The most anticipated fight in recent middleweight history ended in a draw. Gennady Golovkin started slow and Canelo Alvarez controlled the early rounds, but the Kazakh freight train eventually got into the fight.
“He has good experience,” commented Golovkin.
“His power was not what I thought it was. It did not surprise me. I won seven or eight rounds easily,” stated Canelo.
“I think I’m still the champion. I did not lose. I won this big drama show,” told Golovkin.
“This is a draw, he didn’t win,” replied Canelo.
Both fighters said that they want a rematch.
Golovkin started with strong jabs and made Canelo move around the ring. Alvarez countered with good body shots and punches to the head. An even round from both fighters. Golovkin more powerful, Alvarez more quicker.
Canelo’s speed won him round two. He hit Golovkin with multiple power shots to the body and head. Golovkin was missing a lot but landed a couple of jabs.
Golovkin was getting outboxed in round three. Alvarez landed with multiple combinations and all kinds of power shots. The Kazakh tried fight fire with fire but wasn’t landing as much.
Round four was all Golovkin. He started attacking the body more although some shots were partially blocked by Canelo. Still, Golovkin let his hands go and took the round.
Both fighters upped the pace in round five. Golovkin made the ring smaller and started landing big shots on Canelo who was standing against the ropes. Alvarez fired back and made Golovkin back off.
Canelo found success with his body punching in the sixth. But half way through the round Golovkin backed Canelo against the ropes again. Golovkin landed a big one two to which Canelo responded with his own one two.
The Kazakh kept making the ring small and backed Canelo against the ropes. Alvarez found success with his counter shots. Golovkin landed good head shots but could not keep Canelo still due to the Mexican’s strong counters.
Golovkin doubled his shots in round eight. At this moment he was outsmarting Alvarez, who did land strong counters but ‘GGG’ walked through all of them.
Alvarez started round nine with good pace but then Golovkin landed power shots and trapped Canelo against the ropes again. Canelo kept landing with massive counters but Golovkin’s chin was simply iron. Golovkin was in firm control of the fight.
Round ten started with brief brawl and it looked like Golovkin was hurt. Soon after ‘Triple G’ took control of the round and backed Canelo against the ropes again. They brawled again for a bit until the round ended.
Alvarez landed deadly combinations in the eleventh but Golovkin was walking through fire and was the aggressor in the round. The Kazakh stayed on Canelo and landed solid shots, especially his jab.
Canelo came out as the aggressor in the final round. Throughout the first minute it was all Canelo. Golovkin then fired back and backed Canelo against the ropes. Fight ends with a crazy blow for blow trade off.
After twelve quality rounds the judges declared the fight a draw.