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Nobody Can Believe The ‘Absurd’ Canelo-GGG Score Cards

Written by Boxing Social Staff on 18th September 2022.

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Saul ‘Canelo’ Álvarez closed off his trilogy with Gennady Golovkin last night in Las Vegas with a decisive victory. Well, decisive to some…

Canelo completely dominated the early stages of the fight, beating Golovkin to the punch on almost every exchange. ‘Triple G’ couldn’t come up with much more than a jab, whist his Mexican opponent cycled through his range of available artillery.

The Mexican’s success continued, and with each round a win for ‘GGG’ became ever more unlikely. In fact, such was Álvarez’ early dominance that it’s hard to make a case for the 40-year-old taking any of opening 6 rounds. Despite upping the tempo in the later stages, ‘Triple G’ never troubled Canelo, who ended up cruising to victory.

Whether Canelo just has his number or, more likely, the final fight is coming too late in ‘GGG’s career, the Mexican was a very clear winner. Ironically, given the controversial scoring in the pair’s past, there was disbelief at how close the official scores were. This time, it was Canelo whom the fans felt was hard done by.

116-112, and 115-113 twice, in favour of the Mexican – meaning that if Golovkin had managed to win just one more round the result would have been announced as a majority draw. Perhaps the talk of past controversy got in the judges heads.

It is, alas, an all-too-familiar story in boxing and plenty in the sport have had their say on the questionable scoring.

Michael Benson

Lou DiBella

Ade Oladipo

Stephen Espinoza

Claressa Shields

Gareth A Davies

Dan Rafael