Canelo Alvarez Defeats Miguel Cotto - Round By Round Recap

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — The atmosphere at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas was electric.

Defending champion Miguel Cotto took on challenger Canelo Alvarez in perhaps the fight of the year.

Here's how the fight went down.

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Alvarez took the fight to Cotto from the opening bell, winning rounds with big right hands and uppercuts. Cotto tried to box and had his moments, but Alvarez was clearly ahead as the crowd stood on its feet as both fighters traded punches in the final rounds.

Alvarez won the WBC version of the title that Cotto vacated days earlier for not paying sanctioning fees. His win set up a possible megafight with Gennady Golovkin, the middleweight champion who was watching at ringside.

Alvarez won by scores of 117-11, 119-109 and 118-110. The Associated Press had him ahead 116-112.

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