Canelo Alvarez won the WBO Light Heavyweight title with a 11th round knockout over Sergey Kovalev at The MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

It was a tactical fight with Kovalev throwing nothing but jabs, while Canelo was looking to counter hard shots. Kovalev was effective, especially early with that strategy as he was able to keep Canelo at bay.

Canelo seemed to get a little closer in the middle rounds with his counter shots. Kovalev rebounded nicely as he started throwing some power shots.

In round 11, Alvarez landed a left to the chin that stunned Kovalev badly. That was followed up by a crushing right that slumped Kovalev between the bottom and 2nd ropes, and referee Russell Mora stopped the fight immediately at 2;15.

Alvarez, who won a title in his 4th weight division, checked in at 174 1/2 lbs, and the Guadalajara, MEX native is now 53-1-2 with 36 knockouts. Kovalev, 175 lbs of Russia is 34-4-1.

Ryan Garcia made an emphatic statement as he stopped Romero Duno in the 1st round of their scheduled 12-round lightweight bout.

Garcia landed a big right that was followed up by a left that sent Duno on his pants, and the fight was stopped at 1:38.

Garcia, 135 lbs of Victorville, CA is 19-0 with 16 knockouts. Duno, 135 lbs of Los Angeles, CA is 21-2.

Seniesa Estrada defeated Marlen Esparza via technical decision after round nine in a battle of undefeated flyweights to win the WBA Interim Flyweight title.

In round five, the two clashed head very hard and a deep cut opened up on the forehead of Esparza. Estrada was more active and slowly beat down Esparza. With the cut deepening, Estrada could not continue after the 9th round.

Estrada, 110.5 lbs of East Los Angeles won by scores of 90-81, 89-82 and 88-83 to raise her mark to 18-0. Esparza, 111 lbs of Houston, Texas is 7-1.

Blair Cobbs remained undefeated with a stoppage after round six over Carlos Ortiz in a welterweight fight

In round one, Ortiz caught Cobbs with left to the head that forced the glove of Cobbs to hit the canvas for a knockdown.

In round six, Cobbs dropped Ortiz hard with a hard overhand left. Cobbs landed a nice body combination in the round and the could have been the stoppage flurry as Ortiz quit in the corner after the round citing pain in his rib area.

Cobbs, 147 lbs of Las Vegas is 13-0-1 with nine knockouts. Cobbs, 146 lbs of Mexico is 11-5.

The son of the legend, Evan Holyfield needed just 16 seconds to stop Nick Winstead in Holyfield’s pro debut in a scheduled four-round middleweight fight.

Holyfield, 154 lbs of Atlanta is 1-0 with one knockout. Winstead, 156 lbs of Albita Springs, LA is 0-2.

Bakhram Murtazaliev won a 12-round unanimous decision over Jorge Fortea in a junior middleweight elimination bout.

In round four, Murtazaliev had swelling around his left eye. That seemed to wake him as he stated to up his punch rate and came home with the victory by scores of 120-108, 119-109 and 118-110.

Murtazaliev, 154 lbs of Grozny, RUS is 17-0. Forte, 153.5 lbs of Sueca, SPA is 20-2-1.

Tristan Kalkreuth won a four-round unanimous decision over Twon Smith in a cruiserweight bout.

Kalkreuth, 188 lbs of Arlington, TX won by scores of 40-36 twice and 39-37 to got to 3-0. Smith, 188.5 lbs of Oklahoma City is 3-4.

Meirim Nursaltanov won a 10-round unanimous decision over Cristian Olivas in a middleweight bout.

Nursaltanov, 160 lbs of Merki, KAZ won by scores of 100-90 on all cards and is now 13-0. Olivas, 160 lbs of Mexicali. MC is 16-6.

Follow all the action as Canelo Alvarez tries to win a world title in his 4th weight division when he takes on WBO Light Heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev from the MGM in Las Vegas. The action kicks off at 6:30 PM and the undercard will feature Ryan Garcia

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Round 1 Kovalev jabbing..Continuing to jab,

Round 2 Jab from Kovalev…Good Jab.. Alvarez..Good combination..Counter right to the body….  16-129 for Kovalev….15-41 for Alvarez through 2 rounds

Round 3 Counter right from Alvarez..Jab….Good left..

Round 4 Left hook from Alvarez..Left to body from Kovalev..Body shot from Alvarez

Round 5 Jab from Alvarez…Hard body shot..Left hook..Good body shot from Kovalev..Jab to the head..Body shot

Round 6 Hook to head from Alvarez..right to body  64-56 punches landed for Canelo through round 6

Round 7 Jab from Kovalev

Round 8 Hard jab from Kovalev..Body shot..Hook from Alvarez.

