Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 KOs) defeated Miguel Cotto (40-5, 33 KOs) by unanimous decision to win the vacant WBC middleweight title on Saturday night at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
Canelo outgunned Cotto over the 12 rounds and the judges awarded him wide scores of 119-109, 118-110 and 117-111.
The Puerto Rican moved well and outboxed Canelo in the early rounds, but by the 4th the Mexican was landing hard, accurate shots.
Canelo was overpowering his smaller opponent as the fight…