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

The two Mexican stars squared off at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Cinco de Mayo weekend as Munguia suffered his first career loss while failing to take Alvarez's undisputed middleweight title.

At the end of 12 rounds, Tim Cheatham scored the fight 117-110, David Sutherland had it 116-111, and Steve Weisfeld 115-112 all in favor Alvarez, 33, 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.