CANELO ALVAREZ is continuing to be the Brit basher having taken his SEVENTH victim in Billy Joe Saunders.
The Mexican superstar beat Saunders into submission in Texas, as trainer Mark Tibbs rightfully pulled out the southpaw.
A right uppercut in the eighth cancelled out any rounds won by the travelling Englishman, who has been left with a suspected broken eye socket.
But Saunders is not alone in the experiencing the pains of sharing the ring with four-division champion Canelo.
Here SunSport runs down how BJS’s countryman have faired against Alvarez.
Matthew Hatton, March 2011
Ricky’s brother was the first to face Canelo, who was aged 20 at the time and already challenging for the vacant WBC light-middleweight crown.
Hatton was forced to fight Alvarez for the majority on the inside with a high guard, carefully protecting his ribs.
But still, Canelo was devastating up close, hammering in body shots and looking particularly dangerous while throwing his left hook and right uppercut.
Hatton was bleeding from the nose by round two and did come on stronger as the fight grew.
But Canelo’s hand speed and punch selection was far superior and it showed throughout as he won a comfortable decision.
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Ryan Rhodes, June 2011
In his return fight after beating Hatton, Canelo boxed Sheffield’s Rhodes in Mexico defending his title for the first time.
Again, it was Alvarez’s speed and punches in bunches which proved to hot to handle and the challenger was floored in round four with a right hand.
Rhodes improved in the midway stage to last third of the fight having switched to southpaw, landing more frequently.
But when Canelo stepped on the gas and began combination punching he had his man on wobbly legs several times.
In the end he closed the show with relentless pressure in the final round before the ref waved off the fight while his corner threw the towel in.
Amir Khan, May 2016
It would be another five years until an Englishman fought Canelo, but in 2016, Khan shocked everyone by stepping up to middleweight.
The 2004 Olympic silver medalist showed his class in the early stages, outboxing Canelo at range.
Khan’s speed proved hard to deal with, but it was clear Canelo did not respect the power coming back at him.
Eventually he began to find his range better and landed some heavy shots and the writing was soon on the wall.
A massive right hand in round six laid Khan out cold, bringing a brutal end to his brave yet unfulfilling step up in weight and class.
Liam Smith, September 2016
Right after wiping out Khan, Canelo moved back down to light-middleweight where he stopped Liverpool’s Smith in nine rounds.
Smith was game throughout, walking forward with a high guard and trading off, but it allowed Alvarez’s class to show, outworking the Liverpudlian.
Canelo landed a perfect three-punch combo – to head and body – in round six to score the first knockdown.
He had Smith down again in the eighth with a perfectly timed left hook to the body, which landed right on the sweet spot to the liver.
It was all over in round nine as a double left hook, the second smashing Smith’s ribs, caused the third and final knockdown.
Rocky Fielding, December 2018
Fielding was a shock opponent for Canelo in December 2018 as he moved up to super-middleweight.
He had the height advantage but it ended up playing into Alvarez’s hands, who had a field day when attacking the body.
A left hook on the inside caused Fielding to go down with a minute and 20 seconds to go in round one.
He was then put down in the second with a similar left to the body as he found himself trapped on the ropes.
A hat-trick of knockdowns were scored in the fourth as a right hook decked Fielding, who was stopped with 20 seconds left in the third with yet another left hook to the body.
Callum Smith, December 2020
Smith tried to bring bragging rights back home and also avenge defeat for his older brother Liam.
He started well in the very opening stages, using his SIX INCH height advantage to use.
But before long, Canelo was well in the driving seat as he walked Smith down with ease.
With his man backed up against the ropes, Alvarez hammered in body shots and right hands to the head.
With Smith possessing a dangerous left hook, Canelo targeted his BICEP to nullify the weapon and cause severe swelling.
Smith did hear the final bell but was dominated for almost the entirety of the fight, and surrendered his super-middleweight belts.
Billy Joe Saunders, May 2021
Saunders went into the unification bout given a great chance of upsetting the odds due to his elusive style.
Canelo started on the front foot, backing Saunders up and letting his right hand go, though early they were landing on the gloves or blocked.
BJS began moving well on the back foot, scoring with jabs and potshotting well to frustrate Alvarez at times.
But the pendulum well and truly swung in round eight as a right uppercut, a shot Canelo was looking for throughout, landed perfectly.
Saunders made it into the corner but was pulled out by his trainer and was left with a potentially career-threatening injury as Alvarez made it 7/7 against the best Britain has to offer.
