 [dramatic music]
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 male announcer:
The following is a presentation
 of HBO Sports.
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- Hello, again.
I'm Jim Lampley.
On May 7, HBO Pay-Per-View
will bring you live to Las Vegas
for an unexpected treat,
the showdown between
Canelo Alvarez and Amir Khan
as Amir Khan moves up
from welterweight to fight
for the lineal middleweight
championship of the world
against Alvarez.
To help get you ready for that,
we're going to look back
at Canelo's last appearance
in the ring, his signature
assignment last November
here in Las Vegas
against Miguel Cotto.
Let's take a look back.
[bell dings]
 Round 1 begins.
 Everyone's on their feet.
 As Max pointed out,
there's not only an expectation
 but also a tremendous hope
 on the part of boxing fans
 that tonight
 this will deliver,
 and there's every reason
 to believe that it will.
 Jones: I'll tell you what,
 Canelo comes out
 winging a big left hook
 like he's trying to make
 a statement to Cotto
that he has just as good a hook
 as Cotto has.
 Lampley: Signature punch
 from Miguel Cotto
 is the left hook
 to the rib cage.
 Canelo Alvarez
 has a pretty doggone good
 left hook of his own.
 They're standing in the center
 of the ring
 trying to land big stuff.
 Kellerman: This is
 a pins-and-needles
 kind of fight already.
[crowd yelling and cheering]
 Lampley: I ran into
 Freddie Roach in the hallway
 outside my room this morning
 and said,
 "Freddie, are you going to box
 the first few rounds?"
 And he said,
 "Yes, we will.
 We believe we can outbox him."
 Body shot by Canelo.
 Cotto getting in a little
 right hand upstairs.
 Mostly they've been missing
 early on.
 Kellerman: But throwing
 heavy leather.
 Lampley: Good jab by Canelo.
 He has slightly
 the longer arms, it appears.
 Cotto high with those
 left hooks,
 hasn't gone down to the bottom
 of the rib cage,
 where he does the most damage.
 Jones: Good jab by Cotto.
 Lampley: Both fighters
 seeming now to settle down
 and relax a little bit.
 There was tension early on.
 Good quick left hook inside
 by Cotto.
 Now good left hook by Canelo.
 Hard right hand to the body
 by Canelo Alvarez.
 Jones: Good body shot.
 Lampley: Body shots by Cotto.
 Left hand to the solar plexus
 by Cotto was a good shot.
 Jones: Yep,
 and he's stepping around;
 he gets to the left
 or to the right
 as he delivers,
 Jim.
 He's not staying right there
 in the middle when he attacks.
 Kellerman: Best work
 has been done to the body
 by both guys so far.
 Lampley: Cotto believes
 he has a footwork advantage
 and can step around Canelo.
 Canelo will come
 straight forward in his view
 to land his shots.
[cheers and applause]
 Quick left hook by Cotto,
 and he moves laterally
 as soon as he lands the punch.
Lateral movement clearly a part
 of the Cotto plan early on.
 Good right hand by Canelo.
[cheers and applause]
 And the left hook.
 Crowd loves that.
 Left to the body by Canelo.
 Jones: Cotto up on his toes
 boxing early,
 like they said he would do.
- Bell, bell!
 Lampley: Pretty even round,
 not much to differentiate
 the two fighters
 either way in round number 1.
- Here you go.
Nice job.
Water.
All right,
that was your round.
Now, you keep
boxing this guy,
and his jab's a little long
for you, all right?
But I think when you
land the first one,
I'd like to see you step in
with another one, okay?
- A second one, yeah.
- Right?
'Cause you've been--kept wanting
to steal it.
Back him up with the double jab,
all right?
- Yeah.
- Nice combinations, though.
The body shots work well,
okay?
Keep that body work,
all right?
Very good.
[both inhale deeply]
- Go ropes, all right?
Go ropes.
- Yeah.
- Okay.
[whistle blows]
 man: Ready!
 Lampley: CompuBox numbers
 in round 1--
 I said it was an even round--
 they each landed 8 punches,
 Cotto 8 out of 54,
 Alvarez 8 out of 33.
[bell dings]
 Small edge for Cotto--
 or for Canelo, I should say--
 in power shots.
 He landed 6 power shots to 5
 for Cotto by CompuBox count.
 As I said,
 not much to differentiate
 the two fighters
 in round number 1.
 Right hand upstairs
 for Cotto.
 Kellerman: First round
 could have legitimately
been scored either way.
 Lampley: Harold Lederman
 gave it to Cotto,
 who threw more punches
 in the round.
 Jones: One fascinating event
 is that Cotto is throwing
 a straight-right lead
 more than we've ever seen him
 throw it before;
 after the jab sometimes,
 sometimes he's throwing
 a straight right.
[cheers and applause]
 Doesn't look like a very
 powerful or effective
 straight right,
 but he's using it.
 Lampley: Probably to set up
 left hooks later on.
 Jones: More than likely.
 Lampley: Jab for Cotto.
 Canelo ducking underneath
 the second one.
crowd: Cotto! Cotto!
Cotto! Cotto! Cotto! Cotto!
Lampley: Neither fighter fights
 at a particularly fast pace,
 but it's Cotto who is throwing
 more punches early on,
 and throwing more punches
 can steal rounds
 when neither fighter
 is landing all that much.
 Jones: Yes, it can,
 and it seems as though
 Canelo learned
 from the Mayweather fight
 that he has to be
 more aggressive
 early in these fights,
 or he's gonna fall behind,
 because here he's being
 much more aggressive
 early in this fight
 than we expected to see him.
 Lampley:
 Aggressive by meaning--
 aggressive by throwing
 power shots
 and trying to crowd Cotto
 a little bit.
 Jones: And keeping
 the pressure on
 staying right in Cotto's face.
 Kellerman: Yeah, he's
 the bigger, younger fighter,
 and he's trying to impose that
 on the older, smaller guy.
 Lampley: Jab lands for Cotto.
 Second one missed.
 Kellerman: And the older,
smaller guy is using his timing
 to catch Canelo,
 you know,
 off rhythm in between
 when Canelo's ready for it.
 Lampley: Canelo fired
 the right uppercut,
 which was a big weapon
 against Kirkland,
 but he was using it
 as a counter against Kirkland.
 Kirkland was wide open.
 This was different.
 Cotto was guarding.
 Jones: Good counter right hand
 by Canelo.
 Lampley: Followed by the jab,
 followed by a left hook.
