The expectation coming into last night's big fight between Saul Alvarez and James Kirkland was that ringside judges would not be necessary, because this one was guaranteed to end in a KO. Predictably, it ended in a KO and it was one of the best ones of 2015. Mexican sensation Canelo Alvarez (45-1-1, 32 KOs) tore up Kirkland (32-2, 28 KOs) in just 3 rounds in the main event of HBO's World Championship Boxing from Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas.
This non-title fight at super welterweight (154 lbs) was all action from the start, but Canelo's superior boxing and precision punching was way too much for a game Kirkland to handle.