By Bradley D. Cision: Another predictable, controversial, and expected decision has been handed down in the most anticipated fight of the year last Saturday night with the Saul “Canelo Alvarez (49-1-2, 34 KOs) vs. middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs) being scored as a controversial 12 round draw at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Many boxing fans have been waiting for the Canelo Golovkin fight for almost two years, but many boxing fans predicted that if the fight went to the scorecards, Canelo would find a way to win.
Fortunately for GGG, the worst that happened was that Canelo was given a draw, and didn’t steal his titles away. Many people saw the fight as a clear, although close win for GGG, and a few saw it as a legitimate draw.
What most people saw is GGG controlling the pace for 90 percent of the fight, backing Alvarez up to the ropes constantly, and out-landing him in jabs by almost 50 jabs. The jab controlled the pace of the fight. GGG out-landed Canelo 218-169 and landed more punches in 10 of 12 rounds.
Alvarez also looked like he had minimal answers for GGG as he was on his bike until he fought in spurts trying to counterpunch GGG with his back to the ropes constantly, especially in the later rounds where GGG looked completely comfortable and Alvarez had no real answer for a fighter that finally wasn’t smaller, or past his prime, or has a weak chin.
In an anonymous online poll, a whopping 79% of the people polled thought GGG won the fight. Only 10% thought Canelo won, and 11% thought it was a draw.
Who did you have winning Canelo-GGG?
10%
Canelo Alvarez
(386 votes)
79%
Gennady Golovkin
(3044 votes)
11%
Draw
(410 votes)
3840 votes total were submitted in this online poll.
Out of a total of 69 boxing writers and fighters, a landslide 54 thought GGG won the fight. Only FIVE thought Canelo won, and the rest had it a draw.
Teddy Atlas ——————————–>118-110 GGG
Brian Campbell (CBS) ———————>117-111 GGG
Jack Rathborn (Mirror UK) —————→ 117-111 GGG
Harold Lederman (HBO) ——————116-112 GGG
Dan Rafael (ESPN) ————————>116-112 GGG
Bryan Graham (Guardian UK) ————>116-112 GGG
Gareth Davies (UK Telegraph) ———–>116-112 GGG
Amir Khan ———————————>116-112 GGG
Matthew Macklin ————————–>116-112 GGG
Steve Lillis (BoxNation) ——————→ 116-112 GGG
Bob Velin (USA Today) ——————–>116-112 GGG
Kevin McRae (Bleacher Report) ———–>116-112 GGG
Shaun Al-Shatti (MMA Fighting) ———→ 116-112 GGG
Ryan Frederick (Wrestling Observer) —→ 116-112 GGG
Patrick Stumberg (MMA Mania) ———→ 116-112 GGG
Kevin Mitchell (Guardian UK) ————>116-113 GGG
Jordan Breen (Sherdog) ——————>115-112 GGG
Kevin Iole (Yahoo) ————————>115-113 GGG
Gary Locket ——————————→ 115-113 GGG
Will Esco (Bad Left Hook) —————–>115-113 GGG
Phil Murphy (ESPN) ———————–>115-113 GGG
Mike Harris (SI) —————————>115-113 GGG
Paul Fontaine (Wrestling Observer) ——>115-113 GGG
MMA Brazil ——————————>115-113 GGG
Sean Sheehan (Severe MMA) ————→ 115-113 GGG
Rob Tatum (Combat Press) —————→ 115-113 GGG
Patrick Wyman (Bleacher Report) ———>115-113 GGG
Joel Diaz ———————————>115-113 GGG
Max Kellerman————–>115:113 GGG
Dave Moretti (judge) ——>115:113 GGG
Lennox Lewis —————————>Golovkin
Austin Trout ——————————>Golovkin
Danny Jacobs ————->Golovkin
Enzo Macarenelli —————————Golovkin
James Brady (SB Nation) —————>Golovkin
Terence Crawford ————————>Golovkin
Sergio Martinez —————————>Golovkin
Liam Smith ——————————>Golovkin
Peter Quillin ——————————>Golovkin
Liam Williams —————————>Golovkin
Ohara Davies ——————————→ Golovkin
Luke Campbell —————————>Golovkin
Dave Coldwell —————————>Golovkin
Badou Jack ——————————>Golovkin
Kevin Kelly ————————→ Golovkin
Dana White ———–>Golovkin
Steve Kim ———————————–>Golovkin
Doug Fischer ——————————–>Golovkin
Ring TV Cynthia Conte, M.Rosenthal—Golovkin
Michael Montero —————————→ Golovkin
Joe Rogan (UFC) —————————→ Golovkin
Jim Rome (sports broadcaster) ————Golovkin
Sergey Kovalev ————————————→ Golovkin
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr ———————————–> Golovkin
Don trella (judge) ————————>114:114 Draw
Steven Muehlhausen (Sporting News) —→ 114-114 Draw
Gilbert Manzano (Denver Post) ———–>114-114 Draw
Associated Press ————————–>114-114 Draw
Lance Pugmire (LA Times) —————→ 114-114 Draw
Chris Mannix (Yahoo) ———————>114-114 Draw
Roy Jones Jr.———————————>114:114 Draw
Kenny Porter ——————————>114-114 Draw
Tommy Hearns —————————–>114:114 Draw
De La Hoya ——————————–>115-113 Canelo
Bernard Hopkins ————————–>115-113 Canelo
Erik Morales ——————————→ 116-112 Canelo
Julio Cesar Chavez Sr ———————————>116:112 Canelo
Adalaide Byrd (Judge) ———————————->118:110 Canelo
Unfortunately for the sport, this type of judging will continue as we have no oversight except the commissions themselves and they have already forgiven the one 118-110 scorecard from Adalaide Byrd.