CANELO ALVAREZ set up his unification clash with Billy Joe Saunders by destroying Avni Yildirim in three brutal rounds.
The Turkish challenger was a 14/1 shots with many bookies – and those odds didn’t lie as he was blitzed.
Yildirim was asked by his corner if he was ok as he sat on his stool at the end of the third – he answered ‘yes’ but all that changed in a few seconds as his corner waved it off.
Canelo has spoken of how he wants four fights this year – and No2 is set to be against Brit Saunders in May.
The one-sided battering of Yildirim came just over two months since Canelo easily outpointed Liverpool’s Callum Smith to win the WBA super and WBC super-middleweight belts.
It was a decent exchange in the opening round – Canelo nodding his head at Yildirim as if to thank him for lasting the three minutes.
It wasn’t long until Yildirim was feeling Canelo’s power in the second, noticeably stumbling backwards a couple of times as the shots rained into the bread basket.
And the brave Turkish fighter was on the canvas after a beautiful right hand – but got to his feet quickly in the third.
Then followed shots raining in from all angles as Yildirim, who was KO'd by Chris Eubank Jr in 2017, was a rabbit in headlights.
And it was a rabbit Canelo was determined to run straight through in order to defend his world titles.
More to follow…
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