 Canelo starting to get
 a little bit more active now
 as we come down the stretch
 of round number 2.
[crowd chanting and cheering]
 Already you see Miguel Cotto
 throwing 31 more punches
 by CompuBox count than Canelo.
 That can steal rounds.
 Kellerman:
 Canelo's right-hand counter
 has been his best shot so far,
 I think.
He's landed four of them really
 well in the first two rounds.
 Jones: Yes, he did,
 and the difference in this
 is that Canelo has power
 in both hands;
 Cotto only shows power
 in the left hook.
 But he did land a good
 straight right right there.
 Kellerman: They're both doing
 good work in spots.
[bell dings]
- Time! Time!
 Lampley: And you saw a shot
 of Melissa Cotto earlier.
 There's Ana Alvarez
 along with Nelda Sepulveda,
 who is Cotto's girlfriend--
 or, excuse me,
 Canelo's girlfriend.
 That's Canelo mother
 and Canelo's girlfriend
 seated at ringside.
- [speaking Spanish]
- Just relax.
You've got to advance
and move in there good.
When you're gonna push in,
flex your waist.
Flex your waist.
You got to fake him.
When he attacks you,
leave him short.
Leave him short; you're leaving
him short, and he ducks.
You got to move him.
Flex your waist and move in,
okay,
but when you go in,
you got to get him.
You got to--got to
throw more of that left,
more left.
- Just--he's got nothing, okay?
All right?
If you don't back him up,
he'll come forward, okay?
All right, keep backing
this guy up when you can, okay?
It's very good.
Your jab is doing a great job,
okay?
All right?
Your right hand
and your body shots behind that
are working really well,
okay?
- All right.
- It was a great round.
 Jones: Here we see
 Miguel Angel Cotto
 land this straight-right lead
 right down the pipe.
 Not the most powerful punch
 but a beautiful setup punch...
 [whistle blows]
 A beautiful lead.
 You can't ask for a more clean
 right hand--
 cleaner placed right hand
 than that.
 Lampley: CompuBox numbers
 in round 2:
 Cotto was 10 of 55,
 Alvarez 8 of 41.
 So Cotto has thrown
 more punches in both rounds,
 landed one more punch than
 Alvarez so far in the fight.
 9-5 power advantage for Cotto
 in that round.
 Kellerman: It's a nip-and-tuck
 kind of a fight.
 So far, what we can see
 is that Canelo Alvarez
 is not Delvin Rodriguez
 or Sergio Martinez at the end
 or Daniel Geale.
He's a different level fighter,
 and the improvement
 that Freddie Roach has made
 in Miguel Cotto
 have brought him up to a level
 where he's competing
 on even terms with Canelo.
 Jones: Yes, it is,
 but I can tell you right now,
 Canelo is the sharper puncher
 tonight, Max, by far.
 Kellerman: Agreed.
 Lampley: And we agreed
 that both fighters
 have been relatively
 conservative so far
 looking not to make a mistake,
 and now Canelo begins
 to open up in round number 3
landing a body shot, trying for
 the right hand over the top.
 Good hard shot by Canelo
 up the middle.
- Pick 'em up.
Pick 'em up.
 Lampley: Heard Robert Byrd
 telling him to pick it up.
 There's a good right hand
 by Canelo.
 man: Ooh!
 Lampley: Alvarez blocking
 the left hook
 with his right hand.
[cheers and applause]
 Lands a straight right.
 Crowd likes that.
 Best round so far, by far,
 for Canelo Alvarez,
 who's stepping up the action.
 Now takes a right hand
 from Cotto.
 Kellerman: As expected,
 where Cotto has the advantage,
 it's when his superior feet
 put him in position
 to land punches, and when
 Canelo has the advantage,
 it's when his hands, feet,
 and reach
 puts him
 in the position to land.
 Jones: Of course,
but that right hand right there
 from Cotto had a little sting
 on it.
 Lampley: Counter left inside
 by Canelo.
 Now the jab lands for Alvarez
 as well.
 Jones: Canelo is showing
 a good jab
 and a good left hook so far.
 Lampley: Much more active
 in the third round
and seizing the initiative here
 a little bit from Miguel Cotto
 after Cotto outthrew him
 in the first two rounds.
 Now Cotto seems to feel
 the need
 to throw more punches himself.
 Jones: Good jab by Cotto.
 Two good jabs by Cotto.
[crowd chanting]
 Lampley: Timing.
 Miguel Cotto has great timing
 on his jab,
 and he is frustrating
 Canelo Alvarez
 with this sharp timing
 right now.
 This is a good round.
 Both fighters have done
 some damage.
 Kellerman: Canelo just looks
 so much bigger
 physically than Cotto.
 Jones: Oh,
 good right hand by Canelo.
 Lampley: Hard right hand
 by Canelo.
 Jones: Good hook by Cotto.
[cheers and applause]
[loud tapping]
 Lampley: Well, you get a sense
 here in round number 3
 that the fight is beginning.
The boxing match has been going
 for three rounds.
 The fight is coming
 at some point.
- Okay, excellent.
Now, you're getting the jab.
You're getting the range.
Very good, okay?
Now, after you land those jabs
and that two jabs, okay,
I need some head movement,
'cause he's always gonna
come back, okay?
- All right.
- Don't stand up in front
of him, okay?
- After the jabs,
move now.
- Yes, okay?
- Shoulders.
- All right, angles,
movement, okay?
Make him chase you,
okay?
- All right.
- All right?
You're scoring really good...
 Jones: Here you see Cotto
 get stopped in his tracks
 by a beautiful left jab
 by Canelo Alvarez
right as he was throwing a jab.
 Then you see Canelo counter
 this jab from Cotto.
 Dips right under it
with a beautiful straight right
 over the top, and his straight
 right hand's keel on it
 is not quite like the same
 straight right hand
 that Cotto is throwing at him.
 Lampley: CompuBox numbers
 showed a good round
 for Alvarez,
 13 out of 45.
 All 13 of the landed punches
 were power shots.
 Cotto was 9 of 58.
 Now we go to round number 4
 of a scheduled 12.
 Harold, how do you have it
 through three?
 Lederman: Okay, Jim,
 I got it 2 rounds to 1,
 29-28 Canelo Alvarez.
 I tell you, Jim,
 I'm impressed the way,
 you know,
 the way he's walking him down
 and landing the power shots,
 just like that.
 Backs him up,
 walks him down,
 and belts him
 with a right hand.
