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Canelo Alvarez lifted the RING Magazine and WBC middleweight titles on Saturday by outpointing Miguel Cotto at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
After 12 rounds of exciting back-and-forth action, the judges handed out a unanimous decision to Canelo, their scorecards reading 117-111, 119-109, 118-110 all for Canelo.
“I have a lot of respect for Miguel,” said Canelo after the fight. “He is a great champion and a great fighter. We knew going into this fight that it would be a difficult journey, but I feel that I was the faster and stronger fighter tonight. I wasn’t hurt by his punches.”
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