I had Alvarez winning by 2 rounds. Cotto never looked like hurting him, and boxers do get points for moving forward and being the agressor.
I think if Cotto had paid the sanctioning fees, there's a kind of unspoken rule the opponent has to come and "win" the belt, but by not having the belt, the judges saw Alvarez as the "champion elect", so Cotto didn't have that as a fall-back.
The judges scorecards were very Vegas.
I think if Cotto had paid the sanctioning fees, there's a kind of unspoken rule the opponent has to come and "win" the belt, but by not having the belt, the judges saw Alvarez as the "champion elect", so Cotto didn't have that as a fall-back.
The judges scorecards were very Vegas.