Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez makes dominant return with victory over Callum Smith

Canelo Alvarez took the WBA world super-middleweight title. Picture: Liam McBurney/PA

Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez added the WBA and WBC super-middleweight titles to his collection by unanimous decision after a dominant performance over Liverpool’s Callum Smith.

The Mexican, in his first bout since November 2019, started strong against Smith at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, and pressed home the advantage over 12 rounds with two judges scoring it 119-109 in favour of Canelo and the other 117-111.