Canelo Alvarez won the decision. William Scull acted indignant. But the real winner after 12 stupefyingly dull rounds between the two guys holding claims to elite status at 168 pounds was neither the Mexican superstar nor the Cuban runner. It was Terence Crawford, presuming he stayed awake at ringside.

Saul "Canelo" Alvarez trudged past William Scull in a sluggish affair to become a two-time undisputed super middleweight champion and set up the Terence Crawford mega-fight.