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Tonight, Canelo Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. meet in a big Cinco de Mayo weekend boxing event, live on HBO PPV. Bloody Elbow will have live fight night coverage all night, including round by round results and recaps.
Rounds 4-6:
Round 4: Canelo now leading, forcing Chavez onto the back foot. Canelo using his speed well to explode inside with shots that catch Chavez, with Chavez finding no room for he counter shot. Halfway through, Canelo lands a series of shots that seem to hurt Chavez. Chavez is shutting down at this point, throwing only 8 punches in the back half of the round. This is very lopsided right now. 10-9 Canelo
Round 5: At this point, Chavez is completely yielding ring control to Canelo. Chavez is circling the outside as Canelo follows and keeps landing hard shots, mostly building off that snapping jab that Chavez still can’t stop from landing clean. Canelo lands a hard right that catches Chavez off balance. He follows that up by bringing the same right down to the body when Chavez covers the head. Chavez is not throwing anything. 10-9 Canelo
Round 6: Canelo continues to control things with combos from the outside. Chavez does get inside, coming head to head in a phone booth with Canelo, but doesn’t really throw from that position. Canelo at one point seems to back in to the ropes and allow Chavez to come in and throw, but Chavez lands nothing clean and as soon as Canelo fires back and lands counters with his own back on the ropes, Chavez retreats to the center of the ring. It’s hard to see a path to a Chavez victory at this point. 10-9 Canelo; 60-54 after 6