LAS VEGAS -- Canelo Alvarez, sunglasses covering some of the redness and welts that peppered his face, found himself in unfamiliar territory.
For the first time since a 2013 loss to Floyd Mayweather at age 23, Alvarez sat on the dais afterward and explained how -- and why -- he lost.
Alvarez said the judges miscalculated -- that Dmitry Bivol won four or five rounds, at most, on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena. But even his promoter, Eddie Hearn, scored just three rounds for Alvarez, who lost the 175-pound title fight in dominant fashion.
There's no shame in the loss, of course, not even for the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world.