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Saul Alvarez retained the WBC Super Welterweight championship with a sixth round stoppage over Alfonso Gomez at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Alvarez scored a knockdown at the end of round one with a jab. Gomez then came out to out work Alvarez over the next few round where it looked like Alvarez was only looking to land one shot. Akvarez started to up his work rate in round five.
In round six, Alvarez landed a body shot that sent Gomez back to the ropes. Alvarez landed a flurry of power shots that had the referee stop the fight even though Gomez did not go down/
Alvarez is now 38-0-1 with twenty-eight stoppages. Gomez is 23-5-2
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