Canelo Alvarez vs. Austin Trout Results: Alvarez Outpoints Trout in Back and Forth Battle

Combat sports fans were in for a treat on Saturday night after a full day of action. The night started with UFC on FOX 7 taking place in San Jose at the HP Pavilion, but when that bout concluded all eyes were on the Alamodome where Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Austin Trout were set to unify the WBC and WBA super middleweight championships.

Alvarez (41-0, 30 KO) and Trout (26-0, 14 KO) came in to the fight with unblemished records, but one man left with the first loss of their career.

The 22-year-old Alvarez came in to the fight with revenge on his mind, as he looked to avenge his brother Rigoberto’s loss to Trout back in 2010, but he would not let the emotions get the most of him.

As everyone expected, Trout used his reach advantage early in the bout to keep Canelo at a distance, but the Mexican star was patient and stalked Trout around the cage waiting for an opportunity to jump in and land some punishing blows.

Canelo was unable to work the jab and get close enough to land his devastating hook in the first round, but he seemed to find his rhythm and figure out the distance early in the second. Alvarez continued to land the heavier shots, but Trout was staying active and continued to pivot around the ring and use his footwork to avoid any devastating damage.

It was a very back and forth fight with neither fighter establishing themselves as the dominant boxer.

The pace picked up in the sixth round with both fighters throwing more power shots. Trout stayed committed to working the body, while Alvarez was slipping the big shots upstairs. The body shots appeared to be wearing down the Mexican as Trout poured on the punishment in the final seconds of the sixth.

While the momentum seemed to be in Trout’s corner, Canelo opened the seventh round with a big shot that dropped Trout and left his legs wobbly as the round continued. The big shot seemed to remove any head movement for Trout and Alvarez was stalking him down until the bell rang. Trout did seem to recover well near the end of the round, but Alvarez had the biggest moment of the fight.

Trout came back with a dominating round 8 after Alvarez seemed to take the round off. Alvarez had another interesting strategy in round 9 where he threw very few punches. It appeared that Alvarez was taking some time off so he could close the fight out with gas in the tank.

Alvarez was ahead on the scorecards and Trout came out in the tenth with an added sense of urgency, but he would need a knockout to earn the victory.

It wasn’t in the cards for Trout, as Alvarez finished the fight landing the heavier shots and pulling away on the scorecards — 115-112, 116-111 and 118-109.