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Saunders lost his WBO super-middleweight title to his Mexican rival when he failed to come out for the ninth round, suffering serious swelling to his right eye resulting from a crunching uppercut from Alvarez.    The Brit, 31, was taken to hospital where he underwent surgery on Sunday and has …

Saunders was forced to quit on his stool after the eighth round in front of 73,000 fans at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, having been rocked by a savage uppercut from Alvarez which welded his right eye shut with the swelling. The victory for the Mexican pound-for-pound king handed him …