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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Saul&amp;nbsp;\u201CCanelo\u201D&amp;nbsp;Alvarez\u201D beat Miguel Cotto&amp;nbsp;by unanimous decision Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, becoming the WBC world middleweight champion.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Alvarez, 25, opened aggressively as the fighters traded punches, getting the better of the early rounds and landing more powerful blows than his 35-year-old opponent. In the middle rounds, Cotto&amp;nbsp;stayed active, landing jabs effectively, and kept things close. Neither fighter let up into the late part of the match, with Cotto gathering some energy but Canelo\u2019s consistency giving him the scoring edge.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It took all 12 rounds, and Alvarez was ruled the winner by the judges, throwing and landing more punches.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Both boxers entered having won three straight fights. With the win, Alvarez claimed the vacant WBC world middleweight title that belonged to Cotto earlier this week.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;MANNIX:&amp;nbsp;Cotto\u2013Canelo&amp;nbsp;Live Blog&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cotto&amp;nbsp;was stripped of his middleweight belt&amp;nbsp;earlier this week for noncompliance with WBC regulations, reportedly refusing to pay sanctioning fees for the fight.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The win moves Alvarez to 46\u20131\u20131 all time, and drops&amp;nbsp;Cotto&amp;nbsp;to 40\u20135.&amp;nbsp;Alvarez's lone &amp;nbsp;loss came against Floyd&amp;nbsp;Mayweather&amp;nbsp;in September 2013.\r\n\r\n-&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Jeremy Woo&lt;/em&gt;\r\n\r\n&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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