On September 17, 2016, Liam Smith (23-0-1, 13 KOs), the super-welterweight WBO champion, defends his title against the reigning WBA, WBC, WBO, and The Ring super-middleweight champion Canelo Álvarez (47-1-1, 33 KOs).
Canelo Álvarez is coming in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 67% KO rate; his last fight was a 6th round KO victory over Amir Khan, 4 months and 10 days ago. Liam Smith is on a 18-fight win streak with a 54% KO rate, with his last fight being a 2nd round KO win over Predrag Radošević, 3 months and 13 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Canelo Álvarez at 99-1 winning odds. Liam Smith really doesn't have much to present against Canelo.
Canelo Álvarez stopped the champion via KO in the 9th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new WBO super-welterweight champion. Canelo improves his record to 48-1-1 (34 KOs), while Smith adds a loss to his record at 23-1-1.