The 32-year-old Álvarez was a 5-to-1 favorite shortly before the opening bell, and he fought like it. I’m still champion.”Īfter their first two fights resulted in a draw and a narrow majority-decision victory for Álvarez, the fighters finally met again four years later, again fighting just off the Las Vegas Strip at T-Mobile Arena, the site of all three meetings in the trilogy. “I have a great plan,” Golovkin said of his future. All three blemishes on his career record are the results of his trilogy with Álvarez. Golovkin again said he won’t retire after this bout, but the longtime middleweight champion took only his second loss - and the first that was decisive. I’ve gone through difficult times with my defeat, but defeats can show how you can be great, how you can come back and show humility.” Only thing you can do is continue to move forward. “I’ve gone through very difficult things in my life. “Thank you so much for your support,” Álvarez said to the crowd. With a clear victory to wrap up one of the livelier rivalries in recent boxing history, Álvarez rebounded splendidly from only the second loss of his career, a fairly one-sided light heavyweight defeat delivered by Dmitry Bivol last May. Canelo Alvarez hits Gennadiy Golovkin with a left hook during their bout. Álvarez wasn’t much more accurate, landing only 26% of his shots, but the Mexican star landed 85 power punches to Golovkin’s 46 and controlled the ring for long stretches. Golovkin landed only 23 percent of his 521 punches, and he only threw 10 punches to Canelo’s body, according to CompuBox. The Associated Press also favored Canelo, 117-111. Judges Steve Weisfeld and David Sutherland both scored the no-action first round and four of the final five rounds for Golovkin, leading to those 115-113 scores in a bout that Álvarez largely dominated for long stretches. The bitter rivals embraced and spoke warmly to each other after the final bell, perhaps signaling a thaw in their frosty relationship. It’s high level, because we trained well, and this is shows that we did a very good fight, very good quality.” “Everybody knows this is high level, the best fight for boxing,” Golovkin said.
Fighting at 168 pounds for the first time in his career, the Kazakh middleweight star still had moments of his dynamic best in the later rounds against a wearier Canelo, but they weren’t enough to turn the bout against a younger opponent more comfortable at super middleweight, where he reigns as the undisputed champion. Golovkin started far too slowly with no clear strategy to take the initiative away from Álvarez. Canelo Alvarez delivers a sharp right hook to Gennadiy Golovkin during his unanimous decision victory in their super middleweight bout. Golovkin rallied late, but ran out of time. I’m glad to be involved in that kind of fight.”Įven with an injured left hand that he says will require surgery, the 32-year-old Álvarez delivered a comprehensive pummeling of the now-40-year-old Golovkin (42-2-1) in the first eight rounds, repeatedly testing Triple G’s famed chin with combinations and overhand rights. “For me, I’m just glad to share the ring with him. “He’s a strong fighter,” Álvarez said to the raucous cheers of his supportive Vegas crowd. The Mexican superstar decisively won his third ring meeting with Gennady Golovkin on Saturday night, earning a unanimous-decision victory and clear superiority in their rivalry.įour years after the fighters’ most recent meeting ended in a narrow, disputed victory for Álvarez (58-2-2, 39 KOs), the four-division world champion left little doubt about this verdict - even though he won by just 115-113 on two judges’ scorecards, with the third seeing it 116-112. LAS VEGAS - After 36 rounds together in the ring over the past five years, Canelo Álvarez finally put a convincing finish on his remarkable trilogy with Gennady Golovkin. ‘He hates me, I hate him’: Boxing stars finally settling ‘bad blood’ in high-stakes clashīoxing star Canelo Alvarez apologizes to Lionel Messi for World Cup threat Canelo Alvarez responds to rising star’s face of boxing boast: ‘I’m not retired yet’
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