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CANELO WINS THE TRILOGY- COMPLETE FIGHT RESULTS AND PHOTOS By Ed de la Vega, DDS PhilBoxing.com Sun, 18 Sep 2022  LAS VEGAS -- Sure as the sun rising every morning, the prediction of many boxing experts, pundits and bookmakers as to the expected result of tonight’s fight was spot on. At the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Canelo Alvarez, the redhead from Guadalajara, Mexico narrowly beat Gennady G. Golovkin of Kazakhstan over 12 rounds during the Trilogy that was built up as a blockbuster. But it was far from that! 
It was all Canelo from the first bell up to the last. Golovkin, to be fair, had his moments but it was not enough to turn the tide. Much to his credit however, he stood his ground and never fall. Those that predicted the Canelo win has said it succinctly. Golovkin was almost inactive in the past three years. His mind may have been sharp, but the body could not respond well. At 40 years old Golovkin could not just muster enough to keep the younger Canelo off of him. His jabs that served him so well at their first fight was barely there. 
Sensing that he was behind, GGG upped the fight tempo in the last rounds but all his efforts were not enough to overcome the early lead of Canelo. In the end, the judges gave it all to Canelo, 116-112, 115-113 , 115-113. 
Bam Rodriguez (R) puts the pressure on Israel Gonzalez. In the co main event, Jesse Rodriguez, the WBC Super flyweight champion easily kept his title with a unanimous decision win over Israel Gonzalez. Scores were 118-109, 117-110 and 114-113. 
Ali Akhmedov (R) connects with a left at Gabriel Rosado. Ali Akhmedov of Kazakhstan fought from the outside to easily outclass Freddie Roach-coached Gabriel Rosado. Scores were all 100-90. 
Austin Williams (R) delivers a left straight against Kieron conway. Austin Williams of Houston Texas beat Kieron Conway of England to win the WBA International Middleweight belt. Scores were 97-92, 97-92 and 96-93. 
Diego Pacheco (R) staggers Enrique Collazo. Unbeaten super middleweight Diego Pacheco won his first belt with a 5th round TKO over Enrique Collazo (16-3-1, 11 KOs). Pacheco dropped Collazo in round five and got the stoppage moments later. Time was 2:29. Pacheco claimed the WBC USNBC silver title. 
Marc Castro connects with a left at Kevin Montiel. Lightweight Marc Castro scored a huge knockout over Kevin Montiel In last seconds of the round 4, Castro hurt Montiel with a hard right but was saved by the bell. Another right in the fifth did it as Castro knocked Montiel out cold. Time was1:40 of the fifth round. 
Aaron Alponte scored a knockdown in round two over Fernando Molina. Molina returned the favor in round 5 and dropped Alponte. In the end the judges scored the fight as follows 76-74 for Molina, 76-74 for Aponte, and 75-75 even. The fight was a draw. 
Antony Herrera (L) connects with a body shot against Kevin McKinley. In the curtain raiser, Antony Herrera won a technical decision over Kevin McKinley. A clash of heads early in the 5th round made McKinley unable to continue thus losing the fight. Scores at the time the stoppage was all 50-45. Click here to view a list of other articles written by Ed de la Vega, DDS.  |
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