The bout was held on March 8, 2014, at the MGM Grand Garden arena, shown on Showtime PPV.

[2][3][4][5] On 9 January 2014, Golden Boy chief executive Richard Schaefer confirmed a deal had been made for a fight between Álvarez and Alfredo Angulo to take place on 8 March, on Showtime PPV at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

In a fairly lopsided beating, Álvarez scored a tenth-round stoppage over Angulo punctuated by a lead left uppercut.

The end of the fight began in round six, when Angulo's left eye started swelling.

[9] Angulo stated post-fight how he was unhappy with the stoppage, "I told Tony he did the wrong job tonight.