 You know, it shows real skill
 that Canelo's got.
 I mean, for a kid
 that's 25 years old,
 he fights for a guy that
 looks like he's much older
 and with much more experience.
 On the other hand,
 Miguel Cotto boxes nicely,
 lands a lot of jabs,
 but I just don't think
 he's doing as much damage
 as Canelo is,
like there with the right hand.
 Lampley: Well,
 that was the hardest punch
 of the fight so far, that
 right hand by Miguel Cotto.
 Thank you very much, Harold.
 Lederman: You're welcome, Jim.
 Lampley: 29-28 Canelo on
 the Harold Lederman scorecard.
 Obviously,
 it could be anything
 on the three official
 judges' scorecards,
 'cause these have been
 relatively close rounds.
 Kellerman: That's why Freddie
 wants the head movement
 and the angles from Cotto,
 because Canelo has the heart
 of a champion.
 When you go at him,
 he comes back at you.
 And so when Cotto lands those
 one or two or three shots,
 Freddie wants him out of there
 with Canelo chasing.
 Jones: And Canelo came out
 throwing a strong left hook
 to show Cotto that he was
 willing to exchange
 left hooks with him
if he wanted to throw the hook.
 Lampley: Now here comes Cotto
 with left hook,
 left hook, left hook,
 one to the body,
 two to the head.
 His primary weapon
 well in evidence now
 as we get into the
 middle portion of the fight.
 Kellerman: The feeling is,
 Canelo's not good at chasing.
 He wants you to be
 in punching range.
 Lampley: Talked about
 the timing on Cotto's jab.
 Now Canelo is starting to time
 his jab effectively.
 Jones: See that hook
 right there?
 Lampley: Right there, yep.
 Jones: That hook slows
 your opponent down
 from throwing his own hook.
[cheers and applause]
Lampley: They trade body shots.
 Cotto got in a good left hook.
 Canelo came back with a hard
counter right hand to the body.
 You saw Canelo's mastery
 of range there.
 Cotto sticking the jab
 and not quite getting it
 to Canelo's face.
 Jones: Good body shot
 by Canelo.
 Lampley: Sometimes he leaves
 himself open
 when he throws
 those body shots,
 so you wonder
 if Cotto's gonna land
 the big counter upstairs
 at some point.
 Kellerman: Well,
 Canelo's very good
 against a stationary target,
and Cotto being the shorter guy
 has to at times get inside
 to land those punches,
making him a target for Canelo.
 Lampley: Closing seconds
 of round number 4.
 Cotto trying to come back
 in the closing stages
 of the round.
 Another close,
 difficult round to score.
[cheers and applause]
 [relaxing music]
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- Good round.
- [breathing sharply]
- Great.
All right, now,
you're getting your rhythm.
All right,
you're backing him up.
Okay, now, that's
the key, okay.
When you land that jab
and you're taking that slack up
and back him up to the ropes,
he's got nothing,
okay, all right?
- With that left, and then bring
that right back, okay?
Shot, shots, move, hit,
and then come back out
and then with that right hand up
and more punches.
 Jones: This is Canelo's
 best punch right here
 so far of the fight.
 He lands a straight ja--
 a straight right hand
 right over the top
 of Cotto's low jab,
 'caused Cotto's legs to just
 kind of freeze for a second,
 but he didn't appear
 to be hurt by it.
 Lampley: Well, so far,
 it's clear that Cotto
 is effective with his footwork
 and can at times
 outwork Alvarez,
 but on the other hand,
 Canelo's punches
 seem more powerful, Roy.
 Jones: They're more crisp
 and more powerful and more--
 he would be the sharper
 of the two guys tonight.
 But we have to see how long
 he can hold this.
 Kellerman: And you heard
 Freddie a round ago
 wanted Cotto, "Movement,
 have Canelo chase you."
 Now he wants Cotto
 to back Canelo up
 and put him on the ropes,
 maybe feeling that Cotto
 had some success
 in the last round
and now it's time to step it up
 a little bit.
 Jones: Or that Canelo
 is getting too confident.
 Lampley: You saw
 that Harold Lederman
gave the fourth round to Cotto,
 evening it
 on the Lederman scorecard
 two rounds apiece.
 Kellerman: Good hook
 to the body by Cotto.
 Canelo acknowledged it.
 Lampley: It's being reported
 to me that on Twitter,
several of the ringside writers
 are revealing their scores,
 and some of them
 are 4-0 Canelo so far.
 Jones: Good right hand
 by Canelo.
That may have hurt Cotto again.
 Kellerman:
 That's a possible score.
The first round could have gone
 either way,
 and so could the fourth.
 Lampley: We don't know,
 of course,
 what the official judges
 are doing
 as they score the fight
 as they go along.
 We can tell you what Harold...
 Jones: Oh!
 Lampley: And Twitter
 can tell you the others.
 And there's a hard left hand
 for Canelo Alvarez.
 Jones: Hard left uppercut.
 Canelo is really doing
 some great feinting
 to cause Cotto some issues
 right now.
 Lampley: But Cotto comes back
 with a flurry of punches
 of his own.
 Jones: Yeah,
 he had to do something, Jim.
 He was losing momentum bad
 right there.
Kellerman: And what's the story
 of the fight so far?
 The bigger man is able
 to absorb, it seems,
 the little man's shots
 with greater ease
 than when the little man
 gets hit.
 He seems to move more
 and get stung more.
 Jones: And Cotto's shots
 right now
 seem to have no effect
 on Alvarez.
 Lampley: He's able to walk
 through some of these punches
 and keep going forward.
 Cotto's side-to-side movement
 stops Canelo from throwing,
 but when Canelo throws,
 he lands and lands sharply.
 Jones: Oh, good overhand.
 Lampley: Like that.
 Like that.
 Kellerman: And then Cotto
 does the right thing
 by making those little stands,
 where he flurries,
 because you've got to break
the momentum of the bigger guy.
Jones: Just seems to be too big
 for Cotto at this point.
 Lampley: Good hard
 left uppercut by Cotto--
 or, excuse me,
 by Alvarez.
 Cotto seems to realize now
 that he's gonna need
 to volume Canelo.
 He's gonna need to throw
 more punches,
 because when Canelo lands,
 the crowd and some at ringside
 are going "ooh" and "ahh."
 Hard right hand by Alvarez.
 That one moved Cotto.
 Jones: Yeah,
 he's definitely
 the sharper puncher tonight,
 Jim,
 and being the bigger guy
 is giving him
 all of the advantages.
