Alvarez came into this fight as the favorite and was able to prove his status. Canelo defeated Munguia, who had never lost before, by unanimous decision of the judges. The scores were 117-110, 116-111 and 115-112 in favor of the champion.
It should be noted that Munguia was on the canvas as the fight progressed.
Here are the rest of the results of the evening of boxing.
Mario Barrios (29-2, 18 KOs) - Fabian Maidana (22-3, 16 KOs) - Barrios won by unanimous decision of the judges;
Brandon Figueroa (25-1-1, 19 KOs) - Jessie Magdaleno (29-3, 18 KOs) - Figueroa won by knockout;
Eimantas Stanyonis (15-0, 9 KO) - Gabriel Maestre (6-1-1, 5 KO) - Stanyonis won by unanimous decision of the judges;
Vito Melnicki, Jr. (18-1, 12 KOs) - Ronald Cruz (19-4-1, 12 KOs) - Melnicki won by unanimous decision of judges;
Jesus Ramos (21-1, 16 KOs) - Johan Gonzalez (34-3, 33 KOs) - Ramos won by TKO;
Alan David Picasso (28-0-1, 16 KOs) - Damien Vazquez (17-4-1, 9 KOs). Picasso TKO win;
William Skull (22-0, 9 KOs) - Shawn Hemphill (16-2, 10 KOs). Skull won by unanimous decision of the judges;
Julian Bridges (5-0, 2 KOs) - Jabine Chollet (9-1, 7 KOs). Bridges won by unanimous decision of the judges;
Adrian Torres (8-0, 6 KOs) - Arsen Poghosyan (3-2-1, 2 KOs). Torres won by unanimous decision of the judges.