'No excuse': Canelo Alvarez sets up blockbuster clash with Terence Crawford despite uninspiring win

Canelo Alvarez beat William Scull in a unanimous points decision Sunday (AEST) to become undisputed super-middleweight champion again.

Alvarez is a four-weight world champion and entered the fight with the WBA, WBC and WBO titles at 168 pounds.

He was stripped of the IBF belt last July when he declined to make a mandatory defense against Scull, but got it back in clinical yet uninspiring fashion.

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Alvarez got the nod from all three judges, who scored it 115-113, 116-112, 119-109.

The 34-year-old Mexican champion improved to 63-2-2 with 39 knockouts and is unbeaten in 10 fights in the super-middleweight category.

The fight against IBF champion Scull didn’t live up to the hype, with the Cuban-born fighter constantly moving around, dodging, shuffling and frustrating Alvarez, who later said he hated fighting that style of boxer.

“It's OK, we won. We're here with the title as the champion," Alvarez said.

"I'm a champion. I’m a professional, so that’s all, no excuse or anything.”

Moments after the decision was declared, the promotion for a proposed September fight between Alvarez and Terence Crawford began, with both men facing off.

“I feel great. Crawford is one of the best out there and, you know, I like to share the ring with that kind of fighter,” he said.

Crawford was in the crowd watching in the Saudi capital.

“I’m feeling great. I'm feeling blessed. Things happen for a reason, and there’s a reason why I’m here," he said. “In September I’m showing the world what greatness look like.”

Crawford (41-0) is considered one of the best pound-for-pound fighters of this generation, having defeated the likes of Errol Spence Jr. and Shawn Porter.