Canelo Alvarez dominates Jaime Munguia to earn unanimous decision victory in all-Mexican Cinco de Mayo matchup in Las Vegas

Canelo Alvarez put on a dominant performance to earn a unanimous decision victory against Jaime Munguia on Saturday night.

The two Mexican stars faced off at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas over Cinco de Mayo weekend as Munguia suffered his first career loss while failing to capture the undisputed middleweight title from Alvarez.

At the end of the twelve rounds, Tim Cheatham scored the fight 117-110, David Sutherland 116-111 and Steve Weisfeld 115-112 all in favor of the 33-year-old Alvarez, after putting on a clinic for his 27 -year-old counterpart. .

Alvarez landed 234 of 536 total punches, including 83 of 232 jabs and 151 of 304 power punches.

Meanwhile, Munguia landed 170 of 663 total, 74 of 335 jabs and 96 of 328 power punches.

Alvarez landed 234 of 536 punches, including 83 of 232 jabs and 151 of 304 power punches

Meanwhile, Munguia landed 170 of 663 total, 74 of 335 jabs and 96 of 328 power punches

Munguia came out aggressive in the first three rounds and even put Alvarez on the ropes in the third. Alvarez showed he wasn’t going anywhere in the fourth, though, with a left and then a right to the face that sent Munguia to the canvas with 38 seconds left.

Alvarez then proceeded to stab Munguia over the next four rounds with shots to the face. Munguia put together his own flurries, but they did little noticeable damage to Alvarez.

That is until the ninth round, when Munguia landed several punches to the face that sent Alvarez back, even into the corner at one point. But Alvarez responded with combinations of his own, including coming out of the corner, in the most action-packed round of the fight.

Alvarez scored a knockdown in the fourth round after clipping Munguia with an uppercut

In addition to defending his middleweight title, Alvarez improved his record to 61-2

The 10th and 11th rounds were close, but largely followed the same trends with Alvarez delivering the harder shots.

Munguia came out fighting in the final round as if he knew he was behind on the judges’ card, but did little damage. It was Alvarez who again came through with the best punches, using a combination with about a minute left on Munguia’s head and then several more shots to end the fight.

Alvarez now has a record of 61-2 and has won his last four matches. On the other hand, the much younger Munguia has a record of 43-1 after suffering his first loss.