LAS VEGAS — Canelo Alvarez retained his undisputed super middleweight championship on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena with a unanimous-decision victory over his rival, Gennadiy Golovkin, in a trilogy fight.
Two judges scored it 115-113, while a third judge had it 116-112 for Alvarez.
After the final bell, and 36 rounds together, the two rivals shared a long embrace, apparently ending a feud that grew personal over the years.
Golovkin, at age 40, started incredibly slow and barely threw a right hand over the first two quarters of the bout, but he came on strong late and appeared to win the final four rounds. Punch Stats Punches Alvarez Golovkin Total landed 130 120 Total thrown 487 521 Percent 27% 23% Jabs landed 45 74 Jabs thrown 270 350 Percent 17% 21% Power landed 85 46 Power thrown 217 171 Percent 39% 27% — Courtesy of CompuBox
The two rivals fought to a draw in their 2017 fight. Alvarez won a majority decision in 2018.
Alvarez (58-2-2, 39 KOs) was coming off an upset loss to Dmitry Bivol in May when he challenged for a 175-pound title.
Golovkin (42-2-1, 37 KOs), who entered off a TKO win over Ryota Murata in April, competed at 168 pounds for the first time following a legendary middleweight run, where he still holds two 160-pound titles.
