With that, here are five things we learned from Miguel Cotto-Canelo Alvarez.
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“Cotto didn’t have the right trainer”.
Canelo was expected to be the bigger puncher, and he was. While Canelo began landing more in the second round, Cotto’s speed gave him problems. Canelo didn’t have a signature moment-a few solid flurries here and there was basically it-but he was in control of the fight throughout. However, none of the CompuBox tallied 129 total punches landed by Cotto seemed to hurt the Mexican superstar throughout the 12 rounds.
All three judges scored the bout in favor of Alvarez, 119-109, 118-110, 117-110.
“I have a lot of respect for Miguel”, said Alvarez who now sports a record of 46-1-1 and 32 K.O. He’s 35 and fought enough wars for two lifetimes. El Canelo made about US$6.5 million. And maybe he should.
He added that their opponent moves like a robot which allows fighter to corner him at certain angles. Golovkin, who is undefeated(34-0) and has the highest knockout percentage in middleweight history, defeated David Lemieux to capture the IBF title. He fought the best of his generation and lost some of those fights, but he won his share, too, and was one of the marquee stars of this era, a persistent presence on the pound-for-pound top 10 for much of his career.
The entire fight was as competitive as could be as both fighters clashed in a battle of skill, in a definite match-of-the-year contender.
Before their Saturday night clash at the Mandalay Events Center in Las Vegas, Miguel Cotto and Canelo Alvarez weighed in on Friday afternoon before a cheering crowd at the events center’s Islander Ballroom.
If Cotto’s career ends here, it will be a Hall of Fame career, my teammate Sam Sheppard’s arguments aside. The fight that may be Oscars most memorable, is Oscar’s first loss against Felix “Tito” Trinidad, another chapter in the Mexico-Puerto Rico boxing rivalry.
As soon as the scores were read, this was all anyone wanted to know. Alvarez would be declared the WBC champion if he wins the bout, but the title would be vacant if Cotto wins. But the WBC has mandated that the victor of Canelo-Cotto must fight Golovkin or surrender the belt.
Im ready for this, me and Canelo, said Golovkin who watched the fight at ringside. The fight will still be there. We had a game plan to outbox him and I thought we did that.
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Crolla turned down the fight before but if he wins tonight and Flanagan comes through a tough fight in February – I hope against Derry Mathews – then there could a big unification on the cards. And in final results, Canelo Alvarez was the victor.
