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vs.

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was a professional boxing match contested on June 18, 2011, for the WBC super welterweight championship. The bout was held at

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and was televised on

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Background

After his dominate victory over

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to win the vacant super welterweight belt over

on 5 March 2011,

quickly signed to make his first defence against

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super welterweight champion

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, HBO's unofficial ringside judge called the Litzau and Broner bout with Bob Papa.

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was pulled from that fight and was back on for the main-event, because his promotional company has a relationship with Litzau.

The fight

Álvarez would overwhelm Rhodes with his accurate punching with both hands. Álvarez would open up cuts under both of Rhodes' eyes and would drop him with a right hand behind the ear in the fourth round. In the final round, Álvarez would land a right hand in the opening minute that hurt Rhodes. With less than a minute left in the bout when a flurry caused Rhodes to take a step back and cover up with Álvarez throwing power shots against Rhodes who was not able to respond, which prompted the referee wave off the bout at the same moment Rhodes' trainer

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chose to throw in the towel.

Aftermath

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and

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were all mentioned as potential next opponents for Álvarez. The fight averaged 1.6 million viewers on HBO.

Undercard

Confirmed bouts:

Televised

* Super welterweight championship

vs.

**Álvarez defeated Rhodes via technical knockout at 0:48 in the twelve round. *Super featherweight bout:

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vs.

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**Broner defeated Litzau via technical knockout at 2:58 in the first round.

Preliminary card

*Featherweight bout: Sergio Villanueva vs. Onalvi Sierra **Villanueva defeated Sierra via unanimous decision. *Super featherweight bout:

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vs. Alexander Monterrosa **Osório defeated Monterrosa via technical knockout. *Light heavyweight bout:

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vs. Alfredo Contreras **Periban defeated Contreras via unanimous decision. *Light welterweight bout: Carlos Pérez vs. Cesar Figueroa **Figueroa defeated Pérez via technical knockout in the second round. *Flyweight bout: Jesús Jiménez vs. Patricio Camacho **Jiménez defeated Camacho via knockout at 1:18 in the third round. *Featherweight bout: Gary Buckland vs. Jose Roberto Gonzalez **Buckland defeated Gonzalez via unanimous decision.

Broadcasting

References

External links

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