VIDEO Canelo Alvarez vs. Daniel Jacobs: Highlights From Championship Boxing Fight

Canelo Alvarez (52-1-2) earned a unanimous decision victory over Daniel Jacobs (35-3) on Saturday night at T-Mobile Center in Las Vegas to retain his WBA (Super), WBC, The Ring, and lineal middleweight titles and capture Jacobs' IBF belt.

Judges Dave Moretti and Steve Weisfeld scored the fight 115-113, while Glenn Feldman scored it 116-112. International Business Times scored the fight 116-112.

Fighting on Cinco de Mayo weekend, the pro-Alvarez crowd chanted "Mexico! Mexico!" in the second round in support of the Guadalajara native.

The early rounds were marked by relative inactivity, as both boxers seemed to favor jabs and body punches rather than anything resembling a knockout punch. Alvarez appeared more active, while Jacobs seemed resigned in his attempts to outpoint Alvarez by baiting him into risky power punches that never came.

"It was just what we thought," Alvarez said. "We knew it would be a difficult fight. We just did our job."

Jacobs was more assertive in the second half of the fight, by switching to a southpaw stance and finding more opportunities to land harder punches. The Brooklyn native appeared more eager to trade punches and connected more on crosses though Alvarez was able to land a hard left hook in the eighth round.

Jacobs was unhappy with the judges' decision, claiming he "did enough" to win the fight.

Overall, Alvarez seemed to outwork Jacobs, even overcoming some solid exchanges in the final rounds.

According to CompuBox, Alvarez landed 40% of his punches, compared to 20% by Jacobs.

Alvarez earned $36 million from the fight.

The victory for Alvarez could set up a future fight with Gennady Golovkin to complete their trilogy. Golovkin faces little-known Steve Rolls on June 8.