Canelo Álvarez vs. Alfonso Gómez
| Date | 17 September 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Los Angeles, California, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) on the line | WBC super welterweight title | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tale of the tape | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Result | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Álvarez wins via 6th-round TKO | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
National Anthem singers
Entrance performers
Following the showing of each of the main events on the night, fans in attendance will see two post-fight concerts performed by Los Tucanes de Tijuana and El Gran Silencio.[4]
Background
After a successful defense against
Undercard
Preliminary card
- Light Welterweight bout:
Antonio Orozco vs. 
Fernando Rodriguez
- Orozco defeated Rodrigruez by unanimous decision. (60-54 | 60-54 | 60-54)
- Welterweight bout: Hugo Centeno Jr. vs.Willie Walton
- Centeno Jr. defeated Walton by unanimous decision. (40-35 | 39-36 | 39-36 )
- Super Welterweight bout: Ray Rivera vs. Rudy Gonzalez
- Rivera defeated Gonzalez by knockout at 1:26 of the first round.
- Featherweight bout: Mikayl Arreola vs. Juan Sandoval
- Arreola defeated Sandoval by unanimous decision. (58-55 | 58-55 | 57-56)
Result
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.[8] The general consensus (and HBO's take) was that the stoppage was very quick as well.
International broadcasting
| Country | Broadcaster |
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 Argentina |
TyC Sports |
 Australia |
Main Event |
 Belgium |
Be Sport 1 |
 Czech Republic |
Sport 1
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 Denmark |
TV 2 Sport
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 Europe |
Eurosport |
 France |
Canal+ Sport |
 Hungary |
Sport 1
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 Iceland |
Stöð 2 Sport |
 Japan |
WOWOW
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 Malaysia |
Astro SuperSport |
 New Zealand |
Sky
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 Philippines |
Solar Sports |
 Poland |
Polsat Sport |
 Portugal |
Sport TV |
 Russia |
NTV Plus |
 Spain |
Digital+
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 Sweden |
TV10
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 South Africa |
SuperSport |
 United Kingdom |
Primetime |
 United States |
HBO PPV |
References
- ^ BoxRec Boxing Records. Boxrec.com. Retrieved on 2011-07-26.
- ^ (2011-07-26) Alvarez to fight Gomez on Sept. 17. RingTV. Retrieved on 2011-07-26.
- ^ Rafael, Dan. (2011-07-22) | Blog | Saul Alvarez to fight Alfonso Gomez. ESPN. Retrieved on 2011-07-26.
- ^ (2011-07-26) Saul Alvarez, Alfonso Gomez ready for a Mexican War.Boxingscene. Retrieved on 2011-07-26.
- ^ (2011-06-19) Saul Alvarez shuts out then stops Ryan Rhodes. DogHouse Boxing. Retrieved on 2011-07-26.
- ^ (2011-07-08) Saul Alvarez Prepares: Mayorga,Vanes & Gomez eyed.Boxingscene . Retrieved on 2011-07-26.
- ^ Davila, David. (2011-05-22) | Boxing |Alfonso Gomez KOs Calvin Green. TheSweetScience. Retrieved on 2011-07-26.
- ^ Rafael, Dan. (2011-09-18) Saul Alvarez stops Alfonso Gomez. ESPN. Retrieved on 2011-09-18.