Photos: John Ryder Demolishes Bilal Akkawy For WBA Strap

After an excellent championship contest, Canelo Alvarez becomes the unified WBC, WBA, IBF, and Ring Magazine Middleweight World Champion after a hard-punching performance against Daniel Jacobs that went the distance. (photos by Ed Mulholland).

The main card of the evening saw a brutal third round knockout by Vergil Ortiz Jr. over Mauricio Herrera, Joseph Diaz Jr. claiming the WBA Gold Super Featherweight Title following a seventh round stoppage against Freddy Fonseca, and Lamont Roach Jr. remaining undefeated after a unanimous decision win against Jonathan Oquendo. 

And John Ryder scored two knockdowns before stopping undefeated Bilal Akkawy to capture the WBA interim-super middleweight title.

12-Round Middleweight Unification Bout @ 160 lbs.

Canelo Alvarez (52-1-2, 35 KOs) defeated Daniel Jacobs (35-3, 29 KOs) by unanimous decision

(115-113, 115-113, 116-112)

10-Round Welterweight Bout @ 147 lbs.

Vergil Ortiz Jr. (13-0, 13 KOs) defeated Mauricio Herrera (24-9, 7 KOs) by KO at :29 of Round 3

12-Round Vacant WBA Gold Super Featherweight Bout @ 130 lbs.

Joseph Diaz Jr. (29-1,15 KOs) defeated Freddy Fonseca (26-3-1, 17 KOs) by TKO at 2:07 of Round 7

10-Round WBO International & NABO Super Featherweight Title Bout @ 130 lbs.

Lamont Roach Jr. (19-0-1, 7 KOs) defeated Jonathan Oquendo (30-6, 19 KOs) by unanimous decision

(97-92, 97-92, 96-93)