Saudi boxers debut with wins at Canelo-Crawford fight

LAS VEGAS: Two Saudi boxers made their debuts on Saturday night as part of the “fight of the century” between Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Terence Crawford. In the lightweight division, Mohammed Alakel scored a unanimous-decision win over American Travis Crawford after 10 action-packed rounds. Alakel had easily won five prior matches, including knocking out his previous challenger Yumnam Singh in the first round four months ago. Sultan Al-Mohammed earned a unanimous-decision win over American Martin Caraballo in his first fight in the super lightweight division.

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