- Four, three, two...
[bell dings]
 Tiempo!
[cheers and applause]
 Lampley: That's the Cotto
 family at ringside,
 wife Melissa in the middle,
 Miguel's mother
 to the far side.
 [pop music]
- Miguel, deep breath.
Thattaboy.
- [inhales sharply]
- Take a deep breath.
- All right, now, you let him
dictate the pace
that time, okay?
- All right. I can't.
- All right?
You've got to get back
on the jab,
and you back him up
with the jab, all right?
Double jab.
Take the slack up, okay?
- All right.
- Do not let him come forward,
okay?
He's strong coming forward,
okay?
You stop him in his tracks
with the jab every time.
- All right.
- All right?
Set these up.
Double jab.
 Jones: Here you see Canelo
 do the old Roberto Duran,
 feint the right hand and come
 with a beautiful
 left uppercut up the middle.
 I thought only me and
 Roberto Duran could do that,
 but I see that Canelo
 has it too.
 Lampley: Now there are three.
 [laughs]
 Jones: [laughs]
 man: Six.
 Lampley: Power punches
 in the fifth round:
 Alvarez 10 of 20,
 Cotto 6 of 17.
 Overall,
 Canelo with a 14-to-6
 landed punch advantage
 in that round.
 Kellerman: The effect
 of Cotto's shots
 on Delvin Rodriguez,
 on Sergio Martinez,
 on Daniel Geale
 were devastating,
 and that has not been the case
 here tonight.
Canelo's ability to absorb them
 is the difference
 in the fight so far.
 Lampley: Well, one of
 the questions coming in was,
 what exactly was the import
 of Cotto's
three sensational wins in a row
 under Freddie Roach?
 Was it because he was so great
 and had been taken
 to another level,
 or was it because all three
 of those opponents
 were severely compromised
 when he fought them?
 Jones: And that was
 a beautiful left hook--
 I mean, a straight right hand
 by Canelo again,
 but, Max,
 what I was gonna say was,
 all those three hooks
 that you were talking about
 against those opponents,
 he was coming forward.
 Today he is going backwards
 and is circling.
 He's no good going backwards
 and circling.
 That's the difference that
 Freddie Roach had made in him.
 Kellerman: That's why Freddie
wants him to double on that jab
 and come in
 pushing Canelo back.
[cheers and applause]
 Lampley: Good combination
 by Alvarez.
 He reversed it,
threw the right, then the left,
 and landed heavily
 with both shots.
 Jones: Yeah, he pretty slick.
 He's showing some really
 slick stuff tonight, Jim.
 Lampley: There's a good
 body shot by Cotto
 with the right hand.
 And he hasn't landed one
 of his signature left hooks
 to Canelo's body.
 Jones: Well, Canelo is doing
 a great job of defending it
 and sending a left hook
 of his own at Cotto
 anytime Cotto goes towards
 the body with the left hook,
 so those are the two big
 reasons he hasn't thrown it.
 Lampley: That and the fact
 that Canelo's very dangerous
 with the right hand.
 Jones: Yep, making him keep
 that left hand at home.
 Lampley: Good body shot
 by Cotto there.
 Jones: See, Cotto's punches
 just don't seem to have
 the steam on them
 that they normally have
 against those smaller guys,
 because he's going backwards
 already.
 Kellerman: Or circling.
 Jones: Yes.
 Lampley: Freddie Roach
 kept saying to him,
 "Don't let Canelo
 come forward.
 You need to back him up."
 Freddie doesn't think
 that Canelo's a good fighter
 going backward, but he isn't
 going backward tonight.
 He's been able to go forward
 most of the time.
 Kellerman: If you had to guess
 what these guys weigh,
 'cause neither
 weighed in today,
 Cotto looks
 a little heavier maybe
 than he was when he weighed in
 yesterday at 153 1/2 pounds,
 probably about
 150-something pounds,
 and Canelo looks like
 a super middleweight at least.
[cheers and applause]
 Lampley: So the size advantage
 seems to be showing up
 as we come toward
 the middle point of the fight.
 20 seconds left
 in the sixth round.
 Another round
 in which they've landed
 just about an equal number
 of punches,
 but Canelo's punches
 have more effect.
 Jones: Much more effect.
- Six, five,
four, three, two...
[bell dings]
 Tiempo!
 Lampley: Halfway through.
[cheers and applause]
- Breathe. Breathe. Breathe.
Where's the bag?
How are you feeling?
Good.
All right, several--we got
to throw more combinations.
We got to light it up.
Good? Yes. Yes.
You got to throw more punches,
okay?
You're doing good defense,
but you got to punch more.
Punch more.
You got to throw
much more punches.
Throw more punches,
son.
Don't just stay here close up
and catching punches.
If you're gonna stay there...
- Okay?
[speaking Spanish]
 Jones: Here you see Canelo
 land a right body shot first
 to pull the hands down,
 beautiful body shot
 right on the waistline
 to make the left hand
 come down.
 Then you see him come back,
 and this is when you know
 a guy feel like--
 feels like he's in control.
 Instead of going down with it,
 he looks down
and comes over the top with it.
 So he's in full control
 right now
 and being able to do
 anything that he wants to do,
 and that's not good for Cotto.
[bell dings]
 Lampley: So it's been a pretty
 good first half of the fight
 for Canelo,
 or so it would seem.
 Now we go to the second half
 of the fight.
 Early in the seventh round,
 Canelo,
 as you can see in the picture,
 looking like the larger man
 in the ring.
 Harold,
 how do you have it through 6?
 Lederman: Okay, Jim,
 I've got it 4 rounds to 2,
 58-56 Canelo Alvarez.
 You know, Jim, in rounds 4--
 no, rounds 5 and round 6,
 Canelo really got
 into his game.
 He backed the guy up.
 He--you know,
 he's walking him down,
 moving forward,
 landed the harder shots,
 just like that,
 two hard right hands.
 He's doing more damage.
 That's all there is to it.
 4 to 2 Canelo Alvarez.
 Kellerman: Even if you look
 at the way this round started,
 Cotto was active,
 Canelo took a few shots,
 and then it was like,
 "Okay, that's all you got,
 little guy?
 Here I come."
 Jones: Yep, yep, exactly.
 Kellerman: Canelo's corner
 wants more activity.
 Lampley: Hard body shot
 from Canelo.
 Cotto seems to be searching
 for an answer.
