Photos: Canelo Ends Rivalry With Dominant Win Over Golovkin – HUGE Gallery

T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas – In his anticipated trilogy, Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez (58-2-2, 39 KOs) was too young and too good, as he dominated Gennadiy Golovkin (42-2-1, 37 KOs). ). ) for most of the fight by twelve round unanimous decision to retain the undisputed super middleweight crown. (photos by Ed Mulholland)

The scores were 116-112, 115-113 and 115-113.

Their first fight, in 2017, ended in a controversial twelve-round split draw. The 2018 rematch saw Canelo win a very close majority decision over twelve rounds. Both bouts took place in the middleweight division.

In the first round of the trilogy, they came close. Golovkin was working a jab and Canelo was looking to land power shots early on. Canelo was pumping his own jab in the second. Canelo’s speed was the difference as they boxed. Golovkin wasn’t throwing enough.

During the third, Canelo was coming forward and pressing with power shots, some landing well. The face of Golovkin’s face was already being marked. In the fourth round, Canelo landed the body, got around Golovkin and got the better of him.

Canelo was pressing forward and guarding Golovkin’s body in the fifth. There wasn’t much coming from Golovkin other than the jabs from him. Golovkin has been very hesitant with his punches and his inactivity with his exit allowed Canelo to rack up points. More of the same in the sixth, with Canelo controlling the action and outplaying Golovkin.

In the seventh, Canelo was close and starting to let go of his hands. He continued to outperform and outperform Golovkin. There wasn’t much Golovkin in all eight either, even when Canelo paused. Canelo now went to the body more often and then brought it back up.

During the ninth, Golovkin was beginning to loosen his hands more, but was getting outmatched and outmatched at work. Golovkin really caught Canelo and pushed him back. He couldn’t go on with much, but now he was much more busy luring Canelo into a fight. The tenth was mostly a Canelo round, with Golovkin unable to land much. There was a clash of heads that opened a cut around Canelo’s right eye.

In the eleventh, both started at an active pace. Golovkin was throwing more, pumping out a jab, and Canelo seemed to take a round as the twelfth approached. During the last round, they were close to Canelo beating the older fighter.