleweight championship fight in Las Vegas.

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Super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez dropped and defeated overmatched Jermell Charlo by a one-sided decision to retain his titles.

The official scores were 119-108, 118-109 and 118-109. Boxing Junkie also scored it 118-109 for Alvarez, 10 rounds to two.

Alvarez (60-2-2, 39 KOs) applied overwhelming pressure on Charlo (35-2-1, 19 KOs) from the second round on, consistently landing punishing blows to the head and body.

Charlo, who had moved up two divisions for the fight, tried to move and pepper Alvarez with quick blows to keep him at bay but he didn’t throw enough punches or have enough power to earn Alvarez’s respect.

Alvarez put Charlo down in Round 7, when a straight right dazed the challenger and forced him to take a knee.

Charlo survived that punch and proved to be both durable and clever enough to last the entire 12 rounds against a naturally bigger man, which many believed would be difficult.

The victory was particularly gratifying for Alvarez, who many suggested was in decline after sub-par performances in his previous three fights.

You can read a full report here.

Round 1

Mostly a feel-out round, as neither guy did much. Charlo jabbed a little. Alvarez probably won the round with a few body shots, one particularly hard one about two minutes into the fight.

Round 2

Strong round for Alvarez. The champion has already cut off the ring, as Charlo isn’t giving him a reason to back off. As a result, he landed a number of eye-catching power shots in the second round. Not a good start for Charlo.

Round 3

More of the same. Charlo moved a little more and was somewhat busier but Alvarez stayed in Charlo’s face and landed some hard, accurate shots to the head and body. Charlo is going to have to adjust or he will have big problems.

Round 4

Better round for Charlo, who landed several good power shots that got Alvarez’s attention. They didn’t slow him down, though. Alvarez kept coming, kept firing off ill-intended shots and landed many of them.

Round 5

Charlo had some good moments — a combination late in the round was particularly impressive — but he can’t change