Round 9 Good jab. from Kovalev..Straight right..Hook fro Canelo…Jab from Kovalev..Hard body shot from Alvarez..Double jab from Kovalev..

Round 10 Alvarez lands a right in the corner..left to the body..uppercut..Canelo up 113-111 in punches landed

Round 11 Canelo lands a right..Hook from Kovalev..Body shot from Alvarez…Good right..BIG RIGHT AND DOWN GOES KOVALEV…FIGHT OVER

Round 1 Hook from Garcia..Hard right shakes Duno…HUGE RIGHT AND DOWN GOES DUNO…FIGHT OVER

Round 1 Good hook from Estrada..Body shot..Left hook..Thudding right from Esparza..Good jab..Right to body..Estrada lands a counter hook and body shot

Round 2 Estrada lands a straight right..Check hook from Esparza..Check hook from Estrada..Straight right from Esparza..Body shot from Estrada..

Round 3  Good right from Esparza..Estrada lands a left and right..Left hook from Esparza..Jab from Estrada

Round 4 Hard left from Estrada snaps Esparza’s head back

Round 5 Right from Esparza..Body shot..Body shot from Estrada…Straight right from Esparza…Esparza is cut bad on her forehead..The cut is deep..Bad Headbutt

Round 6 Big left hook from Estrada..Body shot..Hard right

Round 7 Left from Esparza..

Round 8 Hard right by Esparza..

Round 9 Estrada continuing to land…Esparaza lookes tired….ESPARZA SAYS SHE CAN’T SEE ANYMORE AND THE FIGHT IS OVER

Round 1 Left from Ortiz..Straight left..Left..LEFT HAND AND COBBS GLOVE HOTS THE CANVAS

Round 2 Combination from Cobbs…Power jab from Ortiz..Left from Cobbs..Jab..

Round 3  Jab from Cobbs..Counter left..Body shot

Round 4 Jab from Cobbs…Body shot from Ortiz..Body shot from Cobbs

Round 5 Good left from Cobbs..Combination to the body

Round 6 BIG LEFT AND DOWN GOES ORTIZ..Good left…Let to top of head..Body from Ortiz..Blood from nose of Cobbs..Hard hook from Cobbs..FIGHT IS STOPPED IN THE CORNER..ORTIZ SAYS HIS RIBS ARE HURT

Round 1  HOLYFIELD COMES OUT STRONG AND DROPS WINSTEAD…FIGHT IS OVER

Round 1 Good right from Murtaaliev..Right from Fortea

Round 2  Right from Fortea..Big left hook..left to body..Body..Sharp counter combo from Murtazaliev

Round 3 Good body shot from Fortea

Round 4 Swelling and a cut around the left eye of Murtazaliev..Good counter from Fortea

Round 5 Combination from Murtazaliev..Right from Fortea

Round 6  Left from Murtazaliev..Good body shot..Nice right from Fortea..Body shot and overhand right from Fortea..Good right from Murtazaliev..

Round 7 Good right to the body from Murtazaliev..Nice left..left..Good right to the chest

Round 8 Counter right from Murtazaliev

Round 9 Chopping right from Murtazaliev..Right

Round 10 Good right from Fortea..Left hook from Murtazaliev

Round 11 Counter right from Murtazaliev..Hard jab and right hand..

Round 12 Good right to body from Fortea..Check left hook

120-108..119-109..118-110…Murtazaliev

Round 1 Right from Kalkreuth..Hard right..Right to body from Smith

Round 2 Kalkreuth lands a hard left and right

Round 3 Good shots from Smith..Right from Kalkreuth..Big right from Smith..

Round 4  Counter from Kalkreuth..Good right..Straight right from Smith

40-36 TWICE AND 39-37 FOR KALKREUTH

Round 1 Left from Nursultanov
Round 2 Combination from Nursultanov..Double jab to the body
Round 3 Good body shot from Olivas..Good counter left from Nursaltanov…Right and left from Olivas..Straight left from Nursaltanov..Body shot and straight right
Round 4 Quick right from Nursaltanov
Round 5 Body shot hurts Olivas..
Round 6  Right from Nursaltanov
Round 7   Body shot from Olivas..Another body shot
Round 8  Body shot from Nursaltanov
Round 9 Nursaltanov driving Olivas back
Round 10 Nice body shot backs Olivas up..Good right hand

100-90 on all cards for Nursaltanov