LAS VEGAS — Canelo Alvarez defeated Miguel Cotto by a unanimous decision to win the RING and WBC middleweight titles Saturday at Mandalay Bay.

The fight took on a pattern: Cotto (40-5, 33 knockouts) was busier for many of the rounds but Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 KOs) landed the harder punches. The judges were more impressed with the latter, as Alvarez won 117-111, 119-109 and 118-110.

Neither fighter was seriously hurt in the fight.

A full report will follow shortly.