By Miguel Rivera

According to World Boxing Council (WBC) president Mauricio Sulaiman, boxing was the real loser last Saturday night, because of the poor performance of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in his long awaited showdown with Saul "Canelo" Alvarez.

There were years of hype between the two Mexican rivals. A contest between them seemed impossible, because they were separated by several weight divisions.

Finally a deal was reached earlier this year, to have them fight at a catch-weight of 164.5-pounds.

Before a sold-out crowd at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Canelo dominated Chavez Jr. over twelve rounds. Canelo battered him in a one-sided fight that saw Chavez Jr. barely throw any punches. All three of the official judges scored every round for Canelo.

Sulaiman believes Chavez Jr. killed his body to make the catch-weight limit. The Mexican fighter had not fought below the super middleweight limit since 2012.

"It is very unfortunate that what happened happened, we all had great expectations and a great illusion to see an epic fight," Sulaiman told reporters in Mexico.

"For there to be a fight there has to be two fighters fighting and they did not have two fighters fighting, there was only Canelo, because Chavez was neither physically nor mentally in the ring and yes boxing lost. Chavez had always had problems making weight and now he made it - but at a very high price, he suffered [to get down in weight] and as a result the event suffered."

Now Canelo will return on September 16th, during Mexican Independence Day weekend, when he challenges Gennady Golovkin for the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBC middleweight titles. The location and venue has yet to be determined.

"Now Canelo will face Golovkin, which is a great challenge. Golovkin is the champion and he will defend his title," Sulaiman said.