Canelo Alvarez Looks to September PPV Fight After Defeating Billy Joe Saunders

By R. Thomas Umstead
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Alvarez looks to unify the super middleweight division with fight against Caleb Plant

Super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez is looking to unify the division belts this fall after securing a technical knockout win Saturday night against former champion Billy Joe Saunders.

Alvarez -- arguably the best pound-for-pound champion in boxing -- defeated Saunders after the former undefeated champion refused to come out his corner for the ninth round due to an eye injury caused by an Alvarez punch. The fight, which was distributed via pay-per-view and was streamed on DAZN, set a U.S. boxing attendance record with more than 73,100 fans filling AT&T Stadium in Dallas.

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Alvarez now holds all but one of the four major super middleweight championships, with the International Boxing Federation belt held by Caleb Plant the only one Alvarez does not hold. Alvarez has intimated that he wants to fight Plant in a September PPV matchup, but no deals have been completed.

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.