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WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS ... Unbeaten in 41 fights, a 22-year-old Canelo Alvarez made his main event debut in Las Vegas on September 15, 2012. The opponent was Josesito Lopez, who'd earned the opportunity after upsetting former welterweight titleholder Victor Ortiz three months earlier. Canelo, coming off a one- sided points win over aging great Sugar Shane Mosley, was dazzling in this fight, dropping Lopez three times en route to a brutal fifth-round TKO at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. The fight with Terence Crawford will mark the 18th time Canelo has headlined in Las Vegas.
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