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Mix reaction trail GGG v Alvarez draw bout

By News Express on September 18, 2017

A mix reaction has trailed last Sunday world middleweight title fight between Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin after the bout was adjudged draw.

After a closely fought bout at the T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas, one judge scored it 118-110 for Alvarez, another 115-113 for Golovkin and the third a 114-114 draw.

There were boos when the decision was announced as many saw it as another rape in the world of boxing.

Former heavyweight world champion Lennox Lewis tweeted: "I have GGG as clear winner. Loved that Canelo swung to the very end! Both are winners tonight."

Former two-weight world champion Paulie Malignaggi said: "Canelo was never in it once it passed about round four or so."

Floyd Mayweather Sr, whose son recently beat mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor in a boxing match, said the 118-110 scorecard was "ridiculous" and he saw the fight as a draw.

"I didn't think either one of them fought that good," he said. "That fight was kind of close, real close."

Former middleweight champion and co-promoter Bernard Hopkins said: "No-one is saying that Golovkin got robbed.

"What they are saying is the score of a judge, who has been around for a long time and did a lot of my fights, maybe saw things that we didn't see and maybe counted things that we should know should have been counted.

With the result, Kazakh Golovkin, 35, retains his WBA, WBC and IBF titles and remains unbeaten in 38 fights.

Judge Adalaide Byrd had Alvarez as a clear winner, Dave Moretti scored the bout for Golovkin and Dan Trella had the fighters level.

Alvarez's record now stands at 49 wins (34 KO), two draws and one defeat from 52 fights.

•Photo shows GGG, Canelo in last Sunday fight.

Source News Express

Posted September 18, 2017