Alvarez stops Gomez, keeps WBC light middle title

Alvarez (38-0-1, 28 KOs) started and finished strongly in a Los Angeles bout that was held as a two-city undercard for television viewers before the Floyd Mayweather-Victor Ortiz bout.
Alvarez knocked down Gomez (23-5-2) with a compact left hook late in the first round. Gomez rallied in the next few rounds and hung in with the hard-punching Alvarez.
But Alvarez dominated the fifth round, and he finished off his Mexican compatriot with a nasty uppercut and several big shots. Gomez thought referee Wayne Hedgpeth stopped the fight too soon, despite Alvarez raining blows.