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Canelo Alvarez regains WBC super-middleweight title with unanimous decision over Christian Mbilli

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia: Canelo Alvarez regained the WBC super-middleweight championship on Saturday night, using precise counterpunching and a strong second-half performance to defeat Christian Mbilli by unanimous decision. The judges scored the fight 115-112, 116-111 and 117-110 for Alvarez, who handed Mbilli his first professional defeat. Alvarez improved to 64-3-2, while Mbilli fell to 29-1-1. Returning for the first time since losing his undisputed championship to Terence Crawford in September