 He knows he needs to try
 to back Canelo up,
 so now he's trying
 to step up the pace.
[cheers and applause]
 Activity level going up.
 The more they trade,
 the more dangerous
 it seems to become for Cotto.
Jones: Mainly because it's like
 he's trading with one hand,
 and now Canelo's trading
 with two.
 The only thing he seems
 to be able to hurt Canelo with
 is a left hook,
 if he hits him.
 He don't even know that
 that can hurt him or not.
 But Canelo seems to be able
 to hurt him
 with a straight right hand,
 a left uppercut,
 a left hook, a right uppercut,
 a body shot--
 Lampley: And there.
 Jones: Exactly.
 Good hook by Cotto there.
 Kellerman: Cotto's
 gonna have to commit
 to that hook to the body.
 Jones: And he's not doing it
 right now
 because he's the smaller man.
 You do not want to commit
 and trade with a bigger guy.
 Lampley:
 Now it's on Freddie Roach.
 Freddie Roach is the greatest
 trainer in the sport
 and the one most capable
 of making an adjustment
 that can change a fight.
 This fight needs to be changed
 for Miguel Cotto
 to have a chance to win it.
 Jones: Well, when you say
 it's on Freddie Roach,
 but Freddie Roach
 can tell you what to do;
 Freddie Roach can't
 go out there and apply it.
 And he told him to go forward
 and push him back.
 And he's trying,
 but he's not going back.
 He's steadily coming forward
 because he's too big.
[cheers and applause]
 Kellerman: You're right;
 it's not that Cotto's
 not landing punches.
 He is landing punches.
Jones: Just that he is so small
 that Canelo
 has no fear for him.
 See,
 then that right hand,
 that wouldn't hurt Canelo
 anyway.
[loud tapping]
 Lampley: Cotto landed
 a left inside.
 Byrd: Six, five,
four, three...
 Jones: Even the left hook,
 Max,
 he's just not sharp tonight.
[cheers and applause]
 [upbeat music]
- Good round.
 ♪ ♪
- Better, okay?
- That's better, right?
- Yep.
All right, now you--
you're getting in charge
of everything, okay?
All right, you're backing him
with the jab, okay?
Now, you're backing him up
with that double jab.
I think you have
the right hand there, okay?
But you have to be
right behind it, okay?
All right,
don't reach for him.
If he steps back, keep stepping
in with the jab, all right?
Double jab, right hand right
down the middle for me, okay?
- All right, all right.
- All right?
 Jones: Another sign
 of the growing confidence,
 he steps back off
 of a straight-right lead,
 which he's not afraid of,
 throws a right uppercut,
 then slips the left hook.
 Wow, and the only punch
 he's caught by is a jab
 that causes him no problem
 at the end of it.
 Lampley: CompuBox numbers
 through 7,
 Cotto 75 out of 380,
 Alvarez 76 out of 255.
 And, again, if they land
 an equal number of shots,
 Canelo's are harder shots.
 Jones: Oh.
 Lampley: Another left uppercut
 lands for Canelo.
 Kellerman: It buckled
 Cotto's knees a bit.
 Jones: Yeah, that hurt
 pretty bad there, Max,
 and that come from reaching
 at him with that jab.
 Just what they told him to do.
 Back him up with the jab.
 Kellerman: Freddie Roach
 wanted Canelo for Cotto.
 He saw Canelo...
[cheers and applause]
 Ooh, good action.
 Good, real tough exchanges
 from both guys.
 Lampley: Good body shot
 by Cotto,
 one of his best of the fight.
 Alvarez answers the body shot
 with one of his own.
 Tremendous uppercut
 for Alvarez,
 another uppercut,
 a right hand across the top.
 Cotto lands a left hook,
 tried to land another one.
[cheers and applause]
 Best action of the fight
 so far.
 Left hook lands for Cotto.
 Right uppercut lands
 for Canelo.
[cheers and applause]
 Jones: Canelo is just
the sharper guy tonight so far.
 Lampley: Bigger hitter.
 Jones: Right now.
 Lampley: Bigger man,
 bigger hitter.
 Jones: Like that. Like that.
 That hurt.
 Those hurt Cotto.
 Lampley: He is gradually
 getting Cotto into trouble
 from the accumulation
 of punishment.
 Kellerman: These are
 furious exchanges,
 and the difference is
 one guy's ability
 to absorb it over the other.
 Jones: Oh,
 good exchange of hooks.
 Lampley: Tremendous left hook
 by Cotto.
 Alvarez answers with a right
 and a left.
 Hard right hand
 by Canelo Alvarez!
 Tremendous round!
 And it's still
 only halfway done.
 Looks like Miguel Cotto
 has decided
 he needs to make a stand.
 Kellerman: Yes, he's trying
 to break Canelo's momentum,
 and he's paying a price
 to do it,
 but he is landing
 his own big shots.
 Those were some
 terrific exchanges.
[cheers and applause]
 Jones: Good hook by Cotto.
 Lampley: Three great punches
 by Cotto.
 Jones: And that was a--
 Lampley: And Canelo took them
 and stood right there
 and landed a return shot
 of his own.
Jones: But that was a beautiful
 combination by Cotto.
 Kellerman: I was saying,
 before that fight broke out,
 that Freddie Roach saw Canelo
 at Wild Card
 when Canelo first got
 to the United States,
 and based on what he's seen
 from Canelo,
 he really likes--
 he liked this fight
 for his fighter, Cotto,
 but it's obvious
 that Canelo has improved
 since then.
 Lampley: Tremendous body shot
 with the right hand
 by Canelo Alvarez.
 The book on Alvarez is that
 he can have stamina problems.
 So we'll be watching
 down the stretch of the fight
 to see if he's able
 to maintain the pace.
 Kellerman: Good right
 to the body by Cotto.
 Lampley: He's fighting
 very hard in this round.
 But you see the difference
 in power punches landed.
 Canelo's almost tripled Cotto
 in power shots in this round
 despite the number
 of good, hard, clean shots
 we've seen Cotto landing here.
 Kellerman: Cotto's jab
 is usually like a power shot,
 but not against Canelo.
- Five, four, three, two...
 Jones: Good shot.
[bell dings]
[cheers and applause]
 Lampley:
 Best round of the fight,
 fairly close to even,
 but, again,
 the thunder being from Canelo.
- More pressure now.
How are you feeling?
Good. Great.
I don't want you to do things
you don't need to do,
all right, son?
He hit you with a straight shot.
