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Canelo Alvarez vs Gennady Golovkin 3
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez completed his trilogy with Gennady Golovkin, retaining the undisputed super middleweight crown with a points victory on Saturday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
The pair have shared the ring twice before – the first meeting in September 2017 was a draw and the second was overshadowed by Alvarez, although there were arguments for Golovkin to win in at least one of their fights.
Since their last meeting, Canelo has swept the super middleweight division and also reigned supreme at delicate heavyweight, but suffered a shock defeat to Dmitry Bivol in May.
His rival has won four fights since the September 2018 rematch, unifying the IBF and WBA super middleweight titles last time out by defeating Ryota Murata in the ninth round in Japan in April.
Golovkin started cautiously, while Alvarez arguably overshadowed the first round with more flashy action.
The match got off to a rocky start, with Canelo landing decent right hands, Golovkin capitalizing on his jab in round two, and the action picked up in round three as the Mexican got to the body and applied pressure.
The Kazakh seemed timid in the first four rounds and Alvarez sensed it, landing in handcuffs in the fourth round, but in the fifth the 40-year-old got out of the situation a bit better and Canelo landed a powerful overhand punch right at the end of the round.
After a quieter sixth and seventh rounds in which Canelo once again came out on top, he upped the ante in round eight, landing stiff, demanding shots that Golovkin slowly managed to counter.
“GGG” finally let go and moved forward with his best round yet in the ninth round as the two traded opponents, but it seemed like it wasn’t too tardy to start the championship sessions.
Golovkin was competitive again in the tenth and continued to march forward in the penultimate set, but ultimately needed a knockout to win as the fight reached the final three minutes.
It didn’t look like it would ever happen, but he fought until the end when the fight went down in the cards.
Two 115-113 scores and a third 116-112 sealed the victory for Alvarez, although the margins looked much closer than they should have been and the couple embraced after splitting three battles.
Rodriguez defended his world title
(Pictured) Jessie “Bam” Rodriguez successfully defended his WBC super flyweight title for the second time, overcoming a snail-paced start to his match against the dashing Israel Gonzalez to win by unanimous decision.
Gonzalez (28-5-1, 11 KO) impressed in the first half of the fight before Rodriguez (17-0, 11 KO) gradually gained ground in the fight.
The champion was docked a point for low blows in the eighth and was forced to work demanding against the Mexican, who had previously failed three times in his world title fight.
Rodriguez was lucky not to lose another point in the penultimate frame when another low blow came in, but he ended up with two far too wide cards, 118-109 and 117-110 respectively, and a third at a more reasonable 114-113.
Akhmedov defeats Rosado
Ali Akhmedov (19-1, 14 KOs) won the vacant WBC Silver and IBF North American super middleweight titles with a resounding points victory over Gabe Rosado (26-16-1, 15 KOs).
Two belts won for Akhmedov after a 100-90, 100-90, 100-90 decision over Rosado!#CaneloGGG3 #AkhmedovRosado pic.twitter.com/NQTvBQOOQ6
— Boxing at Matchroom (@MatchroomBoxing) September 18, 2022
Three scores 100-90 proved the Kazakh’s superiority.
Williams overtakes Conway
Austin “Ammo” Williams won the vacant WBA International middleweight title with a unanimous decision victory over Kieron Conway of Northampton.
Conway (18-3-1, 4 KOs) was dropped in the ninth round by a right uppercut from Williams (12-0, 9 KOs), but was competitive, especially in the middle rounds.
Williams won by two scores of 97-92 and the third by a score of 96-93.
Undercard remaining
Diego Pacheco remained undefeated and also won the vacant WBC United States super middleweight title by knocking out Enrique Collazo in the fifth round.
Pacheco (16-0, 13 KO) defeated Collazo (16-3-1, 11 KO) with a powerful right hand, and after the Puerto Rican beat the count, Pacheco’s double-fisted attack forced the referee to intervene.
In a fight between undefeated Aaron Aponte (6-0-1, 2 KOs) and Fernando Angel Molina (8-0-1, 3 KOs), the two failed to separate after eight rounds in the super lightweight division.
.@realdpacheco I smelled blood in the water 🦈#CaneloGGG3 pic.twitter.com/ktwq0WuSL0
— DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) September 17, 2022
Every 76-74 score was placed on a 75-75 card.
Marc Castro (8-0, 6 KO) remained undefeated, defeating Kevin Montiel Mendoza (6-2-2, 3 KO) in the fifth of a scheduled eight rounds in the lightweight and super flyweight Anthony Herrera (3 -0-1, 2 KO) won by technical decision against Delvin McKinley (4-4-1, 4 KO) after he suffered a cut after a headbutt in the fifth of the scheduled six rounds.
Daniel Dubois has revealed that his goal is an undisputed title clash with the winner of this weekend’s rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury.
Dubois will defend his IBF heavyweight title against former world champion Joseph Parker on February 22 and arrived in Riyadh earlier this week to watch Saturday’s clash between Usyk and Fury.
