Canelo Álvarez decisively won his third ring meeting with Gennady Golovkin on Saturday night, earning a unanimous-decision victory in the final bout of their entertaining trilogy.
Four years after the fighters’ most recent meeting ended in a narrow, disputed victory for Álvarez , the four-division world champion left little doubt about this verdict. The 32-year-old Mexican star delivered a comprehensive pummeling of the now-40-year-old Golovkin in the first eight rounds, repeatedly testing Triple G’s famed chin with combinations and overhand rights.
The judges all scored it surprisingly closely for Álvarez: 116-112, 115-113 and 115-113. The Associated Press also favored Canelo, 117-111. Golovkin has said he won’t retire after this bout, but the longtime middleweight champion took only his second career loss — and the first that was decisive. The bitter rivals embraced and spoke warmly to each other after the final bell, perhaps signaling a thaw in their frosty relationship.
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