Why?
Because you were
overconfident there.
You're playing around.
- All right.
- All right, and you want to
land those shots like that,
and you're never hit.
Don't stay too long, okay?
- All right.
- All right, now, here,
the biggest thing,
don't throw the lazy jab,
okay?
He's gonna counter with
the right hand over the top.
All right?
I think your double jab
right hand will work...
 Jones: Here you see
 Cotto come in,
 best flurry of the fight
 for him, I think.
 He started with
 straight-right lead
 that was partially blocked.
 Then he threw a jab
 that wasn't blocked,
 a good right hook to the body,
 left hook to the body,
 left hook to the head.
 Left hook to the head,
 though,
 was not as sharp finishing
 as he wanted.
 There, that was a straight
 kind of left hand but jab
 at the end of the round.
 Lampley: CompuBox found Cotto
 landing 13 of 60
 and Canelo 21 of 43
 in that round
 with Canelo with an 18 edge
 in power shots.
 The judges mostly see
 how many punches you throw,
 so Cotto was trying to stop
 what appeared to be
 something of a losing streak
 by rounds,
 and Harold Lederman gave him
 the eighth round
 as some of the other judges
 might have as well.
 Kellerman: I can see that.
 I can see that.
 It seemed like the narrative
 of the fight
had been established, but Cotto
 interrupted it last round,
 but the punch stats
 say otherwise.
 Lampley: And the question is,
 how big a price did Cotto pay
 to change the momentum
 of the fight?
 Can he keep it up?
 Jones: But he just landed
 a good straight right
 earlier in this round,
 probably his best one
 of the night.
 Kellerman: And you hear
 the difference in the reaction
 of the corners.
Freddie Roach in Cotto's corner
was saying, "Okay, that's good.
 Now I think we can also
 do this."
 And in Canelo's corner,
 they were saying,
 "We don't like what you did
 there so much."
 Lampley: Yes,
 and they're saying,
 "You were overconfident."
 Jones: And they were talking
 about that jab
 at the end of the round.
 'Cause like they said,
 that really could have been
 a left hook
 or a semi-overhand left,
and it could've been dangerous.
 That's what they're
 worried about.
 Good right hand
 by both fighters.
- All right, break.
Break! Break!
[speaking Spanish]
 Jones: Oh, good uppercut.
[cheers and applause]
 Cotto threw
 a good body shot there.
 It didn't land,
 but he threw a good one.
 Lampley: No, the real
 Miguel Cotto is beginning
 to show up now.
 There's the left hook
 to the body,
 which is his best punch.
 And there's Canelo answering
 the left hook to the body
 with his own left hook
 to the body.
 Jones: Three good jabs
 by Cotto too.
 Oh, good hook.
 Lampley: Quick hard left hook
 might have hurt Cotto.
[cheers and applause]
 That was great footwork
 by Canelo.
 Jones: Oh, good uppercut.
 Wow.
 Kellerman: I think Cotto
 blocked it, Roy.
 Jones: The uppercut?
 Kellerman: Yeah.
 Jones: Okay.
 Lampley: Good jabs by Cotto.
 Canelo seems willing
 to take those jabs
 to get a better look.
Jones: Oh, good hook by Canelo.
 Kellerman: That was
 a good hook.
 Lampley: Quick left hooks
 by Canelo,
 three of them in this round
 blistering Cotto.
 Jones: Oh, good uppercut
 by Canelo.
 Lampley: There's another one.
 Jones: And Cotto comes
 right back off of it, though.
 I'm impressed.
Lampley: He's got a great chin.
 Jones: Yes, he does.
 Kellerman: It does look
 as though
 when Canelo hits him
 with those shots,
 "Uh, this is going bad
 for Cotto,"
 but then he doesn't
 actually wobble.
 Jones: No, he comes right back
 and throws
 three or four of his own.
 The only thing is, they don't
 have the velocity on 'em
 that Canelo's punches have.
[loud tapping]
- Eight, seven,
six, five, four,
three, two, one.
[bell dings]
 Tiempo!
[cheers and applause]
 Lampley:
 3/4 of the way through.
- Great. Where's the bag?
How are you feeling?
Good. Good.
All right, there's three more,
son.
You've got to do strong rounds,
son, strong rounds.
You're stronger than he is.
You're faster than he is.
But you give him time.
- Okay?
We got to press him
again, okay?
And we can't let him
back us up, okay?
- Yeah, all right.
- All right?
- 9 more minutes.
- You know, you back him up
with the jab, all right?
Throw combinations
right behind it, okay?
- Yeah.
- All right?
All right, but, yeah, don't
stay in the pocket too long.
But do--all right,
do this for me, okay?
 Jones: Here's when you know
 you got two
 really good fighters
 in action.
 You see one come and throw
 a body shot, body shot,
 then the other counters
 with a body shot--
 or a head shot, body shot,
 mainly the body shot, though.
 That's when you know you got
two real competitors in action,
 top-notch competitors.
 Lampley: Now here comes
 round 10 of a scheduled 12.
 Midway through the fight,
 Harold Lederman
 on his unofficial scorecard
 had Canelo in charge
 by a couple of points.
 Harold, how do you have it now
 through 9?
 Lederman: Okay, Jim,
 I've got it 87-83--
 87-84, 6 rounds to 3,
 Canelo Alvarez.
 You know, Jim, Miguel Cotto
 takes a great punch.
 He looks like
 he ain't getting hurt.
 But what you're judging is,
 is, who's doing more damage?
 And there's no doubt about it.
 The flat-footed Mexican
 is doing more damage.
 He's coming forward.
 He's landing monstrous shots.
 And Cotto starts showing it.
 He's trying to punch back,
 but he certainly can't go
 shot for shot with Alvarez.
 Alvarez is just too strong.
 6 to 3, Canelo Alvarez.
Kellerman: And I think what the
 punches landed indicates, too,
 Jim, is that Canelo,
while not bouncing on his toes,
 has good upper-body movement
 defensively on the inside.
 Jones: Inside and outside,
 Max.
[cheers and applause]
- [unintelligible]
[cheers and applause]
 Lampley: Tell you
 another thing Canelo has.
 He has tremendous confidence.
 He has tremendous self-belief.
 He's fighting
 with body language that says,
 "I can't lose.
 I am going to win this fight
 walking away."
 Whether it's true or not,
 that's what Canelo believes.
