Canelo Álvarez vs. Rocky Fielding

Canelo Álvarez vs. Rocky Fielding

Date	December 15, 2018
Venue	Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.
Tale of the tape
Boxer Saúl Álvarez Rocky Fielding Nickname "Canelo" "Rocky from Stocky" Hometown Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico Liverpool, Merseyside, UK Pre-fight record 50–1–2 (34 KO) 27–1 (15 KO) Age 28 years, 4 months 31 years, 4 months Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) Weight 167+3⁄4 lb (76 kg) 167+1⁄2 lb (76 kg) Style Orthodox Orthodox Recognition WBA (Super), WBC, The Ring and TBRB Middleweight Champion The Ring No. 3 ranked pound-for-pound fighter 2-division world champion WBA (Regular) Super Middleweight Champion The Ring/TBRB No. 9 Ranked Super Middleweight
Result
Álvarez defeated Fielding by 3rd round TKO

Canelo Álvarez vs. Rocky Fielding was a professional boxing match contested on December 15, 2018, for the WBA (Regular) Super middleweight championship.^[1]

On 5 October, Canelo Álvarez wrote on social media that he would next face WBA (Regular) super middleweight title holder, Rocky Fielding on 15 December at Madison Square Garden.^[2] 12 days later, DAZN announced that it had signed a five-year, $365 million deal with Álvarez, under which his next eleven fights would be broadcast in the U.S. by the subscription sports streaming service. The deal would begin with Álvarez vs. Fielding and replace his expired contract with HBO (which had also announced its discontinuation of boxing telecasts).^[3][4]

Fielding had won the Regular title by upsetting Tyron Zeuge in Offenburg the previous July by fifth round TKO.^[5]

Álvarez would dominate the bout, with the taller Fielding not attempting to establish the range but instead he was dropped in each of the first two rounds with left hands to the body. Fielding was able to land some combinations of his own but they lacked the power required to trouble Canelo. A right to the jaw again dropped Fielding in round three, prompting the referee to warn the brit that "one more" would end the bout. Later in the round another left to the body dropped Fielding for the fourth time at which point referee Ricky Gonzalez stopped the bout.^[6]

According to CompuBox, Álvarez would land 73 of 141 (52%) of his punches against just 37 of 183 (20%) of Fielding's^[7][8]

Speaking after the bout said Alvarez "Fortunately for me he came to attack, that was the error he made and I did my thing in there." Fielding would admit he made a tactical error in trading with Canelo saying that "I stood there too long, thought I could mix it with him and shouldn't have, with my height, I should have kept the fight long, at distance. The better man won."^[9]

Confirmed bouts:^[10]

Country	Broadcaster
Latin America	Canal Space
United Kingdom	Sky Sports
United States	DAZN