Canelo Alvarez defeats Miguel Cotto by unanimous decision to win vacant middleweight title
- 8 years ago
Canelo Alvarez is the new middleweight champion of the world after pounding his way to a unanimous decision victory against Miguel Cotto on Saturday night in a hard-fought battle at the Mandalay Bay Events Center.
Unlike the disappointment of the May 2 superfight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, Alvarez and Cotto delivered an entertaining fight that had the crowd cheering throughout as Alvarez stalked Cotto, who knew his best chance to win was to box, box and box.
Cotto, 35, gave it a tremendous effort, staying on his toes and moving nicely throughout the fight, but the judges clearly liked Alvarez's brute strength more, awarding him the fight on surprisingly wide scores of 119-109, 118-110 and 117-111.
Unlike the disappointment of the May 2 superfight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, Alvarez and Cotto delivered an entertaining fight that had the crowd cheering throughout as Alvarez stalked Cotto, who knew his best chance to win was to box, box and box.
Cotto, 35, gave it a tremendous effort, staying on his toes and moving nicely throughout the fight, but the judges clearly liked Alvarez's brute strength more, awarding him the fight on surprisingly wide scores of 119-109, 118-110 and 117-111.