(Photo credit: Tom Casino/SHOWTIME) By Dan Ambrose: In a clear robbery, WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (42-0-1, 30 KO’s) defeated WBA junior middleweight champion Austin Trout (26-1, 14 KO’s) by a very controversial 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Alamodome, in San Antonio, Texas, USA. The final judges scores were 115-112, 116-111 and 118-109. The last scores were an absolute crime. I had Trout winning the fight 10 rounds to 2.
Canelo knocked Trout down in the 7th round with a right hand at the start of the round. However, Trout came back to dominate the remainder of the round and the rest of the fight. Trout appeared to sweep rounds eight through twelve to easily win the fight, but of course the fight was held in Texas, so it’s not surprising that Canelo got the win.