 Kellerman: Cotto's got to be
 able at some point,
 if he wants to win this fight,
 I think,
 to make Alvarez
 feel his left hook,
 especially to the body,
 but period.
 He has to throw
 those hard left hooks,
 or the fight seems likely
 to continue in this fashion.
- No, no, no.
Stop!
Get back.
Go.
 Lampley: A little bit
 of a lull now for Canelo
 here in the 10th round.
 Needs to produce some action,
 or else he might be in danger
 of giving a round away
 to Cotto.
 Cotto's more active,
 trying to move side to side
 and confuse Canelo,
 gets in a body shot...
- Ah, ah, ah, ah!
No, no, no, no, no.
Lampley: And pushes Canelo down
 with his arm
 on the back of the neck.
 You know what the defense is
 for Canelo, Max?
 He's got great reflexes.
 Kellerman: Yep.
 Lampley: He can see
 what's coming,
 and he gets out of the way.
 Kellerman: And he bends
 with his upper body.
 Jones: Oh, good body shot.
 Lampley: Oh, good body shot.
 Jones: My goodness.
 Kellerman: Those were
 the kind of shots
 that Cotto needs to land.
 Lampley: And Cotto gets
 a weary look on his face
after that blistering body shot
 from Canelo.
 Jones: That was pretty rough
 there, Jim.
 Tough to take them kind
 when you're this fatigued
 in a fight.
[loud tapping]
 Good right hand.
 Lampley: Good hard right hand
 by Cotto.
[cheers and applause]
 And Canelo answers back
with a three-punch combination.
[cheers and applause]
- Sorry.
- It's okay.
It's okay.
Sit down.
Good job.
Legs out.
Relax.
Good job.
Okay,
now you're scoring points,
and he's not getting
nothing back, all right?
- [speaking Spanish]
- So now he's gonna get
a little more angry,
and he's gonna come
with more force, all right?
You need to use that footwork
side to side, okay?
Use combinations and angles,
okay?
- 6 more minutes.
- All right?
Lead him.
Kill him with the jab.
Every time--every time
he steps to you, right there...
- Okay.
- Fast, hard jabs!
 Lampley: If Canelo Alvarez
 can win this fight.
 he wins the WBC title belt,
 which Miguel Cotto gave up
 earlier this week
 rather than to pay
 the sanctioning fee
 that that governing body
 demanded.
 But that governing body says
 if Canelo wins the fight
 that within 15 days
 after the fight,
 he must make a deal
 to fight Gennady Golovkin
 or risk being stripped.
 Some people believe Canelo
will go ahead and make the deal
 and fight Golovkin.
 Others believe that he won't
 and that the governing body
 won't force him to,
 as they say they will.
 But all that
 is after the fight.
 Right now, we've got
 two more rounds to go.
 We're in the 11th,
 and Max Kellerman is in
 the corner with Freddie Roach.
 Max?
 Kellerman: Freddie,
 Miguel seems to be following
 your instructions,
 but ringside, it seems to us
 that Canelo's size is negating
 some of Miguel's advantages
 and carrying the day.
 What do you see?
 Roach: I think that
 we're outscoring him.
 We're outpunching him.
 But he is coming forward,
 and he is very strong
 with his shots,
 but he's missing most of 'em.
 I mean, I think that
we're outscoring him, actually,
 but it's a very close fight,
 obviously,
 but I think that we have
 a little bit of an edge
 with scoring the jab more
 and the combinations.
 Kellerman: Like that.
 Roach: Yes.
 I mean, we have more of that
 than we have the other.
 You know, very seldom
 does he get him in the ropes.
 You know, he'll land maybe
 one or two clean shots,
 and that's about it.
 I don't think it's enough.
 Kellerman: So you don't feel
 that Miguel needs to put
 a little bit more on that hook
 to hurt Canelo,
 to stop his forward momentum
 at all
 in these next few rounds?
 Kellerman: Well, no,
 I would like that.
 Yes, because
 I've been urging him,
 "Now, don't let him
 back you up."
 I said,
 "Let's back him up."
 And I think he can do that
 with the double jab
 and the hard right hand,
 but we need to get--
 we need to do that
 for the next two rounds, yes.
 Kellerman: Thanks, Freddie.
 Lampley: Canelo Alvarez
 landed a right hand inside.
 He's working calmly
 through this 11th round,
 fighting as though he believes
 he's in control,
 even as Freddie Roach
 tells Max Kellerman
 that he thinks
 Miguel Cotto's outscoring him.
 Good left hook
 by Canelo Alvarez.
 Jones: Yeah,
 Canelo is in control, Jim.
 The thing, though,
 right now is that
 he's also giving Cotto
 an opportunity
 to land that thunderous
 left hook
 if Cotto just sits down on it
 and throws it.
 Lampley: Freddie
 refers to the jab,
 and, yes, Cotto
 just landed a jab there
 and may have had the edge
 in landed jabs
 throughout the fight.
 But the power shots
 of Canelo Alvarez
 have seemed to move Cotto
 from time to time.
 Jones: And then this footwork
 from Cotto
 seems to be giving Alvarez
 a few problems.
 And he's landing that jab,
 just like Freddie said
 he could.
 Kellerman: You can see
 Freddie's point of view.
 Cotto is landing his shots.
 What we see is,
 those shots are not having
 the same effect on Canelo
 as vice versa.
 It's gonna be interesting
 to see the way this is scored
 if it goes to the cards,
 which it looks like
 it's heading that way.
 Lampley: Every judge
 is different.
 Every scorecard is different.
 We don't know what to expect
 as we come down
 toward the last round
 of the fight.
[bell dings]
- Time! That's all.
[cheers and applause]
- Breathe. Breathe.
Let's go.
We've got to close
very strong.
How are you feeling, son?
Good.
Let's go. Let's go.
You got to throw more punches,
dude.
Last round.
Last round.
Flex the waist.
 Jones: Here you see Cotto land
 a counter right hand
 over the top
 of Canelo's left hook,
 which was his best right hand
 of the fight, I think,
 but then he comes back,
 and Canelo strips his jab
 and hits him
 with a lead left hook,
 and it seemed like Cotto
kept his hand pinned to his eye
 after that as though it may
 have hit him right in the eye
 or that it affected that eye
 in some way.
He even rocked back afterwards.
[bell dings]
 Lampley: And you heard
 Freddie Roach say
 that he believe Miguel Cotto
 is landing more punches.
 CompuBox does not agree.
 CompuBox counting 130 landed
 punches for Canelo Alvarez
in the fight to only 118 so far
 for Cotto.
