MIAMI: Saul “Canelo” Alvarez demolished Turkey’s Avni Yildirim in three rounds to retain his World Boxing Council (WBC) and World Boxing Association (WBA) super middleweight titles by knockout on Saturday (Sunday in Manila).

Alvarez, who improved to a 55-1-2 win-loss-record with 37 knockouts, returned to the ring on Satur-day, a little over two months after beating Britain’s Callum Smith in December.

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