Who won Canelo vs Smith?

Canelo Alvarez beat Liam Smith by knockout in the 9th round on Saturday 17th September 2016 at AT&T Stadium in Texas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 154 pounds (11 stone or 69.8 KG).

This contest was for the WBO super welterweight championship of the world.

Canelo vs Smith stats

Liam Smith stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 23 wins, zero loses and 1  draw, 13 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Canelo Alvarez made his way to the ring with a record of 47 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw, with 33 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Canelo had advantage in power over Smith, with a 70% knock out percentage over Smith's 57%.

Liam Smith was the older man by 2 years, at 34 years old.

Both Liam Smith & Canelo Alvarez fought out of an orthodox stance.

Smith was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 25 less fights, and made his debut in 2008, 2 year and 11 months later than Canelo, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 228 less professional rounds, 232 to Canelo's 460.

Canelo Alvarez was ranked number 1 by the WBO in the 154lb division.

Canelo vs Smith form

Smith had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beat Hassan Mwakinyo on 3rd September 2022 by technical knockout in the 4th round at Echo Arena, Liverpool, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had beat Jessie Vargas on 30th April 2022 by technical knockout in the 10th round at Madison Square Garden, New York, United States.

Going into that contest, he had won against Anthony Fowler on 9th October 2021 by technical knockout in the 8th round at Echo Arena, Merseyside, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had been beaten by Magomed Kurbanov on 7th May 2021 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at KRK “Uralets”, Ekaterinburg, Russia.

He had beat Roberto Garcia on 20th December 2019 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Talking Stick Resort Arena, Arizona, United States.

Canelo had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 4 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Caleb Plant on 6th November 2021 by knockout in the 11th round in their WBC World Super Middleweight, WBA Super World Super Middleweight, IBF World Super Middleweight and WBO World Super Middleweight championship fight at MGM Grand, Grand Garden Arena, Nevada, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Billy Joe Saunders on 8th May 2021 by technical knockout in the 8th round in their WBC World Super Middleweight, WBA Super World Super Middleweight, WBO World Super Middleweight and The Ring Super Middleweight championship fight at AT&T Stadium, Arlington.

Going into that contest, he had won against Avni Yildirim on 27th February 2021 by technical knockout in the 3rd round in their WBC World Super Middleweight, WBA Super World Super Middleweight and The Ring Super Middleweight championship fight at Hard Rock Stadium, Florida.

Before that, he had defeated Callum Smith on 19th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their WBC World Super Middleweight and WBA Super World Super Middleweight championship fight at Alamodome, Texas.

He had beat Sergey Kovalev on 2nd November 2019 by technical knockout in the 11th round in their WBO World Light heavyweight championship fight at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Liam Smith had been fighting more than Canelo Alvarez.

Going to this contest, Liam Smith had last fought 6 months and 28 days ago, while Canelo Alvarez's last outing had been 1 year, 4 months and 25 days ago.

Smith's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 44 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.8 rounds on average.

Canelo's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 4 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 45 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9 rounds on average.

Who broadcast Canelo vs Smith?

Canelo vs Smith was broadcast on HBO PPV in the US, while the fight was broadcast in the United Kingdom by BoxNation.

What were the odds on Canelo vs Smith?

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