 Harold Lederman has given
 the last three rounds
 in the fight to Canelo Alvarez
and has him with a 5-point lead
 coming to the 12th.
 Alvarez lands a couple
 of pretty big shots
 to start this last round.
 Jones: Huge shots.
 Kellerman: Oh, what action.
[cheers and applause]
 Lampley: Alvarez is trying
 to knock Cotto out.
 Jones: And Cotto is trying
 to do the same.
 Lampley: They're both gunning
 for the KO right now.
- Let him go. Let him go...
 Lampley: Body shot by Alvarez.
 Hard right hand over the top--
 no, not really hard.
 A looping right hand
 over the top.
 Jones: It was pretty hard,
 Jim.
[cheers and applause]
 Lampley: These shots
 are hard enough.
 Jones: Good body shots.
 Lampley: He's getting
 the better of him
 in every way right now.
 This is a very big round
 so far for Canelo.
 Now here comes Cotto
 trying to reverse it.
[cheers and applause]
 Mexico, Puerto Rico,
the two best 154-pound fighters
 in the world,
 a tremendous fight
 down the stretch.
 Jones: Cotto has a cut
 over that left eye
 bleeding in his eye now.
- Come on, guys, stop.
Kellerman: And if this is close
 on the cards,
 that's a bad look.
 Cotto needs to do
 something dramatic here.
 Lampley: Yeah,
 because Alvarez just did.
 He cut him in the 12th round.
 Jones: Oh, and hit him with
two more big shots right there.
 Lampley: A little left hook
 lands for Cotto.
 Same thing has been the case
 all night, though,
 that Alvarez
 walks through the shot
 and then loads up a big one
 and knocks Cotto back.
 Kellerman: The three-to-one
 odds for Canelo
 reflected not only the fact
 that he's such a fan favorite
 among so many but that youth
 and size would be served.
 And by our lights,
 that's what's happened here
 tonight.
 There's 40 seconds left.
[cheers and applause]
 Jones: Good body shot.
 Oh, that body shot hurt.
 Lampley: Hard shots by Canelo.
 Jones: Yeah, that body shot
 hurt him bad.
 Lampley: Very hard shot.
 Jones: That body shot
 hurt Cotto really bad.
 Lampley: He's in trouble now.
 We'll see if Canelo
 can finish him off!
 Only 20 seconds to go.
 Cotto trying to survive
 what has been a brutal assault
 here in the 12th round.
 Jones: And Cotto just tried
 a mean left hook
 just there too, Jim.
Lampley: Combination for Cotto.
 Not many chances left,
 though.
[loud tapping]
[cheers and applause]
- Six, five, four,
three, two, one.
[cheers and applause]
[bell dinging]
Time!
Good match!
[cheers and applause]
[unintelligible]
[cheers and applause]
 Lampley: Two extremely classy
 fighters.
 Kellerman:
 That's a good prize fight.
 Lampley:
 That's a great prize fight.
And those are very classy guys.
 Let's go to Michael Buffer.
[bell dinging]
 Buffer: Ladies and gentlemen,
 after 12 rounds of boxing
 here at the Mandalay Bay
 of Las Vegas,
 we go to the scorecards.
 John McKaie: 117-11;
 Dave Moretti: 119-109;
 Burt Clements: 118-110;
all three scores for the winner
 by unanimous decision
 and new middleweight champion
 of the world...
[cheers and applause]
 From Guadalajara, Jalisco,
 Mexico,
 Saul...
 Canelo...
 Alvarez!
[cheers and applause]
[laughter
and indistinct chatter]
- Whoo!
Whoo!
 Lampley: Now let's go
 to Max Kellerman
 with another one
 of the same stripe,
 Canelo Alvarez.
 Kellerman:
 Congratulations, Canelo,
on such a big win.
- [speaking Spanish]
- Just--can you describe
what you're feeling?
- [speaks Spanish]
[cheers and applause]
- [speaking Spanish]
- It's an emotion that I just
can't put into words.
- [speaking Spanish]
- I'm very happy, and
much respect to Miguel Cotto.
I will always admire him.
He's a great champion.
- [speaks Spanish]
- But now it's my era.
[cheers and applause]
- I haven't seen you
this emotional after a fight,
after a big win.
Why are you
this emotional tonight?
[both speaking Spanish]
- It's a great victory for me.
- [speaking Spanish]
- Not just for me
but for all of my country.
- [speaking Spanish]
- For all my people,
for all my people,
for my family,
and especially for my team.
[people speaking Spanish]
- [speaking Spanish]
- Got a great trainer.
- [speaking Spanish]
- He's the one that
brings you here from nothing.
- [speaking Spanish]
- I didn't even know
what a jab was.
- [speaking Spanish]
- And then we get
to this level,
and that shows the quality
of these trainers.
They're great trainers.
- [speaking Spanish]
- I'm very proud to have
people like them,
and more than trainers,
they're my family.
- [speaking Spanish]
- I want to thank my family.
I want to thank my friends
that are always supporting me.
And all this is for them.
- You guys were boxing at--
you know,
it was a boxer-puncher
kind of fight, both of you,
and the difference seemed to be
that your punches were having
a greater effect on him than
his were on you when he landed.
Did you feel his power?
[both speaking Spanish]
- You know, it's also,
like I said,
my respect for Cotto,
as I said.
- [speaking Spanish]
- You know, like I said,
my respect for him,
and what I said; it doesn't
matter if I landed ten punches
but ten well-connected punches.
- [speaking Spanish]
- And obviously not get hit
by his punches.
- Okay,
now we turn our attention
to what's coming up.
The hope in the boxing world
was that if Canelo won,
he would fight Triple G,
because Canelo
fights everyone.
What are your thoughts
now that you're considered
the lineal middleweight champion
and he has all the belts--
or many of the belts--
what are your thoughts
about fighting Triple G?
- [speaking Spanish]
- You know,
with all due respect,
before, I didn't want
to answer you
because I was focused
on this fight,
but with all due respect,
if you want to fight him
right now,
I'll put the gloves on right now
and fight him now.
- Yeah!
- [speaking Spanish]
- My respect.
He's a great champion.
I know him.
He's a friend of mine.
But right now, I'll put
the gloves on against him.
- And this is one
of the many reasons
the boxing world loves Canelo.
Congratulations, champ.
- [speaking Spanish]
- Gracias.
[speaking Spanish]
Gracias.
 [dramatic music]
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