![]() ![]() ![]() Golovkin shone in first fight, but judges scored bout a controversial split drawĬanelo edged the razor-close rematch, emerging a majority-decision winnerįinal round. Rivals previously clashed in middleweight title fights in 20 Saul Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin fight for Mexican’s super-middleweight titles Follow live updates and results from the main event and undercard, below. Tonight, one of boxing’s great modern rivalries looks set to be decided for good. Meanwhile, age is not on GGG’s side as the 40-year-old looks to finally score an official victory over Canelo, but he is at least in form – having last competed in April, when he stopped Ryota Murata in the ninth round. Alvarez, 32, enters the bout on the back of just the second defeat of his pro career, a points loss to light-heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol in May. Again, many felt that GGG had deserved the win, but Canelo took the titles from the Kazakh with a majority-decision win – marking the first loss of Golovkin’s professional career.įour years on, Golovkin and Canelo are set for another September showdown at the T-Mobile Arena, this time with the Mexican’s super-middleweight titles on the line. Twelve months later in the same venue, the rivals clashed again and produced an instant classic. Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin will square off for the third and presumably final time tonight as the pair seek a clear conclusion to what has been a controversial rivalry.Ĭanelo (57-2-2, 39 knockouts) and “GGG” (42-1-1, 37 KOs) first clashed at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas in September 2017, fighting to a controversial split draw when most observers believed that then-unified middleweight champion Golovkin had done enough to claim the victory. ![]()
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