“A fraud with gloves”: the night Canelo humiliated boxing and Scull took millions without throwing blows
Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez won. But nobody celebrated. The lights shone, the cameras rolled, the judges raised the cards … and the boxing fell defeated against a millionaire farce that divides Mexico today and shakes the credibility of the sport.
William Scull, a rival as evasive as unknown, survived 12 rounds without exchanging a single memorable moment. Just 445 blows thrown between them – the lowest figure recorded in four decades. What should be a night of glory ended up being a joke of bad taste that cost millions to organizers … and hours of sleep to millions of Mexicans.
But the worst came later.
Julio César Chávez, a living legend of boxing, did not contain: “This was not a fight. It was a mother to all of Mexico.” David Faitelson, more measured but just as lethal, said: “It was a decadent exhibition. Canelo is damaging his own legacy.” And in social networks, the hashtag#CaneloFraudeHe climbed in trends as a wave of national fury.
The referee himself broke the protocol with a phrase that is already meme:“This is boxing, not a quinceañera waltz.”
And in the meantime, William Scull – who left the ring without a scratch – went up to his private jet and published a provocative message:“I came to box, not fight.”For the Mexican fans, that was gasoline over the fire. In the land of warriors like Chávez, Morales or Márquez, that phrase was blasphemy.
The public reacted with rage. Empty bars, thrown bottles, memes everywhere: cinnamon in a stuck ferrari, scull escaping by bicycle.“I spent 500 pesos in Chelas to see a chair of boredom”, a fan complained in the Roma neighborhood.“Next time I fall asleep and see the highlights … that the same lasts.”
But the most serious happened after bambalins. According to nearby sources, Canelo broke out of fury against his own team:“I asked Crawford, and you brought me to this marathon corridor.”If it is true, it means a fracture in the surroundings of Álvarez, until now armored and strategic. Is the empire falling apart?
And while fans demanded real rivals – Crawford, Spence, Golovkin – the Saudi promoters made accounts. The show that had to consolidate Arabia as the new world boxing capital was an emotional failure.“They paid for fire and sold them ice”, a comn commentator summarized.
The most boring fight in the history of modern Mexican boxing? Probably. The beginning of the end for Canelo? Could be. The truth is that for the first time in years, its aura of invincibility hesitated. The names no longer scare. The fights no longer excite. The idol still does not fall, but has stopped flying.
And the most painful for true boxing lovers is this:The night of May 3, nobody lost more than sport.