After being written off by many recently, “Dynamite” has been in the form of his life lately, picking up three stoppage wins off the back of Jarrell Miller, Filip Hrgovic and Anthony Joshua.
It was said that the heavy-handed 27-year-old would immediately enter into a rematch with Joshua, but “AJ” and his team did not agree with this idea.
And keep talking talkSPORT today, Dubois stated that he has his eye on unifying the four belts with the winner of Saturday’s rematch if he manages to overtake Parker.
“I’m here in Saudi Arabia and I want a winner on Saturday night.
I want to fight for an undisputed result, that’s the game now and that’s the goal.
“100% [I would beat them]. This is my time now. I’ve had my ups and downs, but I’m a recent man.
“I am ready to seek and destroy!” 🔥
Daniel Dubois can’t wait to meet Joseph Parker on February 22 👀#DuboisParker pic.twitter.com/q1WP0YkrmQ
— Professional boxing fans (@ProBoxingFans) December 3, 2024
“I am ready to fight for the undisputed, win it and make history.
“I evolved and learned from my mistakes.
“The team did well and I’m firing on all cylinders now. Let’s go!”
Like Dubois, Parker is also in the best form of his career and comes into the match on the back of upset wins over Deontay Wilder and Zhilei Zhang.
The situation in the heavyweight division in 2025 depends on the outcome of the epic rematch on Saturday evening, in which three world titles will be up for grabs.
Usyk hurt and released Fury en route to a split decision victory when they first faced off in May, and many believe the ‘Gypsy King’ has everything to do if he wants to reverse the result.
“I am ready to seek and destroy!” 🔥
Daniel Dubois can’t wait to meet Joseph Parker on February 22 👀#DuboisParker pic.twitter.com/q1WP0YkrmQ
— Professional boxing fans (@ProBoxingFans) December 3, 2024
A third fight between the pair is contractually agreed if the Morecambe man wins, provided neither he nor ‘The Cat’ withdraws after the second battle at the Kingdom Arena.
Paulie Malignanggi believes that Tyson Fury is no longer the same fighter he once was, and he will not beat Oleksandr Usyk in Saturday’s rematch.
Fury decides to take revenge for his own loss of split decision to Usyk in May, when he meets the Ukrainian for the second time in Riyad.
Fury was given eight points after tripping over the ropes following a powerful attack from his rival, and Malignaggi feels his three fights with Deontay Wilder, in which he fell four times, are starting to catch up with him.
“I don’t know if Wilder and Fury are the same after these three fights,” the 41-year-old said talkSPORT Boxing.
“Wilder certainly didn’t look the same as Fury to me, his impact resistance was always one of the best.
“He got up from Deontay Wilder’s punches that would have made buildings collapse, and now Oleksandr Usyk, a former cruiserweight, turned him around and dropped him in the first fight.
“What are the lasting effects of the Wilder trilogy?
“Who is one of the most devastating boxers in history.”
The “Gypsy King” suffered the first defeat in his 36-fight professional career, but announced that he would end the 37-year-old’s career on Saturday.
Usyk remains undefeated in his 22-fight professional career, and in May he won the undisputed heavyweight title, the first man in the four-belt era to do so.
Former world champion Malignaggi believes that Usyk, who vacated the IBF belt after the first fight, will repeat the feat.
“I will choose Usyk,” he added.
“I don’t think Fury has it anymore.
“It’s no disrespect to Fury.
“I’ve always loved Fury, I’m just not sure if he can bring him back.”
Frank Warren today revealed that a third fight between the two teams is in the contract – provided Fury emerges victorious and neither retires – while the long-awaited clash with Anthony Joshua could be an alternative option for the Manchester fighter.
Tyson Fury described both Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois as “very constrained” compared to him ahead of his rematch with Oleksandr Usyk.
Fury, who saw Dubois defeat Joshua in five rounds at Wembley Stadium in September, is preparing for a second fight with Usyk on December 21 in Riyad, seven months after his first professional defeat against split decision for the undisputed title of heavyweight champion.
The ‘Gypsy King’ insists he will box in a similar fashion when he faces the Ukrainian for the unified heavyweight titles, as well as facing his rival in midfield, something he believes both Joshua and Dubois were unable to do , when they stood against him.
– What can you expect from me? Fury said during his face-to-face meeting with Usyk TNT Sports.
“Basically the same thing I did before.
“Good boxing.
“It’s not normal for someone my height and weight to be able to box and move and slide, so why should I take that away from my game.
“People tell me: go up to Usyk, take him down and punch him, but if it was so effortless why didn’t Joshua do it, who is a massive, sturdy man?
“Why didn’t Dubois do it?
“These men are constrained compared to me, very constrained.”
The 37-year-old Usyk defeated “AJ” twice on points and stopped Dubois, and Fury became the fifth Briton to fall victim to him.
The Manchester athlete believes it cost him an impressive performance in his first outing and has vowed to remain focused when facing Usyk on Saturday in three weeks’ time.
“I belong to a boxer,” the 36-year-old added.
“Slip, slide, clip, hook.
“I’m going to do it, but with more focus.
“A little more focused on my job and I think that’s my path to victory.”
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